This Writer's Affliction (Ways to Avoid Writing) -Part Two

I love journals.  

In truth, I have a drawer and closet full of them:

large and small, hard and soft cover, spirals

cloth covered, bound journals

tiny 'little black book' spirals
artful plastic covered spirals

and the list goes on. 

Every time Borders had a clearance sale, I was there looking for journals.  

I had collected such an inventory; I began giving them away as gifts.

But I didn't have one that continued to inspire me once I brought it home.

I needed to FIND THE PERFECT WRITING JOURNAL.

Writing guru, Natalie Goldberg advocates 'writing practice' in a cheap spiral notebook with a fast writing pen because the writing is the most important thing.  

I considered this advice as I entered the book store but forgot it quickly as I gawked at leather journals with thin leather straps.  

Besides, I wanted to do serious writing, not just practice.  

I perused the shelves, turning, opening and smelling the leather bound journals.  

As I was checking out a particularly expensive one, the bound pages fell out of the leather cover.  

A problem! 

Then I saw a tall turning rack full of Moleskine notebooks (hadn't Hemingway used those?).

They too came in all shapes and sizes.
Plus, the insides didn't fall out

I settled on a large, black, thick, hardcover Moleskine planner.
Each ruled, page was dedicated to one day of the year.

Perfect!
And, it fit in my purse.

Finally I needed to FIND THE PERFECT WRITING PEN.

That was easy.  

I already had it...

a TUL, Stick Ballpoint Pen

(actually several in black, blue, purple, red and green).

At last, I sat in my 'Jeep' chair,

opened my new Moleskine planner/journal,

clicked the top off my TUL pen and realized I had a problem.

Here was an inspiring writing space, and I had nothing profound to say...only 'writing practice' ideas.

No way was I going to mess this journal up with random thoughts.

What I needed was a cheap spiral notebook!