Hi Everyone, This week, Me Who Writes comes from an early morning start and a Tim Hortons breakfast on the go. I can’t sleep in a moving vehicle. I might nod off briefly, but it will be a chin-bounce off my chest and I’m awake again. It’s the same thing on a plane — no sleeping for me, even on a long flight. Given those long stretches of confined awake time, it would be reasonable to assume that when I’m in a plane or a car I get a lot of writing done. Well, yes and no. If I’m on a plane, I don’t write. I probably could, but I’m an anxious flyer so I don’t really want to be on that plane (travel would be so much less stressful if I didn’t have to travel), which means that I don’t want to look out the window or gaze around at my surroundings, both of which I do a lot when I write. It’s called stupid staring. All writers do it. We may look like we’re doing nothing, but we’re not — we’re working. So when I’m on a plane, I read. I settle in and keep my focus narrow, eager to lose myself in words and pages written by other people. Unless there’s an entertainment system: then I’ll get lost in a movie.
Absolutely loved this issue. I was on the road with you and I learned a wonderful new word. Truly enjoyed your voice and understood how you were feeling.
Road Trip Revisited
Absolutely loved this issue. I was on the road with you and I learned a wonderful new word. Truly enjoyed your voice and understood how you were feeling.