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[meg_levins]

I savorsavorsavor these evenings alone.  This is going to be so good for me.  I was hit by an idea for a short story this afternoon and I've already got two (sloppy) handwritten pages.  I've been operating on the assumption for a long time that I didn't have any story ideas in me

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[babyhands144]

I have gotten into the habit of buying books on-line. I spent a good portion of my youth in a library, but now that I have some $, I prefer to own them (so I can highlight and take it into the bathroom without guilty feelings).

One site that I use is www.addall.com, which is a meta-browser for books. (Since Amazon is usually but not always the cheapest).

Let them buy you drinks, in my brief experience, these informal gatherings pay-off well more than the free drink.

operational assumptions...

[colibri29]

really? what do you mean by "I've been operating on the assumption for a long time that I didn't have any story ideas in me." Is that your reason for your drive towards non-fictional narrative? Was your story idea pure fiction?

Did you have drinks? That sounded fun except for the four men part. I suppose they fawned over you:) which is fun... though I think men are so much more fun in the company of women. And that way we have someone to talk to when they get stupid!

Re: operational assumptions...

[meg_levins]

Though not THE reason (which really is a deep love for the genre), it's a strong one. This story is based, loosely, on a memory shared with me, but I will fictionalize it heavily. I suppose that's how all fiction begins.

I just remember time after time after time after time trying and trying and trying to come up with a story and getting no where past the first line. Hence my assumption that I had no stories in me.

No, I did not go out to get that drink. My books and magazines held too much sway and I stayed curled up on the couch for hours. It was heavenly. : )

P.S. That Pat Conroy article really inspired me. : )