Whether you’re in the stage of elevating a finished draft or staring at a blinking cursor on a blank page, consider how tapping into your own emotional truths can flesh out your characters and plot. Ask yourself:
- When in your life have you felt an acute urgency to act? How can you tap into that memory (sensory details, actions, pacing) to empower a scene?
- When was a moment in your life where you felt extreme [insert the needed emotion here]? How did your view of the world shift as you felt this way? What subtleties of that emotion could be brought to the page in atmosphere, mood, or tone.
- When have you been up against a roadblock, when you’ve been unsure how you would ever get past it? How did you react? What did you do? What was brewing inside you? How can this moment enhance your protagonist’s drive?
~ Kris Spisak
Month: January 2022
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ Want to be Happy?
“Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.”
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Healthier Mouth, Healthier You
Take Care of Your Mouth
Not taking care of your teeth not only ages your smile, but also puts you at risk for gum disease, which has been linked to heart disease, stroke, and bacterial pneumonia. Along with proper oral care, it’s important to see a dentist regularly.
According to the American Dental Association, a dentist can spot signs of nutritional deficiencies, infection, cancer, and other illnesses, such as diabetes. They recommend brushing twice a day, flossing once a day, and using a mouth rinse.
💡 Something to Think About
Want to have a good day? Set out to make it one. Get out of the chair, get away from the laptop. Tune out the podcasts. Listen to music that touches the heart. Read something that motivates and moves you. Tell someone you love them. We are the creators of our good days.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Time Time for You!
Make life a bit easier on yourself today. You deserve it. Take time to relax, listen to good music, and have lunch with your best friend.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ Opportunities Await You
Opportunities abound. They surround us if we have eyes to see, and a heart courageous enough to take the leap. Even if you fail, you may discover the real opportunity meant for you. Go for it.
🌾 Today’s Poem ~ i am a little church
i am a little church
e. e. cummings
i am a little church(no great cathedral)
far from the splendor and squalor of hurrying cities
-i do not worry if briefer days grow briefest,
i am not sorry when sun and rain make april
my life is the life of the reaper and the sower;
my prayers are prayers of earth’s own clumsily striving
(finding and losing and laughing and crying)children
whose any sadness or joy is my grief or my gladness
around me surges a miracle of unceasing
birth and glory and death and resurrection:
over my sleeping self float flaming symbols
of hope,and i wake to a perfect patience of mountains
i am a little church(far from the frantic
world with its rapture and anguish)at peace with nature
-i do not worry if longer nights grow longest;
i am not sorry when silence becomes singing
winter by spring,i lift my diminutive spire to
merciful Him Whose only now is forever:
standing erect in the deathless truth of His presence
(welcoming humbly His light and proudly His darkness)
🌞 Today’s Inspiration ~ If It is Important to You Then . . .
“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.
👊 Today’s Power Thought ~ You’ve Got to Do It!
Some days you have to suck it up, step out and face the bitterly cold north wind. That’s life. Step out into it. Face it head on. Don’t flinch. Give it your best shot. Repeat tomorrow and the day after.
💡 Something to Think About
We all have challenges. Challenges come with the territory of living. No one goes through life unscathed. It’s how we face the challenges that matters. We can let the challenges defeat us or we can master our challenges. How we handle our challenges shapes our character and determines our destiny.
