Monday, November 15, 2010

Monday Musings

What's in your bag?


So, I started thinking about what kind of person my MC is.  I know she has aspirations to be a journalist, is allergic to contact lenses, and has an affliction for classic literature and movies.  So how do I get to know more about Alex? Then it made me wonder, how does one get to know anyone?  Then of course after all that thinking I got pretty hungry and dug through my purse to find change for a snack. Then IT HIT ME. You can tell a lot about a person from what's in their purse.

In High School, I had a black messenger bag that said "Jesus Loves Me and My Tattoos."  It carried my five subject notebook, a bunch of pens and mechanical pencils, My Kroger name tag and usually a copy of the latest book that I was reading.  On a side note, I didn't have any tattoos and dressed even better than I do now.  So I really wasn't as cool as I may have seemed.

 So what's in my purse?


First off, yes I do have a lime green Coach purse.  I can't help that I love me some designer purses and I also like bright colors.  So what else is in there?

*My trusty notebook- sometimes I have weird dreams or just random ideas that pop into my head and for that I need this notebook
*Highlighters, red pen, and sticky notes- for editing
*Target Gift cards- 6 months still counts as  a newlywed, right?
*Antacid tablets- I'm pregnant with heartburn, it happens
*Pens- I tend to pocket them wherever I go
*Hand sanitizer- Can never be too careful
*Ipod Mini- If it's not broke, why fix it?  It gets me my music and I like nostalgia.
*Checkbook- Because sometimes I buy things that they wont take credit card for
*Wallet- To keep my money and ID in.
*LG Rumor 2- Because the hubby is still holding the smartphone over my head
*Keys to my 2008 Cobalt- Because a girl's gotta drive.

So what does my purse say about me?  What's in your purse?  And more importantly what's in your character's purse?

5 comments:

  1. What great questions! I'll have to consider this. So far she hasn't carried a purse just a backpack. I know that she would have earplugs in it and an iPod.

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  2. Backpack is especially relevent for young adults! Not that one has to take a whole chapter to describe what's in someone's bag, but even just from outside appearances you can see who the character is by what they carry!

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  3. I think that's rather true that you can tell a lot by what someone has in their bag, which is probably why it's no surprise that one of my main characters has knives in his bag...you need a weapon when coming across zombies. As for my bag, I always have a book or my nook.

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  4. So jealous of your lime green Coach bag! I'm a purse junkie.

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  5. Nicole- Weapons are important to a story as well. Then you know exactlly what your up against, like Buffy with her arsenal of stakes!

    Karen- Yeah my husband didn't understand why I needed the Coach bag, but I insisted that it was necessary!

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