Many Notebooks

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At the beginning of my authorship journey, I wrote everything by hand.

When I was eight, my parents brought me a pink, petite typewriter. My favourite television programme was Starsky and Hutch. I was a big fan of Paul Michael Glaser. After reading two books, I decided I could write my own and send them in to the BBC. The show stopped because he wanted to spend more time with his family, but I kept my handwritten stories.

I still have many notebooks filled with my first ideas.

A couple of years ago, I started using the computer, but I find I am trying to edit as I go along. I almost preferred my first draft in notebooks. They serve as a reminder that we don’t have to be perfect. Will I keep typing? Probably. But I would like to return to a blank page, with a pen, and allow my thoughts to flow without fear of not being good enough to be an author.

I love writing, and whatever I use, that won’t change.

Published by writerravenclaw

I am a fifty something mother of two grown up children, and one beautiful grandchild. I have been married for nearly thirty-four years. My first book was published ten years ago. I wrote my book Sticks and Stones because of my experience of being bullied at school.

17 thoughts on “Many Notebooks”

  1. Great post. I find you’ve summed up my glitch perfectly — I also catch myself editing as I write and I think sometimes that derails some of my thoughts. I don’t know that I can handwrite my work anymore, though, so I may have to make the computer thing work.

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  2. I love note books too! I’ve written most all my stories or essays by hand, then I type them when I want to for my blog. It does feel better to have the notebooks as back up in case my computer stuff goes missing. 🙂

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