Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Feb 15 2010
Can what we write from the top of a mountain be improved by climbing down into a ravine?
I took a week off from blogging, even though I could have blogged long-distance. It's important to get a fresh perspective now and then, focus on verbal and face-to-face communication and maybe see things through the eyes of others. I walked past rows of booths in a large convention center. Opportunities to watch people were everywhere and I also had conversations with one or two of the staff, who were pleasant individuals who went out of their way to assist and inform visitors. I live in a much smaller community with fewer people, fewer roads, fewer businesses and fewer padding against the latest economic recession. But this was Anaheim, California, home to a certain famous mouse and all that goes with that, a place perceived as the land of opportunity and possibilities.
If you tend to write from a quiet place I would suggest that you change it out for a busy intersection of life once in awhile. If you struggle to write in odd moments between chauffeuring children and putting out fires at the office, switch that out for a quiet place now and then. The change doesn't have to be drastic. Change the radio station you listen to or drive to a grocery store parking lot and just listen to people getting in and out of their cars and talking to children. The jog that you give your mind could add a different energy and a sense of renewal to your words.
posted at: 14:16 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I took a week off from blogging, even though I could have blogged long-distance. It's important to get a fresh perspective now and then, focus on verbal and face-to-face communication and maybe see things through the eyes of others. I walked past rows of booths in a large convention center. Opportunities to watch people were everywhere and I also had conversations with one or two of the staff, who were pleasant individuals who went out of their way to assist and inform visitors. I live in a much smaller community with fewer people, fewer roads, fewer businesses and fewer padding against the latest economic recession. But this was Anaheim, California, home to a certain famous mouse and all that goes with that, a place perceived as the land of opportunity and possibilities.
If you tend to write from a quiet place I would suggest that you change it out for a busy intersection of life once in awhile. If you struggle to write in odd moments between chauffeuring children and putting out fires at the office, switch that out for a quiet place now and then. The change doesn't have to be drastic. Change the radio station you listen to or drive to a grocery store parking lot and just listen to people getting in and out of their cars and talking to children. The jog that you give your mind could add a different energy and a sense of renewal to your words.
posted at: 14:16 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
