Comments on: A refrigerator to lean on http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: MaryWitzl http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/comment-page-1/#comment-15669 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:39:56 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/#comment-15669 Swimming laps works for me. And it has to be the crawl — no other stroke will do. Also, lying in bed in the morning with the blanket pulled up over my face. There's something about covering my head that helps me decide what I'm going to write and how I'm going to write it.

]]> By: Majo http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/comment-page-1/#comment-15666 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:26:08 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/#comment-15666 I listened to the soundtrack of Run Lola Run on repeat while I was writing my memoir. I still listen to it while I edit and re-write it.

For blogging, anything goes.

]]> By: danceluvr http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/comment-page-1/#comment-15665 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:02:14 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/#comment-15665 I usually listen to the last classical music radio station while I write and edit my novel.

]]> By: Gilbert J. Avila http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/comment-page-1/#comment-15660 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:08:41 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/#comment-15660 I have to wear my magic hat, which is usually whatever my favorite hat is at the time, I puff on a cigar, I have a white-sound generator playing rain or random ocean waves, and, since I have a habit of writing for long stretches at a time (my personal best was 44 hours), a big pot of Kenya Sumatra blend coffee. Have a cup of that at 6am Tuesday morning and at midnight Wednesday you still have a case of Big Eye (insomnia).

]]> By: Jonas Samuelle http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/comment-page-1/#comment-15659 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:34:36 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/#comment-15659 It took me awhile before I realized that I was subconsciously changing the envirnment of the room before I wrote. This may mean that I would pick a darker lamp or (in conjunction with Lauren's post) listen to different music.

I've gotten to the point where I even change the way I dress. By the end of book #1, I was wearing a top-hat, monacle, and twirling an imaginary mustache as I wrote about the antagonist.

Book #2 is about two irreverent bandits of the modern west. I actually forgot a friend was coming over a few days ago while I was writing, which of course sparked this conversation:
"Ahhh, are you wearing a holster and cap-gun?"
"Oh yeah. You bet I am! Pew pew."
-Colin Hill

]]> By: Joelle Anthony http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/comment-page-1/#comment-15655 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:52:46 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/12/a-refrigerator-to-lean-on/#comment-15655 Well, I'm walking on a treadmill as I write this. I've recently bought a used treadmill and my handyman friend built some shelves and turned it into a desk for me. So far, I've walked 110 minutes, answered all my email, and written 1033 words on my WIP this morning. I've discovered that I have to make myself take breaks now because I'm already "moving around." When I sit at a desk all day, I get antsy and go wandering from my office every chance I get.

I read that article and am intrigued with the idea of stortelling as an oral tradition and writing a book by talking into a recording device. I might try that someday.

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