Here is the second part of Dr. Schield’s tweeted field notes recording his observations of writer’s in their natural habitat.
(Writers In The Mist Introduction)
(Writers In The Mist – Field Notes Part 1)
WITM: I want to communicate with these shy creatures, but as soon as I approach, they scamper off into a library, lost in the stacks…
WITM: Today I placed an empty journal in a clearing with a trail of pens leading to where I sat, writing in my notebook and waiting…
WITM:…I soon saw a feral writer approach. He had taken the bait. As I wrote, he sat down near me, journal open. I was gaining his trust.
WITM: Moving slowly, deliberately, I reached into my knapsack. Startled, the writer almost bolted until he saw the thermos and two cups…
WITM: He immediately sensed I would do him no harm. Cautiously, he took the coffee, sipping it gratefully with a contented smile and sigh.
WITM: His gratitude at being befriended touched me. Writers in the wild think no one understands and thus are surprised by acts of kindness.
WITM: For the next 5 days, I returned to this urban glade. Each day, the now docile writer awaited me, coffee mug and journal in hand.
WITM: Yesterday, the writer left his journal in the glade. Today, when I tried to hand it back, he shied away, as if scared of it.
WITM: Fascinating to see Dickens (what I’ve named the wild writer) perform task after task, doing whatever it took to evade pen and paper.
WITM: Today Dickens spent the day gathering new journals, pens, a few books, stashing them in his lair. Is he preparing to hibernate?
