Do you get tired of writing on plain old white paper? Or on your computer screen with that insistent cursor telling you to hurry up?
Author and writing coach Christi Krug has a solution. She calls it "Oddball Hard Copy."
She suggests, "Forget the logical white page. Write on colored paper cut into odd shapes. Cover a shoebox with wrapping paper and write on the top, bottom and sides."
To that I would add: Write with crayons!
This week, let yourself be creative. Find some colored paper, the back of cereal boxes, recycled magazines, yesterday's newspaper, or old greeting cards. (Make sure no one wants to keep them.) Find your crayons or an assortment of felt-tip pens.
Then…write. Don't worry about whether your writing is "pretty" or mistake-free. How is your writing different? Do you feel freer?
Later, if you want, copy what you wrote onto white paper or the screen. But have fun first writing "Oddball Hard Copy."
