Start out on a walk, with water, digital recorder, notebook and pen
Go an hour, noticing what ever catches your eye and ear and nostril and recording on digital
Stop after an hour (or 42 minutes), and write for 20 minutes about the time peregrinating
Walk another half hour, more recording, when anything arises
Stop and write 10 minutes about the past half hour, anything goes: weather, pavements, feelings, dog threats, snatches of overheard conversation, people who detain you pleasantly or ominously for ten minutes
Make it a point (although you do this quite unthinkingly I know) of smiling or “hello”-ing 2 to 5 people while strolling
Repeat as inspired to do so or as rigorously scheduled by you aforethought
Do variations on this in eight cities in USA over the next year
200 hours walking 200 hours writing
Type everything up over a fortnight
Reread and every ten pages recite Kerouac’s mantram–“You’re a Genius all the Time”
–from work-in-progress, Our Heroic and Ceaseless 24/7 Struggle against Tsuris
