1.) Soda! Caffeine is essential to a writing binge. More likely, you'll be writing LONG through the night and will need the continued caffeine jolt.
Plus, once you're through with all your cans, you can take them to a recycling center and feel like you've saved the environment. Go trees
2.) Paper! Every now and then, you need scratch paper to jot down ideas. Ideas that aren't formulated enough to actually put IN your novel. So always have scrap paper on hand.
Maybe not this much ... but you get the idea
3.) Snacks! Sustenance is necessary through a writing binge. How are you supposed to write an entire novel with only soda in your system? Healthy snacks optional. :P
Although carrots or apples with peanut butter wouldn't be a bad option either.
4.) Comfy Chair! You're going to be sitting there for a while. So you'd better get the coziest chair you can find.
Now this would be sitting in luxury.
5.) Music! You get the right jams ... you'll be writing all night for sure!
Getting lost to the tunes is kinda fun!
All right, there's my 5 things that I think are ABSOLUTELY necessary for going on a Writing Binge.
The reason I opened with those are ... I've been writing. A lot lately. And seriously, if I had a day where I could get away with it, THIS is what I would do. What I wouldn't give to just have all the time in the world to have one. Maybe when I was in high school or in college did I have the opportunity. Heck, even that year where I lived in Holland, MI ... I had time to do this.
Good times! But it's been so long since I've had a decent uninterrupted writing binge.
What kind of things do you do to make you feel like you're 'losing time' in a good way? Something simple like walking the dog? Something a bit more complicated to master like the writing binges? Maybe you throw yourself into knitting until you look up at the clock and it's time to make dinner?
If you ask me ... everyone needs this. To stop thinking about bills, responsibilities, work, and scary life stuff.
Taking a DAY. Just one DAY doesn't hurt anything. Sometimes, I think I take things WAY too seriously. I come home from work and I think about money. How much I have. How much I don't have. How much I need. How much, how much, how much ... well ... sometimes the real question is this. How much more can I take?
As a person who suffers from anxiety, these questions can circle and circle until you're only seeing the negative things. You're only seeing positives in very minuscule things that don't seem to add up compared to everything bad going on around you.
As one of my many times relied on verse ...
Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the Plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper and not to harm you, plans to give you hope, and a future"
Even though I see nothing but 'bad' all around me, it helps to SLOW ... DOWN. Because all my worrying and counting and calculating isn't going to help. God KNOWS what I'm going through. He sees the worries in my heart and He still loves me despite the fact that I'm a complete nutcase at times.
So there's my little piece of advice. Take a minute .. heck, a DAY to try and alleviate any of your fears. Take your worries and put them in a box and send them to God.
Be Open, Be Loving, Be Yourself
Taryn
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