Posted by on Jun 5, 2009 in Writing | 3 comments

No, not with a portable device of some kind. Although according to my friend, mystery writer Dana Fredsti, there is such a thing as a laptop harness. If I had something like that I’d be dangerous, because I get very wrapped up in what I’m writing.

I mean that I write in my head while I’m walking. It has to be solitary walking—when I walk with the dogs and the Broadcasting Legend™ it doesn’t work. But when I’m by myself and the sun is shining and a little breeze is blowing and I walk down along the creek, whole scenes unroll, mostly in dialogue. Being alone means I can “read” them out loud to myself as I go, listening to how the words sound together.

And the neighbors only kind of think I’m crazy.

3 Comments

  1. 6-5-2009

    hee hee…I want me one of those harnesses!

  2. 6-5-2009

    I also like to “write” when I’m in the shower…I’m not sure what it is about hot running water, but it works for me!

  3. 6-6-2009

    The shower works for me, too! Maybe I should invent a portable shower, along the lines of the laptop harness. Hmmm…

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