The Girl Who Could Write Stories In The Air

I try to doodle in Corel Painter 9.5 every day for five minutes. By "doodle," I mean set my pen to the Wacom Artpad and start drawing without anything in particular in mind. Sometimes this ends up being just scribbles. Other times something more. I force myself not to sketch first or linger or nitpick. Results vary wildly in quality and content. Some end up in Blatherings, and I also post some in my Flickr sketchbook. I'll occasionally take one and spend longer than five minutes, turning it into a "real" drawing. I think my drawing has gradually gotten better over the years because of this Daily Doodle.

More recently, my "Five Minute Doodles" have started to come with their own stories. I've named the one above "The Girl Who Could Write Stories In The Air."



Anyway, my writing equivalent is my Daily Writing Notebook, which I've told you about before. Again, the lack of censorship and self-editing is important. I find doing some stream-of-consciousness writing and illustrating every day is greatly helping my regular work creativity.

Just finished reading:

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner is a novel for young people that takes place in richly detailed fantasy setting; the inspiration comes from ancient Greek mythology. I enjoyed the subtle way that the reader is introduced to the main character, layers gradually peeled away to reveal more, even to the very end. I'm going to pick up the sequel, The Queen of Attolia, very soon. I noticed that the third book, The King of Attolia, is now available in hardcover.

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