

You’ve rearranged the desk, reread the last paragraph and decided the problem might be the pencil. Excellent. This set offers “Regurgitated Ideas Pencil”, “Insert Coffee IV” and, when the plot really refuses to cooperate, “Add a Vampire”. Suddenly your stationery has joined the editorial meeting.
Keep them beside the notebook for stray dialogue, plot notes and the sentence that finally turns up while you’re meant to be doing something else. They also make a fitting show of solidarity for the writer in your life. Eight pencils. The next word is still up to you.