tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post115281181678318197..comments2024-03-29T03:52:13.439-04:00Comments on __Chicks Dig Poetry__: GoldilocksSandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108785153248826337noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-1152824818635565842006-07-13T17:06:00.000-04:002006-07-13T17:06:00.000-04:00Ah, the legal pad...I know people who swear by the...Ah, the legal pad...I know people who swear by them, including my boss. Hasn't worked for me yet. Those really heavy, nice journals seem to be the kiss of death--like you say, we feel we our writing has to measure up, and the drafts become stilted.<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking of just going back to ballpointing on my inner calf, like in middle school.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02108785153248826337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-1152816412676110722006-07-13T14:46:00.000-04:002006-07-13T14:46:00.000-04:00I find I write my best stuff on yellow legal pads ...I find I write my best stuff on yellow legal pads I bought years ago in Montgomery, Ala., and memo pads. My cousin gave me a fancy notebook for Christmas, black leather, gilded pages, but I don't seem to write in it much. It's too heavy to carry around, and I get inhibited when I write in it. Maybe it's because I subconsciously feel I have to write more elegantly, formally, and end up writing crappier stuff.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556663035451699295noreply@blogger.com