This will be a quickie, cause there's not that much to say. I just want to point out my own folly, assume it's one shared with numerous writers before me, and do my best to convince the writers out there, the ones like me, who shudder at any thought of conventionality and going with the herd, to put aside one little hang-up and trust me on this one.

Buy this notebook. Or any of these notebooks.

Trust me, they've got TONS of em, you'll find one you like.

Yeah, yeah, they've become a cliche of wanna be writers sitting in coffee shops, hoping someone will look over and think, "Ohh, who is that?" But you know what else, some cliches are cliches because folks have found something that works.

I used to outline on lined legal pads. I'd start a sentence, make a mistake, scratch it out, then hate the look of the scratched out OUTLINE, tear out the page, and start over. As if my outlines needed to be perfect. Just get the stuff out there. This notebook is like your bound portfolio of "dreamer's cocktail napkins." Embrace imperfection, get your ideas down, the hold that sucker shut with the elastic band. No one will see!

Brilliant!

In a few years, flip back through those chicken scratch notations and marvel at the way your rough ideas became a completed work on your shelf!

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