The latest effort in my strategy to write something every day is to carry a journal around in my purse, but it can't be just any notebook.
I have a couple of unused journals that I've bought or been given as gifts and I attempted to carry one of them in my purse today, but it didn't look or feel right. It's the right size and it has roses on the front. Unfortunately, it also has a giant metal spiral that binds the pages together, so it takes up way too much room in my purse. I have another one that's lighter, but it's too tall. And it already has pages torn out of it. That just seems like bad writing juju.
My plan at some point this weekend is to go to Barnes & Noble, where I have a book on hold anyway, and spend some time inspecting that store's journals. I want something that's about 5 by 7 inches, with a pretty cover and that's not too heavy, since I'll be carrying it around in my already overburdened purse. I don't want a clasp, but I might settle for something with an elastic band to hold the book closed.
The pages have to be sturdy, but not thick like card stock and not so thin that the writing will show through to the other side of the paper. The pages also must be lined. Lines will keep me from writing so big that I fill the journal in a short time and so small that I can't read it.
My theory is that if I get just the right journal, I won't mind carrying it around. I'll want to take it out from time to time to look at the cover design and fill the thin-but-not-too-thin pages with whatever happens to inspire me ... story ideas, column fodder, blog notes. I'm looking forward to meeting my match.
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