Beginnings
Hello, stranger. I'm writing this from my couch, far too late at night because of an ill-advised evening coffee. My name is Laura, and I'm a writer. I suppose this is as good an introduction as any. The Project My favorite thing the internet has given us is the ability to peek into strangers' lives, especially the lives of creative people. I am endlessly fascinated by the minutia of creation: hours of invisible, incremental progress, the rituals, the self doubt, the persistence, the fleeting moments of inspiration and connection. To me, it is all worth documenting. I want this blog to be my writing daybook. A log of my writing days (however sporadic they may be) and over time a portrait of my process, and incidentally, probably, my life. A daybook is not a new idea. The most famous one is John Steinbeck's Working Days , a journal he kept while writing Grapes of Wrath . At the time of writing this, I haven't read it, but I did put it on hold at the library. I'm ...