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 Gratitude breaks the spell of Writers Block |
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Staring at a blank page is like staring into a snowfield. The snow, untouched by civilization and unmarked by living creatures, blinds you for a few minutes, it glistens reflecting subtle shades of pure white and rainbows at odd angles. If you stare at the snow too long, you get lost in the interplay of light and shadow. As the day wears on, you become awestruck at the beauty of the snow's perfection. You marvel at the way an oak tree cast its ebony shadow across the pure white snow. You watch the tree's shadow change, grow and shrink, as Earth turns and the sun moves from morning to evening. If you stand out in the snow too long without moving, you risk snow bite or freezing. If you are fortunate, a red fox will walk across your line of sight. The fox will leave his footprints written in the snowfield. As you watch the fox move, the spell holding you in one spot staring at the snow is broken. You are free to go inside out of the cold and out of danger. I must say, writing 500 words a day isn't difficult, unless I'm attempting to write on a single subject. On Monday, October 28, 2013, I began posting my weekly goals at "Weekly Goals"  . On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 I began keeping track of may accomplished goals in this journal."O SON OF BEING! Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds." Bah'u'll'h The Hidden Words of Bah'u'll'h, Part I.'From the Arabic, #31, page 11 'Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What Your Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order Rule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Market Rule Five: You Must Keep it on the Market until it has Sold' Robert A. Heinlein It is enjoined upon every one of you to engage in some form of occupation, such as crafts, trades and the like. We have graciously exalted your engagement in such work to the rank of worship unto God, the True One. Ponder ye in your hearts the grace and the blessings of God and render thanks unto Him at eventide and at dawn. Waste not your time in idleness and sloth. Occupy yourselves with that which profiteth yourselves and others. Thus hath it been decreed in this Tablet from whose horizon the day-star of wisdom and utterance shineth resplendent. Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed After the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Pages 21-29: gr 32 I changed the way I did entries in this book several times. Beginning on March 21, 2018 the entries will cover the topics of spiritual, inspirational, and religions. However, the genres it will be under are Women's, Inspirational, and Spiritual with a tag of Religious. |
Istiqlál (Independence), 7 Sharaf (Honor) 174 B.E. - Friday, January 5, 2018 about 1:03 P.M Pacific Time I started the Dear Me letter a couple of days ago. I wrote the first draft by hand, and then put the second draft in a word document on One Drive. I haven't printed it off to read it, I will do that this afternoon. Yesterday, I determined some of the items I need to edit or rewrite, and I placed those in "Items to Rewrite and/or Edit" I started January off on a writing frenzy. I have written a poem and posted an entry everyday since January 1 to The Daily Poem contest, I posted three time this week to my offsite blog, and I posted everyday to, at least, one of the blog group I belong to. I also wrote three other poem and a short story, and, in addition, I posted to this journal and Welcome to my Weird Life. I am on the second draft of my Dear Me letter for January's official contest. I will finish that and submit it this weekend. The only issues I have, right now, is staying off of Facebook. I have logged into it and updated my status more than once over the last few days. I keep looking at the 18 items I listed to accomplish this year. I keep wondering if there are too many on that list. I have my doubts that I can do all of them, especially the one about walking around the block. I think the best thing to do, before finalizing the Dear Me letter, is to say some prayers. Maybe instead of submitting the letter this weekend I should submit it on Monday or Tuesday of next week. I haven't placed a copy of it in my writing.com port yet. I was waiting to do that until I finalized every thing I wanted in the letter. |
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