An idea storms your consciousness. You scramble to jot it down before it dissipates. What do you reach for? Do you type that brilliant line of dialogue on your phone or do you reach for your trusty notepad? If so, what kind of notebook is it? Are the pages lined or blank? Do you jot down the sentence with a pen or pencil?

Every writer knows the importance of a writing tool. It’s one step in the process of how our words see daylight. A trusted writing companion isn’t just someone who can read over a third or fourth draft. It’s your computer in the corner of your room, in your suitcase, or even in your windowless basement, if your writing space is anything like mine was decades ago. Your writing companions are the pen and paper whose ink flows in time to your words.

“How do you write, meaning pen, pencil, typewriter or computer?” is one of the top three questions I receive on a daily basis. It’s a question that gets on a very intimate level with a writer. What happens when it is just the writer alone with his or her work? What tools are used when honing one’s craft? Our imagination needs an outlet, which nowadays has technological guidance behind it… [Continue Reading on IndieReader]

 

 

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