An Examination of the Contents of My Red Notebook

(Pages) (Content)

(7) (brainstorming/character sketch for novel about ancient warriors dealing with social modernization)

(1/24) (a funny last name to possibly use later, McCandles

(1) (goals for the year, books to read) highlights: Kafka on the Shore, stop smoking

(1/10) (list of numbers, not sure of significance) highlights: 4, 160

(2) (character background for warrior novel)

(1) (ineffective ideas for YA novel) highlights: none

(27) (rough writing for warrior novel)

(1) (list of classic movies to watch) highlights: To Sir with Love, The Big Sleep

(1/2) (absurdist writing lesson plan)

(1/2) (reflections on being a student)

(3/4) (list of lesson ideas) highlights: POV, juxtaposition

(15) (blank)

(1) (reflections on teaching)

(1) (blank)

(1) (draft of Please Lift Handle When Flushing sign)

(1/2) (first few lines of unfinished devil’s sideshow story)

(1/4) (powers I’d like to have) highlights: turning into a shark, dimensional teleportation

(1/4) (mindless alliteration)

(1/4) (list of favorite types of rice) highlights: special fried rice, sticky rice with mango

(1/8) (seahorse-related brainstorming)

(1) (blank)

(1) (list of things to do the night before a suicide) highlights: ice cream, cigar in a bubble bath

(1/2) (list of favorite stand-up comedians) highlights: Todd Barry, Bruce Bruce

(4) (Dairy Queen scene from possible tragically comic novel)

(1/6) (list of things to do this year) highlights: read Wolf Parts, look up artist Duke Riley

(1/4) (Netflix password and login)

(1 1/2) (old lady beats a dog flash fiction)

(1/16) (drawings of Spiderman, Jughead, Ultimate Warrior)

(1/4) (adding up monthly wages)

(1/2) (brainstorm for graphic novel) highlights: villain named The Fish Murgeler

(1/16) (unknown password)

(6) (storyboard for Fish Murgeler attacks village scene)

(1/16) (22+36-13+8-19=4)

(1/6) (3 unknown personal identification numbers)

(1/20) (Linda’s phone number)

(1/16) (78-0-0-0-0=78)

(1/4) (sloppily written note to self, “diamonds, god.” significance unknown)

T. Redd is a freelance writer and teaching artist based in Knoxville, Tennessee.