Previously posted on my guest appearance at Laptops and Lingerie
Have you ever been out somewhere and witnessed someone acting a little weird? More often than not, you are watching a writer's mind displaying itself in public.
How do I know this? Because I've received the following reactions:
The old smile, head shake and giggle. I was supposed to be listening at an employee
meeting but I was thinking about a customer who visited my teller window
earlier that day. He had clear blue eyes that I spotted even though he was
waiting at the end of the line. Now, those eyes sparked an idea for a new story
in my Magic Stone Series. When my boss asked
a question, I snapped back to reality and received the said smile and head
shake. The giggle came later...when I told her about cutie-blue-eyes and how he
would make a great character. Then she gave me yet another head shake.
The dreaded side-eye. I've gotten this a lot, but an
incident at a coffee house was the most memorable. I was hanging out with my
best friend, doing normal stuff like flushing out story plots while consuming
vast amounts of caffeine. (Okay, you just shook your head didn't you?) Anyway...
A guy spilled his coffee at the next table. The look on his face was so comical
I giggled; hence the dreaded side-eye. I
apologized through my fit off giggles and proceeded to write on a napkin
instead of offering one to wipe the mess. Okay, don’t judge me. I couldn’t help
myself.
People openly laugh and point at me. I deserve it.
I've done stuff like write snippets of a conversation on my arm with eyeliner
so I wouldn't forget it. Where is pen and paper when I need them?
Why do I tell you this? To give you a little insight
into the writer’s mind. Well, mine anyway.
Don’t commit me. I’m just
creating new scenes, characters and worlds for you to enjoy. If it takes head
shakes, side-eyes and pointing, I’m willing to be the recipient in order to
follow my bliss.
By the way, I married the guy in the coffee shop
years later.
If you're a writer, please share weird stuff you've done in the name of creativity. If you're someone that's witnessed odd antics (usually in a coffee shop--a usual writer's haunt) please share. We all need a smile...or head shake.
