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Tuesday Talk: Writing Kit

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

“Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works.”
Virginia Woolf

The Tuesday Talk prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" 
In Sally 's entry yesterday ("Invalid Entry" ), her use of the term "writing kit" had me intrigued. Do you have a physical set of tools you rely on (certain pens/pencils, notebooks, etc.)? Different websites you rely on for particulars? Maybe even mood-setting accouterments like music or candles? What's your scene?

Writing Kit

I write
therefore I am:
Do I have a writing kit?
Do I have a writing plan?

I have a loose-leaf notebook, a dream journal, at least two pens, prayer book, and smartphone on the bedside stand. On my computer desk I have a small notepad, a blank journal, a pen, a prayer book, and a small book of scriptures. Before I begin my morning writing session I place a cup of coffee on a wooden television stand beside the desk (normally I don't place my coffee on my computer desk), a snack of some type, and my phone on the desk. Before I begin writing (any time of day) I say a prayer. Sometimes I read a short passage from the scripture book, and other times I read an on-line article or listen to music on YouTube.

I don't sleep straight through the night. I sleep two or three hours and then I wake up. When I wake up, either turn on the light (next to my bed) and write, or I open an app on my phone and read. It doesn't matter which I chose to do because either will let me go back to sleep without much of a problem.