All writers know how difficult it is to face a blank page. That
first sentence is the hardest to form even though [or maybe because] you know it
will probably get deleted once you’re underway. I have the same kind of problem
with beautiful notebooks. I want to save them for that ‘special idea’ that I
know will never appear because special ideas only ever materialise when I’m writing
and not when I’m gazing lovingly at beautiful new notebooks.
I’m guessing it’s different for artists which is why the
phrase ‘a blank canvas’ means something exciting, full of promise, an as-yet-undrawn
idea. But I’m a writer not an artist and I have a blank canvas that’s scaring my
creativity to pieces. Mr A is in one of his DIY moods. Normally this would make
me groan in desperation, sawdust trodden in everywhere, bare floorboards where
there should really be carpet, heaps of brick dust beneath drilled holes.
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| Mr A at work |
His current DIY project is Daughter’s bedroom. She used to
have a divided-off section with a hand basin. It was meant to be a dressing
room. It was used as a dumping corner. She left home years ago and Mr A has
finally removed the partition and basin and he’s fitted a brand new window overlooking
the garden. As soon as I saw it I knew what I wanted to do with it. It’s going
to be my writing den. Perfect!
The carpet has been disposed of, there are no curtains at
the windows and the walls are almost ready for painting. My job is to choose
the colour scheme. Aaagh! It used to be lavender but that will be painted over with
my new, inspirational colour... when I choose it!
- Do I go for a pale colour on the walls or something rich and warm?
- Do I select a plain carpet with a rug, a patterned carpet or one of those mottled ones?
- Do I go for plain curtains or ones with a hint of pattern?
- And should the colour scheme be beige and green or yellow and cream or...
Have you got a writing den with that perfect colour scheme
for creative inspiration?
