While We're On The Subject

[bloodyrosemccoy]

This.

The best way to learn to write is to read.

I would add that your other best tool would definitely be a blank wall. Or a game like Tetris or Minesweeper, if you are the sort of person who can do it with just a little of your mind. But no matter what form you give it, the Blank Wall is one of the most important parts of any writer’s toolkit.

Probably the package of fine-tip Sharpies is just me, though.

Comments

[xaandria.livejournal.com]

Nope. Fine-tip Sharpies are in my toolbox, too. Although I prefer the "Sharpie Pen." that they've just recently come out with, since they don't bleed through paper (much). I've got dozens of them lying around just in case I need to scrawl something somewhere.

[beccastareyes]

I'd add a nice place to walk, an audio notetaker and a set of soap crayons. The first two because I get my best ideas while walking, and the third because showering or washing dishes also gives me a place to think, and I can't think of another way to record thoughts in the shower.

[kadharonon.livejournal.com]

I miss being homeschooled. I had time to read 2-3 books a day. Granted, a large number of those were probably re-reads.

Alas, being a bibliovore does not seem to have translated into the ability to write. I do always have multi-colored fine-tip markers (yay Stabilo) on hand, but they are more likely to, say, be used to draw a unimerpanda or a radish with a backpack on than to be used for marking up a text. (Both of those instances can be blamed on Twitter, too. Which sort of suits my easily-distracted self.)

[ellixis.livejournal.com]

The sharpies aren't just you. Sharpies are awesome.

[dinogrrl.livejournal.com]

Solitaire is my drug of choice when writing :p. I play until I trip out into writing mode land, and then I'm off!

[sofish-sasha.livejournal.com]

Er... Does reading loads and loads of fanfic count?

[bean-bunny.livejournal.com]

Explain blank wall to me?

[shadesofmauve]

I like blank walls, and other mind-freeing activities (bicylcing and showering being tops for me). It works for both art ideas and writing. As a visual artist, I have less art on my walls than any of my friends -- it makes the space cleaner, visually relaxing, easier to drift off other places...