The Snowflake Chronicles

Beginning Essays

Lately I have been starting my essays in my pen and paper journal. The main reason for this is that I have found I like the feel of a pen in my hand. Another reason is that I find I encounter interruptions and these interruptions help my muse. The interruptions do not come at regular intervals, but at rather odd times. Usually when I am in the middle of a paragraph and getting back to pen and paper seems to be a little easier than getting back to the computer. Another reason is that I have cats and the cats lay on the table or on a chair by me when I am writing in my pen and paper journal - I can just reach over and pet the cat when I come to a rough spot. Also I can carry the pen and paper journal with me and write when I am waiting in the doctor's office and when I am eating in a restruant. In addition if I begin the essay in my pen and paper journal then (or is it than) I can rewrite the essay when I am typeing it into the computer.