GOAT CURSE

Having a dedicated writing notebook gives you a good place to collect bits of potential inspiration for future projects.

possible things to include in your journal:

1. Overheard dialogue and conversation
2. In-depth physical descriptions
   • Try writing a purely physical, concrete, in-depth description of an object in front of you. Aim for 200-500 words.
3. Concrete / sensory details
4. Dreams
   • I feel like dreams can be a good source for surreal imagery (depending on how realistic or “dreamlike” your dreams are); try keeping your notebook near where you sleep so you can write down your dreams right when you wake up.
5. Research, fun facts, deep dives
   • Look into historical events, unfamiliar spiritualities, interesting people, topics from fields of study that you don’t normally interact with.
6. Reviews of books / films / TV shows / music albums
7. Any other bits & pieces of potential inspiration for writing.

also, Paste in other materials that you could draw from for inspiration: stickers, photographs, sketches, dried plant matter, interesting news or magazine articles, scans of artworks.

Some of Charlie’s Notebook Entries

Daily writing prompt

What’s a mystery from your own life that you’ve never solved?

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