A Baby Step for Writerkind
Altered Waterfall
Aside from my Morning Pages, I had fallen behind a little with Finding Water. I'm going to be gentle with myself about that since I had a whole week of chaos when the heating was being replaced, followed by a week long Artist Date/Artist Walk in the Lake District. So the last few days I have been doing a little catch-up with the Divining Rods.
I wrote on Sunday about the wee revelation in my Morning Pages about the sneaky brainstorming predator (note to Tammy - I cannot remember the word we are "supposed" to use instead, nor who exactly I'm unintentionally offending...). So I was most thrilled when I read Julia's words on page 85:
"Most of us accomplish too little because we are expecting to accomplish too much."
Which succinctly sums up my wordy rambles!
My latest revelation, last night, was the idea of breaking down writing a novel into writing three pages a day. Now, I have heard such wisdom before and it's common sense really - but having it whacked into my brain in simple terms last evening has really fired me up. So much so that I pulled out a blank notebook and today I wrote three pages - of course it isn't daunting because I know how easy it is to write three Morning Pages every day...
So for me a sense of satisfaction with myself for a baby step well navigated.
"If you expect to become enlightened in a few days, it would be too presumptuous. It is very important to apply sustained effort, like the continual flowing of a stream." ~ Dalai Lama
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Tags: finding water, inspiration, morning pages
Posted on March 27, 2007 in Creativity, Thoughtful, Writing.
oh good for you. I’ve actually had the same idea. But I haven’t done the 3 pages because I’m overscheduled – and that’s with just allowing myself 3 things a day on my todo list (okay yesterday was load in show, work my volunteer hours and load out crates, which was 12 hours) I’ve given up on FW for right now (except morning pages – I love my morning pages) and I’m also not beating myself up. It was just too dreary.
You are an inspiration!