TW001 spent exactly one month between February 7 and March 11 spitting out words like a Jedi laser sword spitting out light. The Book Lady Charmane issued the challenge over tea at Java's in Stellenbosch back in January. She also put a "handle" on the slippery task of making a manuscript so the Traveling Writer could open that door. The task commenced under thatched skies on Harrison Hope Wine Estate on February 7. But the Traveling Writer ran up against the same stumbling block as always!!!! Sitting in front of the MacBook Pro keyboard there was no inspiration, only the cold, lifeless glare of a blank screen.
Enter TW001. Once the Traveling Writer took relic to hand and felt the weight of all those stories, all those flights, all those miles, and all those memories the pump got primed. The first pages of the manuscript flowed from the pen like a love letter. Within a few pages the mind was being carried forward by the stories and then the laptop was useful. Throughout the month when new chapters were started the faithful writing relic would prime the pump, get the creative juices flowing, and give the words momentum. Then the switch to the laptop where typing faster than a speeding bullet could pile up the words 1000, 2000, 4000 at a sitting. Within the month the 56,360 word manuscript was "sorted, mate!"
If you find the blank stare of the laptop screen and the static formation of the keyboard a deterrent to your writing then pick up the magic wand of the Traveling Writer and "write on." I assure you once on the road jammed in solitary back seat of the Cessna 402 nothing but a Traveling Writer will function properly. Congratulations to the Traveling Writer for completing the 56,360 words with a little help from his friends.
Enter TW001. Once the Traveling Writer took relic to hand and felt the weight of all those stories, all those flights, all those miles, and all those memories the pump got primed. The first pages of the manuscript flowed from the pen like a love letter. Within a few pages the mind was being carried forward by the stories and then the laptop was useful. Throughout the month when new chapters were started the faithful writing relic would prime the pump, get the creative juices flowing, and give the words momentum. Then the switch to the laptop where typing faster than a speeding bullet could pile up the words 1000, 2000, 4000 at a sitting. Within the month the 56,360 word manuscript was "sorted, mate!"
If you find the blank stare of the laptop screen and the static formation of the keyboard a deterrent to your writing then pick up the magic wand of the Traveling Writer and "write on." I assure you once on the road jammed in solitary back seat of the Cessna 402 nothing but a Traveling Writer will function properly. Congratulations to the Traveling Writer for completing the 56,360 words with a little help from his friends.
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