Nanowrimo Day 6

Quote for Today (From Nano 2015)

“Begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceding day. This prevents those cringing feelings, and means that you have a substantial body of work before you get down to the real work which is all in editing.” — Will Self

Nanowrimo:
Day 6
Keeping the momentum going. And today there’s a bonus. A wedding. A real live, real life one. And it was beautiful and heartfelt and joyful. Ah, the romantic in me sighs.

The background photo – a pretty rhododendron while on our walk.

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Nanowrimo Day 2

Quote for Today (From Nano 2015)
“Find your best time of the day for writing and write. Don’t let anything else interfere. Afterwards it won’t matter to you that the kitchen is a mess.” — Esther Freud

Nanowrimo:
Day 2
The best intentions flew out the window, but I had a good couple of sprints early in the morning and trend is looking optimistically great.

The background photo – camelia on our morning walk. Love spring and the colour it brings.

Character Flaw – Nanowrimo Instagram Challenge

Todays challenge is about truth. We are all flawed and fall short of the person we want to be.
It’s hard for a writer to give their hero flaws. Or to give the villian a save the cat moment (a humane and kind gesture).
But perfect people don’t exist in real life and would be boring to read about.
Thank goodness for The Negative Trait Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi.

Quote for Today
“Stop trying to ‘fix’ yourself; you’re NOT broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure.” – Steve Maraboli

Meditation
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins. Eccl 7:20

Writing Today
I woke up with the plot for Book 2 of The Cosy Mystery Trilogy, but it was several hour later when I arrived early for yoga, before I could scribble it down.

Nanowrimo is nearly here. It isn’t too late to think about writing a book. My first book was written with a rough idea, no plot whatsoever.
Authors show no one their first draft. It’s always the 2nd, 3rd or 22nd before its good enough to share.
But you can’t edit a blank page, whether it’s a manuscript or life.

The background photo is of the pretty Azalea’s in the Millbrook Reserve, Christchurch.

Be very kind to you today.

Overheard dialogue – Nanowrimo Instagram Challenge

To overhear dialogue, one needs to be out and about, listening for ebb and flow. Conversation is interrupted. Laughter begins before the sentence is finished.

Some people have unique things, analogies, old adages said in a modern way. Write them down for later use (carry a notebook or use the one on your phone). Um, it’s a bit creepy to listen in on some conversations. This is for research.

A caveat here. Remember those who listen at keyholes hear nothing good about themselves. Be discerning and wise about what you record.

Quote for Today
“Well done is better than well said.” Old Addage

Write down all your great ideas when they arrive. And then stop talking about writing and actually do it.

Writing Today
Someone is sleeping in the Vicars office at the church. And someone is sleeping in Mrs Browns campervan. We finally find out who.

Todays background photo is blossom springing forth from the tree trunk.

Nanowrimo has volunteers all over the world who support writers in their area. Check their website for your closest local. With COVID everything is online again this year.

Let Go, Release, And Start Over

“Happiness is letting go of what you think life is supposed to look like.”

We dream and plan and set goals. This will happen on such and such and we’ll go there tomorrow in time for… it goes on.

And then things don’t go as we plan. Our dreams are up in smoke. We feel heartbroken and frustrated. Why me? Its not fair.

The only thing we truly have control of is the reaction we have to life.

If we can’t let go of the past, we’ll fail to forge ahead. It will hold us down, resulting in frustration, anger or bitterness.

Let go and let God handle it. In our mind picture the hand over of the thing or situation that hasn’t gone as we planned it.

Writing didn’t go as planned. My body clock is rebelling at daylight saving hours. Just over two hundred words today. It happens. Tomorrow is a new day.

Today’s photo is the woodland scattered with mauve, blue and white flowers in the dappled light.

Decide To Look For Happiness

Even In The Small Things

“Happiness is not a goal, it is a byproduct” – Eleanor Roosevelt

The spring blossoms are painting pretty vistas all over The Garden City at the moment. Spring always makes me feel happy.

Today we begin a happiness series. I hope it lifts you up and gives you courage to take on the day with great expectations of happiness.

In Writing,
Lucas arrives at the police station for the early morning shift to find his old friend Shane in the cells. The circumstances of his arrest were out of Shanes hands and he wants to start over and break away from the lifestyle he’s been involved in.

As you work towards your goals, I hope waves of happiness flow through you, washing your day with joy and peace.