Notes and OBSERVATIONS
Today, instead of doomscrolling I:
Started working through the exercises in the Making of a Story by Alice Laplante.
Wrote my morning pages
Listed the items in a characters bag. My obsession with EDC continues, even in the world of fiction. It was a battered brass Zippo lighter, a vintage Parker Pen 51, in black with a battered rolled gold cap, and an ancient St Bruno Rough Cut tobacco tin full of his grandfather’s cufflinks.
Today, instead of doomscrolling I:
Chose and watched a single video on Youtube then closed my browser.
Drank espresso and did my Morning Pages in the garden.
Read two short stories and an essay in issue 141 of Granta. One of the short stories bothered me, and I don’t know why.
Thought about my latest draft and had a very small insight into how to make it better.
Wrote up my notes for The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr.
Today, instead of doomscrolling I:
Started the day with Morning Pages
Played with my cat.
Worked on a second draft of a new short story.
Drank my espresso in the garden and watched the birds.
Wrote in my journal.