As for a blog being a writer’s journal I think that is up to you. The challenge or question that I always wrestle with in blogging is how important or formal to make it. There are plenty of thoughts that I have that I want to keep and may one day want to use, but I would not want to put my name on and contribute to the inter-wide-network.

I enjoy keeping a writer’s journal – but I agree that I seldom actually use the ideas in the journal. For me, I think it’s more of a ‘lube’ if you will. :)

As for your freebie today – what a great writing prompt!

Here you go…

A woman sitting alone in the window of a Thai restaurant ponders her boyfriend (a consultant). Prior to giving herself the freedom of a date with herself to be alone – she shopped for a train. During to the purchase, she realized the absurdity a train as a Christmas toy presented itself.

But, she supposed the child wouldn’t mind. Her boyfriend had earlier communcated with the child through a doorwall – and somehow convinced the small boy that trains were perfect Christmas presents.

The store across the street, as she sat, aired an infomercial depicting a train with a conductor: a small man with big hair and wide eyes. She thought about how infomercials typically harbored such bad acting. Why is that?

As the wine glass has one sip left in it, typing away at her smart phone, she heard the clip-clap of a man’s dress shoes. It reminded her of her father typing away at the typewriter – clip-clap, clip-clap.

She really needed to get to work on that novel. She paid the bill smiling.

~xo
(thanks for the fun!)

On the other hand I do have a small notebook i’ve been carrying around in my back pocket I’ve used to jot notes for the novel i’m still writing in my head (which never made itself onto paper during NaNoWriMo) so I guess I’m actually kind of using a writer’s journal, though it’s more writer’s shorthand. Is that more what you mean?