Write Anywhere, Anytime
You don’t always need a desk, a chair, a lamp, or a laptop to write.
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Louis L’Amour wrote — “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until until the faucet is turned on.”
I say — “Write anywhere, anytime, no matter what.”
Write in a baseball field.
Write with a broken arm.
Write in the chemo infusion room.
Write in your hospital bed.
Write in the waiting room.
Write in a moving car.
Write in the forest.
Write in your sleep.
Write in a tent.
You don’t always need a desk, a chair, a lamp, or a laptop to write.
Baseball Field
I wrote the drafts of two peer-review research papers while watching my son’s middle school baseball games. I’d lug my research data and notes and just write when he wasn’t on the mound throwing strikes. I wrote over the entire season.
Nine innings is a long time. So write.
Broken Arm
Five years ago I broke my left arm while shoveling snow on our driveway. I slipped on a patch of ice.
I suffered bad left humerus fracture. But I didn’t let one broken arm stop me from writing.
Armed with a sling, my headphones, and my Dragon Dictate program, I wrote a doctoral paper on the letters of St. Teresa of Avila, a prolific writer, via dictation.
I used my right index finger to edit words, sentences, paragraphs, footnotes, and the bibliography one letter at a time.
I used my right index finger to revise, edit, and finalize the 37-page paper.
You don’t need all your fingers to strike the keys and to write.
