Here’s what you’ll need:
- Angst
- Put someone up on a pedestal. Now watch him fall off. Re-play that image in your mind as you write.
- A bottle of cheap wine
- Breaking (not broken) heart
- A romantic predisposition
- A dash of real eccentricity
- A feeling that you don’t quite belong
- A hesitancy to speak. A propensity to collect scaps of paper and scribble on them
- A love/hate relationship with food. Strong opinions about flavors and textures
- Strong tendecies toward apathy regarding politics
- Guns N’ Roses, or if not that…Coldplay can work, but if that isn’t for you, try Getz/Gilberto
- Feelings of inadequacy, or feelings of grandeur. Pick one
- Did I mention angst? It’s the writer’s best friend.
mary june brown 