Write while the heat is in you

“Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.” Henry David Thoreau.

I have found that it is important to always carry a small notebook. There have been times when I have had a brilliant thought (or so it seemed at the time) only to forget it because I had not written it down immediately.

I usually carry a small notebook in my shirt pocket. This serves a number of general purposes as well as a help with my writing. Some of these uses include:

1. To record a list of the birds I see (so I can write about them on my blog called Trevor’s Birding).
2. To list any shopping I need to do.
3. To list places I want to go.
4. To write down story ideas.
5. To list ideas for blog articles.
6. To write short poems or haiku.
7. To record the names and contact details of people I meet.
8. To record feelings, ideas, experiences so I don’t forget those first impressions.
9. To list things to do.
10. To list things to remember.

When you have a good idea, write it down. Don’t trust it to memory.

Good writing.