Being Prepared

I can write virtually anywhere. On the subway, the bus, in a restaurant, in a park. All around there are thousands of ideas for a novel, poem, or short story. The difficult part is remembering it all. That's why I carry a note book and pen where ever I go. I kick myself when I cannot write a morsel of a scene because I don't have a pen and paper.

I have literally written pages of ideas, descriptions of a restaurant's acoustics, or the physical features of a man or woman. I may not use them right away but it's great to have them for future reference. The point is to keep our senses open for all things. It's amazing how some ideas just pop up right in front of us.