Gifts for Writers

We writers are kind of particular sometimes, which can make it hard to find good gifts for writers. Here’s a few great ideas from one writer to another.

18 Gifts for Writers

One Word: Caffeine

Caffeine is a 'drug', a natural stimulator.

Caffeine is a substance chosen by writers who write late at night or early in the morning.

Some writers prefer their caffeine while at a coffee shop with a book, notepad, or laptop.
Others, such as myself, prefer their caffeine in soda pop form. Although, I've been known to hang around a coffee shop or two.

As with many writers & non-writers, I've developed a tolerance for caffeine, but often I can get dehydrated which causes headaches.

(See what wikipedia says about Caffeine.)

In the end, writers need fuel to keep up with extended periods of time writing. The most common fuel (stimulator) is Caffeine. I've been known to have a bowl of cereal from time to time.

Writers: What type of stimulating fuel you find most help fuel while enduring long hours of writing?

Ambition

Are you an ambitious person?

Writers have to be ambitious. It takes diligence to get from "Once upon a time" to "the end".

Dictionary.com says this about ambitious.

Many people say they could write a book, but few do. Not always for a lack of ambition, but a lack of time or maybe talent.

I consider myself ambitious. I have a self-published book, an independent film production company, and a side marketing consulting business.

I can do it. I have done it. I intend to continue to do it. Now it is a matter of making it a priority.

This all keeps me from sitting in front of the TV, playing video games, and even solitaire.

Seeking Clarity

In the 1999 made for TV Movie "Tuesdays with Morrie" based on Mitch Albom's book of the same title - the narrator, talking of his old dying processor Morrie Schwartz as to knowing he was dying - Morrie had clarity and Mitch wanted that type of clarity.

As writers, we want clarity to help us sift through our thoughts and get down to what it is that we really want to say.

If we aren't dying and we don't know anyone who is dying, where can we get that clarity from?

Passion or Dedication?

Many writers have the passion for writing. You can hear it in their voice. You can see the expression in their face. But you can't see it because they talk about it more than actually write.

Other writers have that same passion and they have the dedication to write each and every day.

What type of writer are you?