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Spring is right around the corner. Are you ready? What are you looking forward to doing when the weather improves?
This week's Action/Adventure Newsletter is all about new opportunities.
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It is March, and that means that in my part of the world we're approaching the season of daffodils and lambs, tulips and (unfortunately for me as I suffer from arachnophobia) some seriously big spiders. I look forward to being able to go on some longer walks over the hills, and to some adventures further afield – I've found a place where you can spend the day with a variety of birds of prey and it'll no doubt help if none of us get drenched.
For action heroes and heroines spring tends to be a time of hope and renewal. For example, the third book in the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy is called Dragons of Spring Dawning. In it, peace is restored and the adventure comes to an end, at least until its follow-up, the Dragonlance Legends trilogy. Likewise, the final instalment of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is to be called A Dream of Spring. Yes, I am aware that we are still waiting for The Winds of Winter, and spring may be a long way off for the kingdoms of Westeros, but one day, when the snows stop, the snowbells will resurface and a book might hit the shelves. Hope springs eternal.
Where I live, it is still cold and miserable. We've just been through some rather unpleasant storms, and my area ended up flooded, as did various areas throughout the UK. After that we've seen snow and hail and touches of frost. I have, already, spotted some rather optimistic crocuses on my journeys uphill. They always bring a smile to my face. But I must admit that spring still feels a ways off.
You can sense that it's coming, though, can't you? It brings a change in people. I, at least, appear to be coming out of the human equivalent to hibernation and I notice in others around me that suddenly plans are made for gardens and DIY projects, and there's just a bit of a mental spring in their step. I even subjected my Writing.Com portfolio to a spring cleaning session – something I can actually recommend. It takes some time and effort but as in offline life the end result is really nice and you may rediscover, as I did, items that you'd long forgotten about.
I have also prepared myself for new writing adventures. I want to be more experimental in my blog. Try out different genres. Learn new (to me) poetry forms. It is comforting and comfortable to stick with what we know, but it is when we set foot outside of those self-imposed barriers that we learn and grow. The worst that can happen is that we might discover that we don't enjoy a certain genre or form, or that it simply doesn't suit us, which is a valuable lesson rather than a waste of time.
I remember when, as part of a contest, I had to write a Western. I'm pretty certain that it's the worst story that I have ever written, and there's some fierce competition for that, I can tell you. The only genre that I could foresee ending up worse for me would be Steampunk. I love some of the items and costumes that I have seen online for that genre, but I guess I don't really 'get' it. It's something I will have to look into at some point. I have also written some abysmal poetry during the course of experimentation. Like, I have never managed to successfully write a limerick. The rhythm will sound fine when I read it to myself, but it somehow always trips up everyone else. I have no idea what that's all about.
I have also won contests attempting new genres, however, and found forms that I have enjoyed. Above all, I have had genuine fun figuring out the unfamiliar. When I think about it, there's been so much since I joined Writing.Com that was, at one point, unfamiliar. When I signed up – nearly 16 years ago now – I didn't even know what a stanza was. As you read, and as you write, you learn. Of course, being surrounded by helpful people is invaluable, really.
Whatever you are planning this next season, I hope that it will turn out to be an excellent adventure that brings you a lot of joy. Though, if it involves spiders – and especially big ones – please keep them to yourself!
Kitti the Red-Nosed Feline
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