Comments on: Moleskine Anxiety http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/ One person's attempt to defeat writer's block Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:08:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: owlandsparrow http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-17842 owlandsparrow Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:37:56 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-17842 Thank you for admitting to (and, um, defining...) Moleskine Anxiety...I thought I was the only one who had it. I love them, but can't bring myself to use one up before I buy two or three more. Like you said, it's hard to start using them at all, even! Ahhh. I feel better now that I know I'm not alone. Thank you for admitting to (and, um, defining…) Moleskine Anxiety…I thought I was the only one who had it. I love them, but can’t bring myself to use one up before I buy two or three more. Like you said, it’s hard to start using them at all, even! Ahhh. I feel better now that I know I’m not alone.

]]> By: Girl™ http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-17840 Girl™ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:26:18 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-17840 Yep, I've never found a way to describe and explain just why I hate notebooks (and especially moleskines), but you did it perfectly. Yep, I’ve never found a way to describe and explain just why I hate notebooks (and especially moleskines), but you did it perfectly.

]]> By: Kathryn Fenner http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-17416 Kathryn Fenner Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:44:23 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-17416 Love your idea of just writing writing writing! I wonder if anyone will read what you wrote--either it will be a priceless record, or like the Stasi files from East Germany, so copious no one could really digest all the information! Love your idea of just writing writing writing!

I wonder if anyone will read what you wrote–either it will be a priceless record, or like the Stasi files from East Germany, so copious no one could really digest all the information!

]]> By: Jesue V // FILM MUSIC ART blog http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-17413 Jesue V // FILM MUSIC ART blog Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:48:06 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-17413 Ok, this is what I like to do when a blank Moleskine page just stares at me. I just take a deep breath, and quickly write the date on the top, then I'll be inclined to write (or draw) something. It doesn't have to be the date, it could be anything, you can even put a random mark on it. Ok, this is what I like to do when a blank Moleskine page just stares at me. I just take a deep breath, and quickly write the date on the top, then I’ll be inclined to write (or draw) something. It doesn’t have to be the date, it could be anything, you can even put a random mark on it.

]]> By: dave terry http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-17393 dave terry Fri, 29 May 2009 20:45:08 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-17393 Some of my best friends have moleskines! ...dave Some of my best friends have moleskines!
…dave

]]> By: Claudia http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-16521 Claudia Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:46:45 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-16521 Ha, I think thats actually the great part about those books. That the first drafts will there last forever, for you alone. I find that there is something fresh about the fact that your first thoughts, first drafts, will be found on these pages. Its a mark of your progress then. A truth of it. Because you are not likely to throw the pages away, crumples and erased. Thats why I think the habit of writing on a page like this is really positive. Ha, I think thats actually the great part about those books. That the first drafts will there last forever, for you alone. I find that there is something fresh about the fact that your first thoughts, first drafts, will be found on these pages. Its a mark of your progress then. A truth of it. Because you are not likely to throw the pages away, crumples and erased. Thats why I think the habit of writing on a page like this is really positive.

]]> By: Passion http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-14368 Passion Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:13:19 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-14368 Live now! If you love your Moleskins, use them as much as you can. When you have filled all their pages, buy more as soon as you are able. Transform them into a metaphor for your life which should be lived in a constant state of beauty and creation. Enjoy! Live now! If you love your Moleskins, use them as much as you can. When you have filled all their pages, buy more as soon as you are able. Transform them into a metaphor for your life which should be lived in a constant state of beauty and creation. Enjoy!

]]> By: Emilia http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-6987 Emilia Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:28:37 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-6987 have you written in it yet?? Because if you have i am very proud of you.!! this is my favourite topic yet!!! it is so fascinating!! have you written in it yet?? Because if you have i am very proud of you.!! this is my favourite topic yet!!! it is so fascinating!!

]]> By: strugglingwriter http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-6960 strugglingwriter Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:34:03 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-6960 Emilia - thanks for the encouragement. I'll try to get over the anxiety. As you say, I can always buy another one. mykietown - Even artists go through this?! That sounds rough. Good luck with the comic book, though. Emilia – thanks for the encouragement. I’ll try to get over the anxiety. As you say, I can always buy another one.

mykietown – Even artists go through this?! That sounds rough. Good luck with the comic book, though.

]]> By: mykietown http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-6935 mykietown Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:32:03 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/moleskine-anxiety/#comment-6935 Actually I tend to do that with sketchbooks. For the longest time I've been trying to develop a comic book series with original characters, and I start out ok in the sketchbook, but then the perfectionist side of me comes out and I start tearing out any drawings with even the smallest flaws in them. Actually I tend to do that with sketchbooks. For the longest time I’ve been trying to develop a comic book series with original characters, and I start out ok in the sketchbook, but then the perfectionist side of me comes out and I start tearing out any drawings with even the smallest flaws in them.

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