Comments on: Journaling

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:06:36 +0000

You’re going to LOVE The Artist’s Way, Trev. If you can, I strongly advise you do it with with some friends. There are also online AW groups, if you can’t work the book with friends you already know.

It’s no easy task to go through a book like this and actually DO the exercises, but believe me, it very, very worth it. The more you put into it, the more you’ll get out of it.

Bonne chance!

By: Trevor Harden

Trevor Harden — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:52:32 +0000

I’ve been meaning to pick up that book for some time. Your post just pushed me to add it to my list. Glad you’re journaling… I’ve started doing the same – there’s just some things that aren’t for public forum.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:35:22 +0000

Nice testimonial about the smashing of your writer’s block.

I also have to have black ink.

I’m going to switch the theme here in a bit… that should alleviate the problems with the comment boxes.

By: Margreet

Margreet — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:21:17 +0000

Hi Jon and a. julie
I’ve been puzzled about the missing cursor too, but thanks a.julie for mentioning it. I can type something anyway!! Not sure were where my email address should go without a prompt, second or third box? I picked the second.

Jon, I have also read The Artist’s Way and it really helped me. I have always wanted to write historical novels, but had a permanent case of writers’ block. Then I started doing the morning pages.

One day I was just fooling around with a crazy story about a 17th century Flemish painter and out of nowhere I produced a complete outline after having been stuck for two years of painstaking research (the crazy story really happened). A few days later a Dutch publisher of books for children and teens announced a contest for a 15,000 word historical novel about a person in Dutch/Flemish history who is not too well known. So I’m writing like crazy now, have to finish it before october 1st. 2008.

To get a feel of what life was like in those times I write with a nib and bister (brown ink made from casings of walnut), but for the stream-of-consciousness writing, I like a Bic ballpoint most. (black, has to be black!)

By: a. julie

a. julie — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:09:27 +0000

I love the micro. Can’t stand the onyx. My bad… it’s been a long day.

Funny I also prefer blank pages or grid. Never thought of writing crosswise.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:04:04 +0000

I’m a rightie.

I don’t know what’s with the cursor. Noticed it myself.

“Uniball Vision Micro for me. Can�t stand the micro.”

I understand the first part of what you wrote. Seems like we both like Uniball Micros… but what do you mean that you can’t stand the micro?

Something else you might enjoy knowing is sometimes I turn the notebook sideways and write perpendicular to the usual pattern… (I like the square and the blank Moleskines)

By: A. Julie

A. Julie — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:49:10 +0000

Ha. I knew it.

Uniball Vision Micro for me. Can’t stand the micro.

Pilot Razor Point is second choice. Not waterproof but a lovely writing instrument.

Are you right- or left-handed?

I can’t see my cursor in this box. Is that on purpose? It’s a little disconcerting (not that I can’t deal with it.)

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:38:09 +0000

Oh, yeah, 2008.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:32:19 +0000

I’m almost neurotic about it. I HAVE to use a micro roller pen. Uniball makes some good ones. In a pinch, I can use a gel pen, but I hate them, their lines are far too heavy for me, because I have a very heavy handwriting. Ordinary ballpoints are out-of-question. I don’t consider them fit for human use. Fountain pens are rare, messy, high-maintenance, and usually too heavy.

Unfortunately, it seems that roller pens are getting scarcer these days. I have to go to OfficeMax or Office Depot for mine. I can theoretically write with a pencil, but my insistence on a super-fine point means that I need to sharpen after every paragraph, and my heavy hand makes mechanical pencils unusable, because I’d break the tip once per sentence.

Nope. Only micro rollers for me.

By: a. julie

a. julie — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:06:01 +0000

Ahem… it’s 2008…

Those notebooks are pretty beautiful.

So what’s your pen of choice?