Observation Deck (day 7) :: "consult the news"
Well, I'm sitting here listening to iTunes on random (currently spinning: Holmes Brothers), making blog entries and/or comments here and there. I'm checking a couple of continually-updating commentaries on the debate (I lack the intestinal fortitude to what crap like that live). Also following the score of the Yankees-Twins game (alas, there's one evil empire that doesn't seem to be crumbling tonight). Is that consulting enough? The point, of course, is that you never know where/how inspiration will arrive. Something as simple as a story in the paper or on a website could spark a whole novel. The suggestion from Epel is to find something in the news and use it as a trigger and write for 15 min. I might try that over the weekend. Or maybe I'll just wait until the next time I pull this card from the deck.
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