Happy Saturday!

And a good morning to all!


Today is a writing day. If you check out some of the ridiculous headlines shown on the google news bar, you can get all sorts of ideas for stories. Where else do you get ideas? 


I wrote of dreams the other day and can you believe that since then I've had NONE I could remember upon waking? It's like I jinxed myself! However, the ideas come other ways so that's all right. Even when it seems like your imagination has run dry (could that ever really happen??), it takes but a small spark to reignite it. Never lose hope!


It's very disappointing when you've come up with a terrific lead idea and you write and write and write, only to find it peters out, that you don't have enough to sustain it for 80,000 + words. It feels like you've wasted all that time. However, is any time spent writing really a waste? You're thinking about word choices, about the best, most economical way of expressing an idea. . . and that is never a waste. You're honing your craft! And those days you feel you have "writer's block"? Just write about any old thing, say the experts. Any writing is better than no writing, even if you never use it for anything. Most experts say, however, that even from that you may be able to glean an idea or two down the road. Moral of that story? Don't throw anything out, no matter how bad you think it is. Make a separate folder and stick it in there. One day you may go back and read through them and find your gem!


I hope everyone has a productive day, whatever you're doing.


Until later...


Keep writing!