My Writing Recipe

I need:
A full stomach (relieves distraction)
A tall can of Pringles (something to munch on while contemplating on that next line)
My trusty mechanical pencil (with 2B lead)
Scratch papers (preferably the ones with lines)
A table lamp (because I write at night)

Optional: telephone

Procedures:
1. Lie down on my comfy bed and stare into space.
2. No ideas yet? Continue to daydream. (This really could take a while.)
Note: Do NOT sleep!
3. After a light bulb zaps on in my brain, I pick up that pencil and start writing.
4. If I still have zero ideas, I call boyfriend and start a fight. I believe writing is therapeutical. After exchanging warring words and banging down the phone on the now-bastard, I start drowning my misery in writing. (For sure I’ll find anything to write about now!)

Delay writing when:
1. Boyfriend calls. (To apologize, I hope!)
2. My butt hurts from sitting too long.
3. I ran out of ideas.
4. Wala lang. I just feel like it.

Best prepared by night before submission date. Cramming actually helps. It takes me on a different high. Adrenaline-high, that is! Teehee!