I've been attempting to prepare my writing palate for a while now. This blog gives me little tastes every day (or every other day, as it happens sometimes).
Last weekend I bought the perfect journal to write down random thoughts or ideas for new stories or tidbits for things I'm already working on. I spent a few days writing the first chapter or two of a story based on a prompt from a magazine and outlined the rest of the story. Unfortunately, I haven't written anything else in the book for four or five days, but I run my fingers over it when I take my planner out of my purse. It's waiting there patiently for me to pick it up and jot down something new.
Today I bought Anne Lamott's book on writing called "Bird by Bird." So far, I've only read the names of the chapters, but I'm looking forward to her guidance giving me a little flavor for some of the things I've already got going or ideas I think I might want to write.
For now, the taste is fleeting, but I know it's there and will come back. I try to hold it in my mouth as long as I can whenever the writing mood strikes. I've just taken a week to finish reading a book by one of my favorite authors and then about two-thirds of another book before I dive back in to the big project I already have in the works.
The table's all set and I've got something brewing on the stove, but I still need to add the spice. I still trying to decide which ones are missing. Right now, it's something I'm cooking just for me. I haven't decided who else I'm going to invite to the table just yet.
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