My favorite new writing tool
What writer doesn't love their gadgets? My new favorite is a lonnnnnng wire picture hanger that I bought from IKEA. It's a thick wire that stretches from one end of a wall, over my desk, through an open area, to another wall. That's about ten feet of uninterrupted hanging space, though I think it could have gone for as long as twelve, if I had the room. There are little clips dangling from it--also purchased from IKEA--and I attach index cards to them. The clips easily slide along the wire, and I can also simply pull one off and move it to another part of the wire.
This has made plotting quite a lot of fun. I fill index cards with chapter ideas, then place them on the wire. Shuffle. Shuffle again. Take some off, add others. Repeat.
It also makes my study look like there's a Serious Writer who works in it. Perhaps a slightly unhinged Serious Writer. Which makes me stand a little straighter and plunge into work a little sooner when I walk into the room.
The picture hanger, plus two packages of clips, ran me about $18. Well worth it!
This has made plotting quite a lot of fun. I fill index cards with chapter ideas, then place them on the wire. Shuffle. Shuffle again. Take some off, add others. Repeat.
It also makes my study look like there's a Serious Writer who works in it. Perhaps a slightly unhinged Serious Writer. Which makes me stand a little straighter and plunge into work a little sooner when I walk into the room.
The picture hanger, plus two packages of clips, ran me about $18. Well worth it!