{"id":469,"date":"2020-08-17T23:36:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T04:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jenniferspurgeon.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2020-08-17T23:36:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T04:36:41","slug":"a-little-book-of-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniferspurgeon.com\/writing\/a-little-book-of-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Book of Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was watching a Netflix movie, <em>War Machine<\/em>, and there was one particular part that I thought a little more about than others. It was a scene where The Rolling Stones journalist was setting among troops, notebook in hand, writing away. \u00a0When asked what he was doing he replied, &#8220;Writing, writers write&#8221;, a common phrase. The soldier replied, &#8220;Well I better like what you write.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Two parts stuck with me.<\/p>\n<h4>One: How true it is, <em><strong>Writers write!<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>I have a little notebook I carry around with me everywhere. At any given moment something may resonate with me. So, regardless of if I am alone or in the company of the finest people, I will pull out my little book of notes and start jotting things down.\u00a0It may be the aromas of the restaurant or tinkering sound of its kitchen. Perhaps the glimpse of a business man&#8217;s baby-blue penguin socks peeking out from the top of his elegant Oxford Berluti shoes. Maybe it&#8217;s the look in the eyes of a woman as she glances at her lover, him unaware of the adoring regard, or a hateful spat and petty quarrel between two people oblivious that they are being observed. All useful to me! Nothing going unnoticed and partly memorized in my mind. As a result, making its way into my notes.<\/p>\n<h4>Two: I won&#8217;t be able to please all my readers.<\/h4>\n<p>Fear is inevitably part of writing. I write fiction. It is a form of writing for entertainment <em>not<\/em> for facts or even truth. That being said, in a time when I feel like people are always trying to prove a point or have an agenda, it can be nerve racking when you want to tell a story just to tell the story. How will readers judge my book? Will they judge me by my characters?\u00a0I made a statement at dinner the other night, &#8220;Don&#8217;t judge the writer for what the character says or does! It&#8217;s the characters flaw, I just write about it.&#8221; None the less, I am aware and have prepared myself for the negative people who think I owe it to them, that they like what I have to write. <em><strong>&#8230;and I write anyway.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was watching a Netflix movie, War Machine, and there was one particular part that I thought a little more about than others. It was a scene where The Rolling Stones journalist was setting among troops, notebook in hand, writing away. \u00a0When asked what he was doing he replied, &#8220;Writing, writers write&#8221;, a common phrase. 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