I think the first rule of writing, as cliche as it sounds, is to write about what you know. Unfortunately, I have learning schizophrenia so it's pretty hard to pick one thing to write about. I'm still going to write about things that I love; politics, music, gigs, food/cooking, festivals, dancing etc. - but the things that I
know right now are pretty precise.
To do this, I now have a trusty gear of writing items:
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| MacBook, iPhone 3GS and blank paged book from Paperchase |
And photo taking thing:
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| HP R742 |
I'm hoping this helps me to track all of the things that I want to write about more (so long as I have it on me at all times). I have to get in the habit of using them, and that can be pretty hard when you haven't been doing or caring about it on a regular basis for a while.
Anyhow, structure is the name of the game, so I've had to decide what it is exactly that I know about and feel comfortable writing. I love and know social media, I am pretty much the poster child for all things on the interwebs, so it shouldn't be too hard for me to write about that when it comes up. I love living in London, and I've always wanted to live abroad. Granted, I wanted to be on a beach in warm weather but I suppose the British Isles is as close as I will get to that. I also love people, in particular people watching and I tell you some of the best people to judge watch are those that live around where I do in North London. So, I've decided I'm going to focus on the people, places and things in the area where I live - because it's what I know best.
Since moving to
Upper Holloway and out of bumfuck-nearly-Essex-
Leytonstone I've been able to take the bus home which is a nice 20-ish minute ride rather than the 40 minute Tube ride. On the bus I pass through some of my favourite places which will be the bits that I'll discover while living here and hopefully inspire me to write on the bloggy space. Things you can expect, or at least the places that have caught my eye on the bus ride home:
The Camden Town/Kentish Town bridge
Tufnell Park to
Archway - once you get here everything looks a lot more local, i.e. there's the butcher, there's the guy that fixes your bike, there's the baker, etc
I'm really interested in learning more about this area and seeing what it was like 50 years ago. It reminds me a bit of
Lorain Avenue back in Cleveland. I also like how church steeples seem to depict the separation of the old villages. Looking at the layout of cities/towns here, it's interesting to think how they could have been. Today, everyone's rocking their Arsenal kit as they walk around North London, but you can see the history of the town beneath the modernity of its residents. I've always liked the idea of local shops and cafes over chains so I'm really excited to learn more!!
Plus heaps more locations of course, as there are plenty of other places to discover in these areas as well as the walk from Upper Holloway through
Islington to
Angel! I love it, I love it, I love it so much over here and I want to make the most of it while I can.
And so, I leave you with a few cool photos from my daily scenery of Upper Holloway
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| The church at the end of my road |
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| The view towards Archway |
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| More of the church at the end of my road |
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| Bridge over the tracks to my close |
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| Artwork on the bridge |
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| Artwork on the bridge, i suppose inspired by the train below the bridge |
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