The writer's toolkit

A writer’s notebook is not a luxury. It’s not an accessory or something you keep because you think writers are supposed to have one. It’s one of the most essential tools that can sit behind your creative project. A notebook is where you lay the first stone for the world you want to build, and where the characters that live in it first arrive. Not polished, not structured, not ready for publication. Just raw impressions: the smell of rain on a bus shelter or the sound of it dr