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Hayley Mills!&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;We were both aboard the final voyage of that great ocean liner,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Queen Elizabeth I.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;It was a heady moment, I assure you. And, of course I have an old-fashioned ?selfie? to commemorate it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;For those of you too young to remember,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Hayley Mills&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;was the Disney darling who starred in many films such as&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pollyanna&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Parent Trap&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Not only was I a fan and admired her, I actually wanted to&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;be&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;her.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;To the extent that for at least a year I had styled my hair the same as she did in&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pollyanna&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;and even wore drop waisted dresses with black stockings. Oh yeah.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;That was my dream.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;One day, at age ten, I sat down and wrote Hayley Mills a letter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;(This is your first hint that I am destined to become a writer?)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;I had decided if I couldn?t&amp;nbsp;be&lt;i&gt;her&lt;/i&gt;, I could possibly be the next best thing ? a child movie star. But I needed her advice?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I began (as any good fan letter does) with a full-on gush ?&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;?You are my favorite movie star!?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;and continued on to the meat of the matter?&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;?How do you&amp;nbsp;become&amp;nbsp;a movie star? I want to be one while I am a child.?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Then, of course, I listed a few credentials to impress her:&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;?When our school has plays or recitals I always join in. I?m not scared to go on stage at all. I?ve been the leading part on most of my plays. I?m not bragging, I just want some tips on acting. I can sing, act, and dance. I?ve been taking music for 2 years.?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Wow. Two whole years of music lessons! Now that I had her attention and formed a kindred spirit bond, we could get to a few more details?&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;?You?ve sent lots of my friends postcards and pictures. But&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;want and need a long letter from you.?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There you go. Surely Hayley would begin to open doors to my new career as a child movie star! What with all that talent and experience why I might even give her some competition for the next Disney movie?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Nonetheless, my insecurity resurrected as I prepared my closing and I was not too proud to beg.&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;?Please, I want to be a young movie star so bad. Please write me a long letter. Your best of friends, Cindy Secrest, 10 years old.?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I know you are waiting on the edge of your seat to discover what kind of reply I received from Hayley Mills. The answer is ? nothing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But since I have in my hand a faded and wrinkled piece of paper that looks strangely like the original I asked my parents to mail, I can only surmise that,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;due to not knowing her address,&lt;/i&gt;they absent mindedly tucked it into a file somewhere only to be retrieved a few decades later.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I don?t blame Mama and Daddy for singlehandedly putting the kibosh on all my child acting dreams. I?m not bitter?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;When I met Hayley Mills on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Queen Elizabeth I,&lt;/i&gt;I was a young teenager coming home from the London sights of Carnaby Street and Abbey Road, Twiggy and the Beatles. I was way too cool to ask her for acting tips...&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Looking back, I am filled with perspective.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You see, God had other plans for that bold, outspoken, singing, dancing, acting character who was never afraid to go on stage.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;I kept pursuing dreams.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;I tried on a few hats ? some were a terrible fit and others stayed on for a while.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;And the whole time I was dancing through life I wrote things down&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;. On lined paper. In journals. Using a large print typewriter Daddy gave me. Using a flair pen. In letters and cards. And eventually on that marvelous invention ? a personal computer! I also found myself on stage occasionally and discovered that when Holy Spirit power poured through me I was in a personal ?sweet spot? ? sharing stories and words of encouragement.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;What sage advice would I give that 10 year old Cindy Secrest?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Keep writing letters to anyone you wish ? always begin with praise and don?t hesitate to ask questions. What?s the worst that can happen? If they say&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;no&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;, move on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Realize that some letters you write are best never mailed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Always ask yourself the motivating factor for why you want to be or do something that has any amount of fame involved. You might need to recalculate...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;If you aren?t afraid to be on stage or speak into a microphone, that doesn?t necessarily make you brave -- it?s probably just the way God wired you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Be willing to adjust your goals and dreams as experience, mistakes, victories and critique help show you who you truly are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;When you look back over a lifetime,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;thank God for the unique way He created you and seek with all your heart to honor Him in all your pursuits.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;If that happens to include music, stories, and the occasional stage, then honey, give it all you got!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;From this vantage point in life, I see that the early seeds of my desires were planted deep and nurtured through God?s process of strengthening both me and my faith. Today I rejoice in every opportunity to Share Stories, Write, Speak and mostly Encourage Others to&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Be Who God Created You to Be.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Shattered Dreams? No, I prefer to call them Significant Dreams.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/u5JIk&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;What I learned when my dreams were shattered - @LucindaSMcDowel on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/t18k3&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;6 Things to do when it seems your #writing dreams are shattered - @LucindaSMcDowel on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-Spsv_CPyW9Nn2YkWu-VaHT5BKCjdhA1E11BG6HFuHueVpYvPDF5AV4pNe5H6999jjOA31-F3erJ8cRWJIBrRn_Mm5sr5Ny4WuYUJGBFU0AcLNm23NQMpATM9IsnpZTBFfmqb4VQctOL/s1600/Lucinda4.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1596&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;199&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-Spsv_CPyW9Nn2YkWu-VaHT5BKCjdhA1E11BG6HFuHueVpYvPDF5AV4pNe5H6999jjOA31-F3erJ8cRWJIBrRn_Mm5sr5Ny4WuYUJGBFU0AcLNm23NQMpATM9IsnpZTBFfmqb4VQctOL/s200/Lucinda4.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;m_-7076856915007413692yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539771997074_22353&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;m_-7076856915007413692yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539771997074_22354&quot; style=&quot;border: 1pt none; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;&quot;&gt;Lucinda Secrest McDowell, M.T.S.,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;m_-7076856915007413692yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539771997074_22355&quot; style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a storyteller and seasoned mentor who engages both heart and mind while&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;m_-7076856915007413692yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539771997074_22356&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b id=&quot;m_-7076856915007413692yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539771997074_22357&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i id=&quot;m_-7076856915007413692yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539771997074_22358&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;m_-7076856915007413692yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539771997074_22359&quot; style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;?Helping you Choose a Life of Serenity &amp;amp; Strength.?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;m_-7076856915007413692yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539771997074_22360&quot; style=&quot;color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;A graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Furman University, McDowell&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;m_-7076856915007413692yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539771997074_22361&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;is the author of 13 books and contributing author to 30+ books. 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Each one is a blank canvas that you design to showcase you, your books, and your brand or services. Plan the content carefully to get the best mileage out of it. That can vary depending on how you will use the bookmarks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Content and design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Bookmarks need some basic information to showcase the book and connect you to the readers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Book cover and ISBN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Your website and social media links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Your email and logo or tagline&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Release date if the book is not yet available&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Everything else is optional. If your publisher is well known you might include their logo. Blurbs can be helpful, especially for fiction.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdU2m67cErMX48V2mCErSWlZ0T0wU1RRy2t5jtQe_TyTu5TApHQPwWHrnGbTeRQbe5q1TSXFyUJZ57nFN3TwIxFdw5MgbVs7X8cabc71ZDZYbqrWj1snlv3HJcF2hGXCc0RU2IvSlyMGmM/s1600/Karen%252C+princess+bookmark.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1050&quot; data-original-width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdU2m67cErMX48V2mCErSWlZ0T0wU1RRy2t5jtQe_TyTu5TApHQPwWHrnGbTeRQbe5q1TSXFyUJZ57nFN3TwIxFdw5MgbVs7X8cabc71ZDZYbqrWj1snlv3HJcF2hGXCc0RU2IvSlyMGmM/s400/Karen%252C+princess+bookmark.jpg&quot; width=&quot;113&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A bullet list of benefits may be better for nonfiction. I often use an acrostic to list benefits such as an acrostic for&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;P-R-I-N-C-E-S-S for&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The One Year My Princess Devotions&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;with the P for praises God, R for remembers God?s word, I for improves her mind, etc&lt;i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;Or provide some trivia related to the book? topics, how-to steps for a self-help book,&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;recipe or recipe index for a cookbook, or jokes for a kid?s book.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;To showcase your services list your other titles with a few bullets below. So, list speaker and a few of your top talks. Or list editor or certified writing coach (if you are one) and a sentence about services provided plus link to sign up.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If you?re multi-published, add a list of titles or a few other book covers. If this is your first book, add something relevant such as an endorsement from someone well known, mini testimony or passion behind the book.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Consider something that gets readers excited to connect. Offer a link to your newsletter with the promise of a freebie when they subscribe or entry into a quarterly or book launch give-away (add deadline if there is one)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Be creative and think of something fun that might grab attention. One of my publishers created bookmarks for a teen book I wrote that had a mirror image message. They could read it in a selfie.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Bookmarks as a Marketing Tool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Once you have your bookmarks, you?re ready to use them to promote. There are many ways to use bookmarks and draw attention to your books and services.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. Conversation starter and bridge&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;When you are at a book fair or other signing type of event a bookmark makes a great conversation starter. Offer the bookmark and mention one key fact or hook about the book. That engages people. so they will stop and chat. It?s a good time to ask them to sign up for your newsletter or mention something about your writing. You can also pass one on when you meet people.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Small sales promo and reminder&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Once a person has a bookmark they have a small advertisement as a reminder to buy the book. They may stick it in a book they are reading, and then look at it when they pick up that book.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Pass it on tokens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Offer a second bookmark for the reader to share with a friend who might be interested. Add two to each book you sign. These become free pass-it-on tokens to extend your reach beyond the person you meet. It provides the individual with a free gift to add joy to someone?s day.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. Bag stuffers and freebies for readers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Give a dozen or more to a retailer or librarian to pass on to readers. They will be doing the advertising for you!&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;5. Pin the bookmark&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Beyond printing and passing them out you can share the bookmark jpeg or pdf online. My princess bookmark is one of my most popular pins and continues to be repined. If there?s some good content on the bookmark you can use it to create a blog post or post it on a social network with a comment or question to inspire others to comment and share.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;6. Additions to mailings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Whether sending a Christmas or Birthday card or paying a bill by mail, add in a bookmark. It sends it off to someone else who might be interested.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;7. Go Wider&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Beyond the stores, libraries, and your book table, consider how to reach out with bookmarks.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Many places like to stuff event bags with something useful and a bookmark can fit that need. Send them to schools for events, meeting planners, and give some to your church for events too. Drop some off at a store that sells something related to your topic that?s having a sale.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Be sure to be generous in using the bookmarks to get them out to as many potential readers as possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/e117Z&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;7 Ways to Use Bookmarks for Marketing Your Book - @KarenHWhiting on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/SbaEl&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tips &amp;amp; Tricks for marketing your book with bookmarks - @KarenHWhiting on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcoEdUnJA0YDtzhTFPBDiX4W2LTPehoBbrM5xvE70_yRGDiCM4qiNE1B2EBTG8iImoo7U7ZjyzBVTCmCT3rCrxxXtyzpDb9E7xZbZXj7jPDtqDfSdNyzkGTYI9IlE6tJaogUpVTkAHsCk/s1600/Karenlaugjng.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;960&quot; data-original-width=&quot;720&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcoEdUnJA0YDtzhTFPBDiX4W2LTPehoBbrM5xvE70_yRGDiCM4qiNE1B2EBTG8iImoo7U7ZjyzBVTCmCT3rCrxxXtyzpDb9E7xZbZXj7jPDtqDfSdNyzkGTYI9IlE6tJaogUpVTkAHsCk/s200/Karenlaugjng.jpg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Karen Whiting (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.karenwhiting.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.karenwhiting.com&lt;/a&gt;) is an international speaker, former television host of Puppets on Parade, certified writing and marketing coach, and award-winning author of twenty-five books for women, children, and families. Her newest book, The Gift of Bread: Recipes for the Heart and the Table reflects her passion for bread and growing up helping at her grandparent?s restaurant.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;She has a heart to grow tomorrow?s wholesome families today. She has written more than seven hundred articles for more than sixty publications and loves to let creativity splash over the pages of what she writes. She writes for Leading Hearts, The Kid?s Ark, and BCM International. 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Today I&#39;m thrilled to introduce you to another regular contributor. In addition to be a good friend, Tammy Karasek is an experienced editor and writer. Her insight and humor are a huge blessing in my life and I know she will bless you as well!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKFNaT7fIwWEOhEyXftrOxpzL9qKNxtRLMN_VU4E7ITYwXpJHI4G96wbC02EdAN2Pgu-xwIsfH3NqucF7ekaVrkMdBsyAluXE_USLPG2jnllMC9NQwMFCx1DXoJp4bS4doAKp1CQ4XeaT/s1600/A+Writer%252C+Even+in+the+Silence.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;584&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKFNaT7fIwWEOhEyXftrOxpzL9qKNxtRLMN_VU4E7ITYwXpJHI4G96wbC02EdAN2Pgu-xwIsfH3NqucF7ekaVrkMdBsyAluXE_USLPG2jnllMC9NQwMFCx1DXoJp4bS4doAKp1CQ4XeaT/s1600/A+Writer%252C+Even+in+the+Silence.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;A Writer, Even in the Silence&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Tammy Karasek&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav&quot; href=&quot;https://twitter.com/tickledpinktam&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none !important;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;username u-dir&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr !important; unicode-bidi: embed;&quot;&gt;@&lt;span class=&quot;u-linkComplex-target&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;tickledpinktam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There are times as a writer that we can feel at a total loss for words. Have you experienced this? As a lover of words, this can make us wonder or doubt if we are in the correct field. We want to write, but we sit in silence.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;If I?m a writer, why can?t I find the words I want to say?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In those times where we have the lack of words, we can learn to use this quietness for our good. Often as writers our thoughts race faster than our fingers can tap on the keys or write with pens. But when the words seem to elude us?no matter how much we stare at the blinking cursor?we can become impatient and frustrated. We can yell out a groan or huff loudly as if that will dump words back into our brain. Just me?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What if we re-train ourselves to appreciate the silence? What if we learn to use that time as a great opportunity to stretch ourselves as writers?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;I have three suggestions on how to use the silence and loss of words to better our writing:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Take the opportunity to grab a study Bible, journal and pen and find a new spot to sit for a bit. Pick a word. Use either a word in your current work in progress or one on your mind. Start in the concordance and see if it?s there. If so, then follow it and all the marginal notes on a fabulous rabbit trail of study. If the exact word isn?t there, find a similar word and do the same. Often digging through scripture will get the mind processing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Go for a quick walk to get some fresh air. Changing the scenery from your same four walls can often jolt a new idea. And the body stretch is a great thing for a writer who tends to sit most of the day for his or her job.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;My last suggestion is one I?ve used a lot lately. Take a moment to do what I call&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Get Prone before the Throne&lt;/i&gt;. I turn off any noise and lie down on the floor in my office. Then I pour it all out to God. I tell Him that I?m stuck, and tell Him of the doubts and negative thoughts that Satan is trying to overrun my thinking process with. And if I?m honest, there just may be a little tantrum action from time to time to blow off frustration steam!&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Did it ever occur to us that having writer?s block might be a little nudge from God? It may be that God is hungering for our time together way more than we are. We can get caught up in deadlines, word counts and posts to be set to drop that we forget to keep God in the very thing He?s called us to do. Write. Do we include Him? Hopefully we are writing FOR Him, but are we writing WITH Him? Ouch. I?m feeling a little guilt myself on this one.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Sometimes having what some may call a writer?s block may be the very thing we need.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Instead of complaining when we have silence in our writing?or writer?s block?we can learn or train ourselves to use this as a tool in our writing life. Don?t let doubt creep in when the words just don?t come. We are still writers. Instead, let?s let God use the silence for our good. Better yet, for His good.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;We?d love to hear some of your ideas on ways you?ve learned to take the Writer?s Silence and use it for your good in your writing life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/cev0f&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sometimes having what some may call a writer?s block may be the very thing we need - @TickledPinkTam on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/tffJR&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;If I?m a writer, why can?t I find the words I want to say? @TickledPinkTam on @EdieMelson (&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVRFdueqhz-zzOzV5hcUCih6SY36qyhvkHXwxXmUD5zRjRh9fDNjVczFiPUtFxCmgHfIgGNyTsNl3sWbi84xJAQOMNr71kRtAVzzpVX1S7kemZml9NYDIU00Ae_CEMbXS8LfG6mzr0jlL9/s1600/WKarasek-14.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;328&quot; data-original-width=&quot;271&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVRFdueqhz-zzOzV5hcUCih6SY36qyhvkHXwxXmUD5zRjRh9fDNjVczFiPUtFxCmgHfIgGNyTsNl3sWbi84xJAQOMNr71kRtAVzzpVX1S7kemZml9NYDIU00Ae_CEMbXS8LfG6mzr0jlL9/s200/WKarasek-14.jpg&quot; width=&quot;165&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 4pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You?ll find Tammy seeing humor and causing laughter in every aspect of life. Her past, filled with bullying and criticism from family, is the driving force of her passion to always encourage others and give them&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The Reason&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;to smile. She?s been married to her college sweetheart, Larry, for 37 years, a mom to their grown daughter, Kristen and wrapped around the paw of a little dog named Hattie. Born and raised in Ohio, her family now resides in South Carolina. She is the President of Word Weavers Upstate SC, member of ACFW and member of My Book Therapy/Novel Academy. She?s the Blog Coordinator/Editor for Florida Christian Writers Conference. She was a contributor in the 2018 Divine Moments Compilation Book?Cool-inary Moments. She?s been a contributor to several other blogs.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 4pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;Connect with Tammy on her&amp;nbsp;b&lt;span style=&quot;color: #10131a;&quot;&gt;log,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #234199; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tammykarasek.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.tammykarasek.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;through &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/tickledpinktam&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/tammy.karasek&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/feeds/6132553544291737026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-writer-even-in-silence.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/6132553544291737026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/6132553544291737026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-writer-even-in-silence.html' title='A Writer, Even in the Silence'/><author><name>hP MM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11264201449303298303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKFNaT7fIwWEOhEyXftrOxpzL9qKNxtRLMN_VU4E7ITYwXpJHI4G96wbC02EdAN2Pgu-xwIsfH3NqucF7ekaVrkMdBsyAluXE_USLPG2jnllMC9NQwMFCx1DXoJp4bS4doAKp1CQ4XeaT/s72-c/A+Writer%252C+Even+in+the+Silence.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032078496036106020.post-2176880180632445739</id><published>2018-11-16T22:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2018-11-20T06:16:44.330-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Edie Melson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Emme Gannon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Psalm 69:30"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thanksgiving Memories"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Write Conversation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Time out for Thanksgiving"/><title type='text'>Time Out for Thanksgiving</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-okzsM7KCA5518NI8uiDac6bY29wMKoILAmGuuoQ5mSvwbi84AcMRPkIgQSsuld7LoeXerLwvG130VtZixE7UBa5zA6zp6u5-qOpo2WpWhswcVbJI9BRYnwSDGlKBo7qCUTeJP6YNpCz/s1600/Time+out+for+Thanksgiving.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;417&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-okzsM7KCA5518NI8uiDac6bY29wMKoILAmGuuoQ5mSvwbi84AcMRPkIgQSsuld7LoeXerLwvG130VtZixE7UBa5zA6zp6u5-qOpo2WpWhswcVbJI9BRYnwSDGlKBo7qCUTeJP6YNpCz/s1600/Time+out+for+Thanksgiving.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Emme Gannon &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/GannonEmme&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@GannonEmme&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In the south, we always have meat and two vegetables for supper, one green and one yellow. Potatoes don?t count. Of course, no meal would be complete without something sour. Pickled beets, peaches, or watermelon rind will do nicely. On Thanksgiving, however, our repertoire expands like our bellies. On that grand day diets are ignored along with my brother?s corny jokes and Uncle Ferd?s unpopular political views.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Memories arise of the army of relatives that would somehow squeeze around my grandmother?s dining room table to partake of the Thanksgiving meal. We knew not to touch a morsel of food until we bowed our heads, folded our hands and blessed the meal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sumptuous aromas of turkey, gravy, dressing, and homemade yeast rolls wafted in harmonious circles and tantalized our taste buds as we listened to my grandmother?s prayer of thanksgiving, going all the way back to her gratitude for family members who, it seemed, settled in the original Virginia colony. After dinner we children would be held captive for a while longer while each person shared one thing they were thankful for.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;At last, dismissed from the table, we would empty the game box and play Monopoly, serenaded by adult laughter as our parents reminisced over another cup of coffee. Their laughter covered our childish hearts with a shield of peace. And we knew what thankful felt like.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;When my grandmother was no longer capable of the arduous task of preparing a Thanksgiving meal for our growing gang of hungry vultures, my mother took on the honor. She cleverly divided us into two groups, where the first group served and cleaned up after the other. The one constant rule was that no one would dare contribute food that had not been made from scratch. Even so, my aunt and cousin persisted in trying to disguise their box cakes with whipped cream and crushed walnuts. After one bite, my mother knew. Not to be stymied, mother finally announced that from that year on she would cook&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;all&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;of the dinner. After slight objections on the part of the guilty parties, they all agreed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Mom thought Thanksgiving dinner improved after that. We wondered. But my mother?s idiosyncrasies were forgotten on Thanksgiving, for every lonely stranger within shouting distance had a seat at her table. After dishes were done, we?d gather in the living room, where my mother would plop into her favorite chair in an exhausted heap and nap away the evening, waking only to bid all goodbye and receive the compliments she deserved.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Life has its seasons, as the writer of Ecclesiastes reminds us. My grandmother and mother are no longer with us. My aunt and uncle join them in the glory of everyday praise and thanksgiving to our Holy Lord. We kids are now adults and have our own families, all scattered along the east coast and hardly within driving distance of one another. For some this year has brought loss and sadness that cling like the tentacles of a vine, still wrapping around our hearts, threatening to cut off our joy and our sense of being. For some of us, grief continues to strike like driving rain, falling like bullets upon our already wounded hearts.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;God understands. He knew. He provides, even now as we remember those times of love and laughter. God calls us to a life of gratitude and thanksgiving. Even though the sound of laughter may be absent from our lives this Thanksgiving. Even though we praise Him while in the throes of broken hearts and dreams. Even though there is an empty place at the table.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Psalm 69:30 reads, ?I will praise the name of God with a song. I will magnify Him with thanksgiving.?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;David wrote this psalm during a difficult time. He tells God in verses 1-4 that he is weary from crying out to Him. His eyes are dim from waiting on God. And then, he praises God and magnifies the Holy One who is with him in his sorrow.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Life may be good. Praise Him. Our dreams for our family and for our writing may or may not be going the way we planned. Praise Him. Let gratitude and thanksgiving reign over the day. For He is worthy to be praised.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A blessed Thanksgiving, dear writers.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/lec83&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Time out for Thanksgiving - thoughts from @GannonEmme on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCkJu6kuQHWpWRSL5l7hzNVnb3vNJooUEMcQFXnMJfmuPxharwu5YYXtCXOM3w0OSiTP9IowWIaH9FEu08vXi_OYeDKSeDuZVWpE_dcxD6n6t8hUORDmEcCBg-_QXantoJ2GUHvrq5LFW/s1600/IMG_4087.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1600&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1188&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCkJu6kuQHWpWRSL5l7hzNVnb3vNJooUEMcQFXnMJfmuPxharwu5YYXtCXOM3w0OSiTP9IowWIaH9FEu08vXi_OYeDKSeDuZVWpE_dcxD6n6t8hUORDmEcCBg-_QXantoJ2GUHvrq5LFW/s200/IMG_4087.JPG&quot; width=&quot;148&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Emme Gannon is a wife, mother, and grandmother who loves to write stories that stir the heart. Her award-winning writing has appeared in Focus on the Family magazine, several anthologies, and numerous newsletters. She just completed her first novel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/feeds/2176880180632445739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/time-out-for-thanksgiving.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/2176880180632445739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/2176880180632445739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/time-out-for-thanksgiving.html' title='Time Out for Thanksgiving'/><author><name>hP MM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11264201449303298303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-okzsM7KCA5518NI8uiDac6bY29wMKoILAmGuuoQ5mSvwbi84AcMRPkIgQSsuld7LoeXerLwvG130VtZixE7UBa5zA6zp6u5-qOpo2WpWhswcVbJI9BRYnwSDGlKBo7qCUTeJP6YNpCz/s72-c/Time+out+for+Thanksgiving.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032078496036106020.post-6802107324410664653</id><published>2018-11-15T22:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2018-11-20T06:16:44.617-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Answers to Some of the Questions Authors Ask"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Aren&#39;t all Indie Books Bad"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Becoming a professional author"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Edie Melson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Write Conversation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tips for self pub authors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tracie Tyne Hilton"/><title type='text'>Answers to Some of the Questions Authors Ask?Aren?t All Indie Books Bad?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlnXX82N-mPz1KU0q6NES0qPuiwsShEyMyfMpBKOqCzUr2fkaqNureuM_dvhf6zXtpGyLYYq8lcYwIHT6U2tjQhuzuUuzQipuG3nCPoTeYZZQ8vwCXaWGXjZasUOv1zOC0Np9K774sKI-/s1600/answers+to+some+of+the+questions+authors+ask%252C+part+2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;370&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlnXX82N-mPz1KU0q6NES0qPuiwsShEyMyfMpBKOqCzUr2fkaqNureuM_dvhf6zXtpGyLYYq8lcYwIHT6U2tjQhuzuUuzQipuG3nCPoTeYZZQ8vwCXaWGXjZasUOv1zOC0Np9K774sKI-/s1600/answers+to+some+of+the+questions+authors+ask%252C+part+2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Traci Tyne Hilton &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/TraciTyneHilton&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@TraciTyneHilton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;#2 in a series where I answer questions I suspect you are asking. Below is a link to the rest of the posts in this series:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://thewriteconversation.blogspot.com/2018/10/answers-to-some-of-questions-authors.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Answers to Some of the Questions Authors Ask?What If I Can&#39;t Do It?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;&quot;&gt;Indie Author: If I indie publish people will know I couldn?t get a book deal, and if they know that, they will think my book is bad, plus, there are a mcBillion terrible indie books out right now---way more than there are good ones, so everyone will think my book is terrible. And it probably is. I?m going to burn my computer now, forget I said anything at all.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Don?t burn your computer! That?s terrible for the environment!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;And don?t delete your book.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;And don?t give up on writing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;And don?t publish a bad book!&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I must address the elephant in the room before I get to the useful stuff. Are there literally a mcBillion terrible indie books out there? Yes. Did I just make all the self-appointed guardians of language have a stroke by saying a literal mcBillion? Yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But forget about the bad books. You can?t do anything about those. They exist. Move on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thing to keep in mind is that there are thousands of pieces of great literature being published directly by the author as well. These books are winning the big awards in the Christian marketplace. They are selling by the thousands. They are changing lives. No one is saying Joann Bischoff?s&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The Lady and the Lionheart&lt;/i&gt;is terrible because it was indie published. In fact, it won last year?s Carol for historical fiction. Just another terrible indie novel? How about best Historical Fiction of 2o17!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;So instead of worrying what people will think, focus on how to prove them wrong?how to become the next Joann Bischoff.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;And that?s no different for the indie than any other author.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Write an amazing book that you love. Then get reader feedback. Then rewrite the book. Then get editorial feedback. Then rewrite the book. Then get finessed feedback like proofreading. Then get more reader feedback. When the book is the very best it can be, publish it. Those are the steps it takes to create a moving, award winning piece of literature no matter how it is published. Those are the steps that separate a Joann Bischoff from the mcBillion terrible self-published titles.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If you want more specific steps about how to publish, sell, and polish your image as an indie author, check out my other blog series at The Write Conversation: How Authors can Build an Indie Empire and Professional Polish for the Indie Author.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What?s the best advice you?ve ever gotten about how to write a great novel?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/343GF&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Answers to some of the questions authors ask - @TraciTyneHilton on @EdieMelson (Click&amp;nbsp;to Tweet)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/M2c81&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;An award-winning #indieauthor answers the question posed by a lot of writers - @TraciTyneHilton on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOr62j5ZbpBD6zmPms_7PirPbZhHFtk4liolFFPJeEwvjTtSkstvnKGqRpa8cEdUe_-8jhC0EwglmjptEZuoNu55-P3vu5HKedNa1VTecUOqttn1YB5uL2NmsWUHYDqu1CUx0BDuQl05f/s1600/Traci+Hilton+Head+Shot.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1059&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1600&quot; height=&quot;131&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOr62j5ZbpBD6zmPms_7PirPbZhHFtk4liolFFPJeEwvjTtSkstvnKGqRpa8cEdUe_-8jhC0EwglmjptEZuoNu55-P3vu5HKedNa1VTecUOqttn1YB5uL2NmsWUHYDqu1CUx0BDuQl05f/s200/Traci+Hilton+Head+Shot.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #444444; font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Traci Tyne Hilton is the author of The Plain Jane Mysteries, The Mitzy Neuhaus Mysteries and the Tillgiven RomanticMysteries. Traci has a degree in history from Portland State University and still lives in the rainiest part of the Pacific Northwest with her husband the mandolin playing funeral director, two busy kids, and their dogs, Dr. Watson and Archie Goodwin.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;color: #444444;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;color: #444444;&quot;&gt;More of Traci?s work can be found at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tracihilton.com/&quot;&gt;www.tracihilton.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/feeds/6802107324410664653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/answers-to-some-of-questions-authors.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/6802107324410664653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/6802107324410664653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/answers-to-some-of-questions-authors.html' title='Answers to Some of the Questions Authors Ask?Aren?t All Indie Books Bad?'/><author><name>hP MM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11264201449303298303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlnXX82N-mPz1KU0q6NES0qPuiwsShEyMyfMpBKOqCzUr2fkaqNureuM_dvhf6zXtpGyLYYq8lcYwIHT6U2tjQhuzuUuzQipuG3nCPoTeYZZQ8vwCXaWGXjZasUOv1zOC0Np9K774sKI-/s72-c/answers+to+some+of+the+questions+authors+ask%252C+part+2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032078496036106020.post-1148285339672838284</id><published>2018-11-14T22:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2018-11-20T06:16:44.900-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Becoming a Professional Writer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Edie Melson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Susan Neal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Write Conversation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tips to be a healthy writer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tips to Stay Physically Active When Writing"/><title type='text'>Tips to Stay Physically Active When Writing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqvvwUfQy4x0mOyliqxpAGWv82vXJFUqYvrxkNbLE85gvnvDwgCfPRjMyK9r7jBFzvCgUNXSC3HDpfTCNt5lcLqm68CA1JfKRNMUHRbWxVKjXeYbLHs_HEbflFQ8AiPeP0BiIJ1V1Sy5_/s1600/Tips+to+Stay+Physically+Active+When+Writing.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;550&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqvvwUfQy4x0mOyliqxpAGWv82vXJFUqYvrxkNbLE85gvnvDwgCfPRjMyK9r7jBFzvCgUNXSC3HDpfTCNt5lcLqm68CA1JfKRNMUHRbWxVKjXeYbLHs_HEbflFQ8AiPeP0BiIJ1V1Sy5_/s1600/Tips+to+Stay+Physically+Active+When+Writing.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;by Susan U. Neal RN, MBA, MHS&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/SusanNealYoga&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@SusanNealYoga&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Physical activity is one of the best things you can do for your health. However, how can you exercise when you are sitting on your behind writing? This post provides tips about how to add movement into a writer?s daily routine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Manage Your Schedule&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You?ve got a deadline, so how in the world can you add a workout into your routine? You don?t have to stop working to be active. Instead, every time you take a bathroom break, do ten squats and lunges before plopping back down in your chair. Merely add a little movement during every bathroom break.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Become consciously aware of every opportunity you can add movement to your daily routine. So when you are waiting for the coffee to brew or tea to steep, go ahead and stoop down and touch your toes?do this ten times. Intentionally add little blips of movement into the cracks of your day. Like when you are waiting for the dog to finish his business, perform some squats.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;When I realized how sedentary the writing life could be, I ordered a portable desk with an adjustable height top (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BBNROI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;psc=1&quot; style=&quot;color: #954f72;&quot;&gt;Amazon link to desk&lt;/a&gt;) and a mini stair stepper (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0016BQFSS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;psc=1&quot; style=&quot;color: #954f72;&quot;&gt;Amazon link to mini stepper&lt;/a&gt;). Now when I peruse social media, I move my laptop to this desk and start climbing some stairs. Talk about a workout; my legs burn after just a few minutes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Another idea is to purchase portable bicycle pedals to place in front of your chair (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/TODO-Exercycle-Bicycle-Exerciser-Flywheel/dp/B071FZHX75/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1538576382&amp;amp;sr=8-2&amp;amp;keywords=portable+mini+bicycle+wheels+for+pedaling&quot; style=&quot;color: #954f72;&quot;&gt;Amazon link to desk bicycle&lt;/a&gt;). You can pedal away as you work. Now that is an ingenious way to burn up some calories as you steam along with your writing. In addition, the physical activity gives you energy and clarity of mind.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;As writers we end up reading and editing our work so print out your work, grab a pen, and walk all over the house as you edit. Go from room to room for as long it takes. You can get many steps in using this technique. Another option would be to walk in the shallow end of your pool (if you have one) while you read and edit. Yep, you heard me correctly. I do this all the time. I catch some Vitamin D from the sun, walk round and round in the shallow end of my pool, and edit my work or read a book, magazine, or article. Then I finish up with swimming ten laps.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Another physical activity you can perform while reading is lifting weights. Place the item you will be reading on your portable desk or table. Use three to five-pound weights for lifting your arms at your side and in front of you. Use eight to ten-pound weights for arm curls and raising the weights over your head. You could also use exercise bands instead of weights. Resistance bands were included with my mini stair stepper. Lifting weights or exercising with bands is a great upper body work that you can easily perform a couple of times a week while reading.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Whenever we want to improve something in our lives we need to be intentional about it. So plan how you can incorporate physical activity into your writing life. Physical exercise prevents chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity, cardiovascular disease, depression, and cancer, and it prevents premature death. Enough said we need to get up and move!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bottom Line&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;To summarize, here is a list of some ways a writer can incorporate physical activity into their daily routine:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;At the end of each bathroom break do squats and lunges before you sit back down.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Touch your toes whenever waiting for food or beverages to heat up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Get on your stair stepper when perusing social media.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Pedal your portable bicycle while writing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Walk all over the house while reading and editing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Walk in the shallow end of the pool while reading.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Lift weights or use resistance bands while reading.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Can you think of some other ways to incorporate exercise into a writer?s daily routine? I would love to hear your ideas and incorporate them into my routine. May God help us take care of our bodies as we write for his kingdom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/t4ceb&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Tips to stay physically active when #writing - @SusanNealYoga on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/eaW7M&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tips for a healthy writer lifestyle - @SusanNealYoga on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8pF07_1lTDo8tPf90J0QJVDr8XA_-Ly73XEfY3NYDjLWwr7y6kIMDN-OfzzcjeNHvmtXteNuNV_25wefsFtDYuxCFPtUFagOluAa_0zDsq1KP6JLpR7CYvnZXgbk98YaLCog2z2BOcD1/s1600/Susan+Neal+Headshot.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1600&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1067&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8pF07_1lTDo8tPf90J0QJVDr8XA_-Ly73XEfY3NYDjLWwr7y6kIMDN-OfzzcjeNHvmtXteNuNV_25wefsFtDYuxCFPtUFagOluAa_0zDsq1KP6JLpR7CYvnZXgbk98YaLCog2z2BOcD1/s200/Susan+Neal+Headshot.jpg&quot; width=&quot;133&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Susan Neal RN, MBA, MHS inspires others to be healthy, so they can serve God better.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222;&quot;&gt;She has a Master?s of Health Science as well as Business Administration from the University of Florida. She is a Registered Nurse and worked at Shands Hospital (RN), Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (Assistant Administrator), and Blue Cross Blue Shield (Quality Assurance Nurse). Susan practiced yoga since 1983 and began teaching in 1994. Susan began teaching Scripture Yoga in 2004. She is a certified Sports Yoga instructor with the National Endurance &amp;amp; Sports Training Association (NESTA).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; 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style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JbdH5y75QaGGhJBxcmTqVLpJGijKFl1K56Qo3ISaSNhd2L4UaMVPjzFzgEknXi4mUnCwn4nuS3ccbYgYEkdX4vSH75RiBkge7ax2A1aU8L4l7DnBrAdFtjAdiu4bkSOBOkMtmiWka68N/s1600/When+is+Permission+to+Quote+Necessary+for+Writers.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;481&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JbdH5y75QaGGhJBxcmTqVLpJGijKFl1K56Qo3ISaSNhd2L4UaMVPjzFzgEknXi4mUnCwn4nuS3ccbYgYEkdX4vSH75RiBkge7ax2A1aU8L4l7DnBrAdFtjAdiu4bkSOBOkMtmiWka68N/s1600/When+is+Permission+to+Quote+Necessary+for+Writers.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Linda Gilden &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/LindaGilden&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@LindaGilden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Who doesn?t love a good quote? After all, why should we try to put into words something that someone else has eloquently said? As writers, we are always looking for and finding good quotes to strengthen our books and articles. Using someone else?s words brings credibility to our work. But when is it necessary to ask permission to use a sentence or two from someone else in our writing?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Some of the top questions from writers on this subject are&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;?When do I need permission??&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;?I?m only quoting a little. Won?t that be good publicity for the other person??&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;?The person who originally said this is dead. So anyone can quote him or her without permission, right??&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Great questions. There are several factors that enter into the answers. One of those is fair use. But who determines fair use? Unfortunately, fair use is determined on a case-by-case basis by the courts, which makes it somewhat of a gray area for writers. However, knowing a few guidelines will help us avoid any problems.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Only using a short part of a long work such as a book from another person is usually okay. If you quote from an article, less is allowed. It can be looked upon as a percentage thing, although there is no law that states a specific number. This is the gray area. If you want to use long quotes, you will need permission from the copyright owner which could be either the author or the publishing house or in some cases the family of a deceased author. Contact publishers through their permissions department. You can usually find that address online.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Quoting poetry is an exception. If you were to quote five lines from a 20-line poem, that is 25 per cent of the poem. Definitely not a good idea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;To quote lyrics from a song, you will&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;always&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;need permission. The rules for quoting music are different and much more stringent. My recommendation would be not to use quotes from music at all. If you want to refer to a song, do it by paraphrasing. Instead of quoting, you might say, ?one of my favorite songs is the story of a man walking along the highway with his dog looking for meaning in life.? If you think there is no other way than to quote the song, then you must contact the copyright owner for permission. Many studios have also permissions departments. Keep in mind response time may be slow and permission may come with a monetary price.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There are many articles written on permission issues. Not all of them agree. If you are in doubt about whether or not permission is needed, it is never wrong to ask. It would be better to ask and not need it then to need it and end up in court. Several good websites exist that are helpful as well.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The person you are quoting will receive exposure to a new group of readers. And it makes sense to us that that is a good thing. A broader reach, new readers, expanded publicity. But this is all a business and to some that is the only filter they use. Therefore, if someone wants to use something they have written, they must pay for the use. Never assume that someone will be glad for the extra marketing help and want to generously donate their words.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;When do I&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;not&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;need permission?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Permission is not needed when you are quoting a work that is in the public domain. That is, if the copyright date is before 1923. For works published after 1977, the copyright on works written by a single author expire at the end of the 70&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;year after the author?s death.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/&quot; style=&quot;color: #954f72;&quot;&gt;Stanford University Library&lt;/a&gt;has an excellent explanation of public domain. Our government copyright&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.copyright.gov/title17/&quot; style=&quot;color: #954f72;&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;also gives you information about public domain and copyright ownership. Just scroll to the bottom to find specific subjects.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;A few things to remember.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Copyright ownership passes to the heirs of the author so even if the author is deceased, the work does not automatically go to public domain.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If you are just mentioning a title or the author of a work, you will not need permission since you are not quoting anything.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Giving credit and citing the source in your text doesn?t necessarily mean you won?t need permission.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The internet seems very public and some think information there belong to the world. But the same rules for permission to quote material apply online.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summing up this permission question&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Don?t quote long passages without asking permission.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Rarely quote music lyrics and never without permission.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Be careful with poetry unless you own the copyright.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Remember copyright ownership doesn?t necessarily end because the author dies.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If you are not sure whether or not you need permission, ask a publishing professional.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/lc_E8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;When is permission to quote necessary for writers - @LindaGilden on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/FZ8Na&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tips on giving credit and citing sources for writers from @LindaGilden on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbs_VwXqY2G3K5d56KDfayEjpuhXaBZY8eQZBmdCBjxf8nwXy_2_fCMedSMGRsr6dbI5-IiZXXe2EQxI6uviO-fnmecbxzMiM9OocjImyJruXOZkkrSKzYHesSFAvYgWmORjHJjYlkhdCQ/s1600/Linda+Gilden.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1280&quot; data-original-width=&quot;855&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbs_VwXqY2G3K5d56KDfayEjpuhXaBZY8eQZBmdCBjxf8nwXy_2_fCMedSMGRsr6dbI5-IiZXXe2EQxI6uviO-fnmecbxzMiM9OocjImyJruXOZkkrSKzYHesSFAvYgWmORjHJjYlkhdCQ/s200/Linda+Gilden.jpg&quot; width=&quot;133&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Linda&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gilden&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;is an award-winning writer, speaker, editor, certified writing and speaking coach, and personality consultant. 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Why? It?s easy. The world needs us. People outside the church, need to be reminded of who Christ is.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It?s time Christian authors begin to focus on the general market non-Christian reader and start to gently teach a Christian World View.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;The world has lost the absolutes of Christ. According to an older Barna poll, 80% of the children growing up in the 1950s and 1960s had attended church. They knew who God was. The coin has flipped and now, 80% have no idea who God is. The children of today, Generation X, Millennials, and Gen Z need to know Christ and Christian authors can reach them if they approach it in the right manner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Preeminent among Christ?s commands are these three: 1) to love God with all our hearts, souls, minds, and spirits. 2) to love our neighbors as ourselves&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;3) to go into the world, teach, and make disciples.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;And we can?t do that if all our work is focused inwardly. At some point we have to open the church doors and meet the world.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The question would be ? what?s our holdup?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Here are a few ways you can begin to write to the general market and instill the absolutes of who God is.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;5 Tips to Reach the General Market Reader&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. Learn the craft:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;One criticism of general market readers are that Christian writer?s stories are not well written or tied up too pretty. This leads readers to call the work cheesy. It?s important to convey in our stories that life is not always pretty just because your characters may have faith. It?s not true in the real world and it?s not true in a fictional world. If we are to make a path into the general market we have got to grasp hold of the craft and make sure our stories are well written, with a solid plot, likeable characters, and good endings.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Don?t preach:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;When you find yourself pointing a finger, over using those personal pronouns?rethink. Remember those times your momma kept at you and at you to make a point ? then reword. We live in a time when we must teach gently. Truthfully, but gently. That requires thinking through your approach. How you can write a phrase that says something important without being preachy? It takes practice, but you can do it. Simply keep this in mind.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Be wise&amp;nbsp;in the way you act toward outsiders;&amp;nbsp;make the most of every opportunity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Let your conversation be always full of grace,&amp;nbsp;seasoned with salt,&amp;nbsp;so that you may know how to answer everyone.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;Colossians4:5-6 NIV&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Let the world see Christians have difficulty&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;too:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I?ve had writers tell me, (about writing foul language into their stories) that they?d been told to make the world read your work, you have to write what the world wants. NOT TRUE. You never sacrifice purity for foul language. Never. Instead, you learn to convey the emotion in new ways. In essence, you raise the bar. Don?t sink to the world?s level, rather raise the world to a new level. The world needs to see Christians have issues too. We?re imperfect, but we understand redemption.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. Overusing the name of Christ:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;One sure way to deter a general market reader who doesn?t know Christ, is to keep throwing the name at them. Before you hang me by my fingernails, think about it. We live in a world that has shoved Jesus out of practically everything, so it?s up to us to introduce His love and forgiveness through the examples of the lives our characters live. Let your characters make godly decisions, show their strength through their faith. You will strike a curiosity in the readers that makes them want to know.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;5. Understand what a Christian World View&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;is:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;and what it means so that you can interject it gently into your story. God created the world with purpose, by design, giving&amp;nbsp;law, and order to things&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;. Sin corrupted His world and left His people broken. Jesus came as a baby, lived among us, died for our sins, and was resurrected on the third day. God is the three in one, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the perfect example of love. God will restore his people and His creation to Him.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Learning to interject a Christian World View is a little tricky. It means learning to write ?around? the non-Christian and teaching them when they do not realize they are learning. Jesus did this by teaching in parables. Remember, it?s not up to us to change the world. It?s up to us to plant the seed then step out of the way so God can do His job. If we can write clean, solid, uplifting stories, that shows good decision making, strength and faith ? maybe. . . just maybe, we can change lives in a venue we?re unaccustomed to.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Consider writing your next story to the general market. Show them what a life in Christ can be by writing it in a new and different way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/leGfn&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;It?s Time to Stop Preaching?and #Writing?to the Choir - @CindyDevoted on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/Wv6H5&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;5 Tips to reach the general market reader with your #writing - @CindyDevoted on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpyKEtC3L8-YcEf_Tm4cncbtBJIu0iQksywbR4Rx4mh-TwCMzvCceItvrjKiy9FXbRUqhXpUkp42MmGBi-Kx3YbQ1mVyEgJYn7FKQ5QQ09IbQakuoSl4TR8_M610hg_Jd5hYk03F2U57U/s1600/Cindy+Sproles.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;284&quot; data-original-width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpyKEtC3L8-YcEf_Tm4cncbtBJIu0iQksywbR4Rx4mh-TwCMzvCceItvrjKiy9FXbRUqhXpUkp42MmGBi-Kx3YbQ1mVyEgJYn7FKQ5QQ09IbQakuoSl4TR8_M610hg_Jd5hYk03F2U57U/s200/Cindy+Sproles.jpg&quot; width=&quot;140&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Cindy Sproles is an award-winning author and popular speaker. She is the cofounder of Christian Devotions ministries and managing editor of Straight Street Books and SonRise Devotionals, imprints of Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas. Cindy is the executive editor of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.christiandevotions.us/&quot;&gt;www.christiandevotions.us&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #666666;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;She teaches at writers&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;conferences nationwide and directs The Asheville Christian Writers Conference - Writers Boot Camp.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;She is the author of two devotionals,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Said-She-Devotional-Cultivating-Devotionals-ebook/dp/B004EEOGZS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1421108876&amp;amp;sr=8-4&amp;amp;keywords=Cindy+Sproles&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;He Said, She Said - Learning to Live a Life of Passion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/New-Sheets-Refine-Christian-Devotionals-ebook/dp/B00A6DT3OK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1421108927&amp;amp;sr=8-2&amp;amp;keywords=Cindy+Sproles&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;New Sheets - Thirty Days to Refine You into the Woman You Can Be.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Cindy&#39;s debut novel,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Mercys-Rain-Appalachian-Cindy-Sproles/dp/082544361X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1421108927&amp;amp;sr=8-1&amp;amp;keywords=Cindy+Sproles&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Mercy&#39;s Rain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;, is available at major retailers. 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Today, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m excited to introduce you to an amazing young woman. Paige Snedeker is an author, illustrator and speaker. She does all of this&amp;nbsp;in spite of the fact that she suffers from a rare&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;neuromuscular disorder called Riboflavin Transporter Deficiency (RTD) Type 2, which has caused her to be deaf, legally blind, confined to a wheelchair and dependent on breathing assistance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;&quot;&gt;I&#39;ve known Paige for several years and I&#39;m proud&amp;nbsp;to call her my friend.&amp;nbsp;This month her foundation is raising money and awareness for RTD. When I found out, I insisted she come on as a guest. I&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Courier New&amp;quot;, Courier, monospace;&quot;&gt;know you&#39;ll be blessed by her post and hope you&#39;ll&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;&quot;&gt;give her a warm TWC welcome. Be sure to visit her website and find out how you can help cure RTD.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2OJ3D2oHjHGakAj1MnheG8JbKQ1KqUWF3BkH-YZgwyC09J7SeUiExtT_lE5xHswR3WazFv-ZOnoFyTEVuAi84TbDe5nK1lf09WXrANsxLWPjRAGBPiLngL7h2NiYsi_vfgxZ7VSavK9n/s1600/Walking+Through+theWriting+Door.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;422&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2OJ3D2oHjHGakAj1MnheG8JbKQ1KqUWF3BkH-YZgwyC09J7SeUiExtT_lE5xHswR3WazFv-ZOnoFyTEVuAi84TbDe5nK1lf09WXrANsxLWPjRAGBPiLngL7h2NiYsi_vfgxZ7VSavK9n/s1600/Walking+Through+theWriting+Door.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Walking Through the Writing Door&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Paige Snedeker&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav&quot; href=&quot;https://twitter.com/paige_project&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;username u-dir&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr !important; unicode-bidi: embed;&quot;&gt;@&lt;span class=&quot;u-linkComplex-target&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;paige_project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;?...for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;1 Corinthians 16:9 ESV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;I had a strange dream that took me back to my childhood home. That single dream itself change my life forever. I appeared in the dream as an invisible ghost, witnessing everything with my own eyes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A young woman, dressed in a wedding gown, stood at the front door. She peered inside as if she was waiting for someone. Her arms, covered in delicate lace, held something dear to her.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A book with an image of a flower on the cover.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I never felt the calling to write and yet I&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;had&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;to get recreate the book I saw in her arms. After I wrote a children?s book titled&lt;i&gt;Sofia and Her Morningstar&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;inspired by my dream, I illustrated and published my work in 2013. Sofia the flower stared as the main character.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Most of my life through my high school years, my heart was set on becoming a detective. After graduation, I would go to college to achieve my dream. However, God had a different plan in mind.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sitting in the midst of rebellion, I didn?t want to be called by the Lord to do His purpose. Despite&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;my&lt;/i&gt;plans, God guided me onto the path that would ultimately soften my heart and change the course of my life forever.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In my college pursuit, doors began to shut. It simply wasn?t working out. It was during that time that I felt a tug at my conscience as if someone was trying to catch my attention. Still, I ignored the tugging sensation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I did not want to write.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Sofia and Her Morningstar&lt;/i&gt;was it. I did not have the passion for writing.&amp;nbsp;I was too dumb and helpless to be a writer... or so I thought.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In my mind I kept hearing a whisper.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Write.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But...&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;writing another book would be too difficult to accomplish; too much responsibility on my shoulders.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Write,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;the voice came again.&lt;i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I lashed back to the voice who was calling me to write.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;No! What good is writing anyway?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Write&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;, the voice said loud and clear.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;You will impact many lives.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I grew tired of resisting. The work that God called me to do became increasingly difficult to disregard. God continually opened doors of opportunity to write. Finally, I stepped through the door in faith and followed the path into my writing journey.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;My world flipped upside down.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Despair overcame me every time I tried to write. I could not make anything perfect and even if I could write eloquently, I didn?t want the world to recognize me. Since my disorder had crippled my body, shame was an ever present friend. I wanted people to look at the Creator. (Read more about my disorder below.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Putting my work out for others to see was hard. I felt vulnerable, especially due to my deafness. My English skills needed some practice.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In hopes of improving my writing skills, I decided to attend a writer?s conference. It felt as though my fried brain could spill out of my ears at any moment.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The knowledge that I obtained reignited my passion for writing with a blazing fire.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I came home, inspired by the people I met and all the new information I had learned.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Attending this conference encouraged me to write with confidence.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Since then, I have published my second children?s book and worked on many other projects such as starting my very own blog. I have experienced something with the Lord that I would not have experienced if I chose another path. I felt a sense of peace and purpose by following His calling. My work here on earth is not done. I&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;know&lt;/i&gt;there is more for me to tell.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Reader, I challenge you...&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If God has called you to write, then, do it! Write straight from your heart. If God has called you to do something else, do it! No matter what He has called you to do, following His plan for you is the best place you can be. Don?t expect perfection of yourself?God doesn?t call us to be perfect, anyway. Writing can be a stressful task BUT it if you stick with it, your relationship with the One True God will strengthen and you will learn more about yourself than you ever thought possible.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In the comments below, tell me why you decided to start writing and what motivates you to keep going!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/4avsU&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Walking through the #writing door - Paige Snedeker, @paige_project on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.1200008392334px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/YQ8nE&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.1200008392334px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Inspiration to follow your #writing dreams from author Paige&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sneaker, @Paige_Project on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyzIt3tzH-59WGs9TOjRM8ak7Hx6lV2Yr-rWfUL32ke5rXytsTIAyVU5no8z-7V-8j2CJ5mpMhYPlAm32tQjy4ucmfyYE7qzgXo9_G9dQQIntS9fPlb20pspvyM3zJBDHDeq73TRAefvyh/s1600/Bio+Headshot.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;720&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyzIt3tzH-59WGs9TOjRM8ak7Hx6lV2Yr-rWfUL32ke5rXytsTIAyVU5no8z-7V-8j2CJ5mpMhYPlAm32tQjy4ucmfyYE7qzgXo9_G9dQQIntS9fPlb20pspvyM3zJBDHDeq73TRAefvyh/s200/Bio+Headshot.jpg&quot; width=&quot;133&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Paige Snedeker has written and illustrated two children?s books, Sofia and Her Morningstar and Camo?s Journey as well as illustrated I Love You the Mostest. Paige is the founder of a non-profit, The Paige Project and has a rare neuromuscular disorder called Riboflavin Transporter Deficiency (RTD) Type 2, which has caused her to be deaf, legally blind, confined to a wheelchair and dependent on breathing assistance. 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Sarah Van Diest"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="God created you to be you"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Write Conversation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weekend Worship"/><title type='text'>God Created You to Be You</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZLFKoh_7VjXTPTnAkXqwDc1nwmxH9aL7SlpZhoqnw_YClFFNg1M4SmUOGbebBLlSalQDSMBGLRDq6C8Y6BHATQFUnqhBM-SLycpk6B3IaqUlru9RDWab61H_3GhFURi_7XhDjgOXnFSF/s1600/God+Created+You+to+Be+You.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;466&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZLFKoh_7VjXTPTnAkXqwDc1nwmxH9aL7SlpZhoqnw_YClFFNg1M4SmUOGbebBLlSalQDSMBGLRDq6C8Y6BHATQFUnqhBM-SLycpk6B3IaqUlru9RDWab61H_3GhFURi_7XhDjgOXnFSF/s1600/God+Created+You+to+Be+You.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Sarah Van Diest &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/SarahVanDiest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@SarahVanDiest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: times; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;color: #1a1a1a;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;As my thoughts meandered around this past month, they took an odd turn. It?s not that this kind of thing doesn?t go on in my mind all the time, because frankly it does, but it usually doesn?t make its way to paper. The level of ?spiritual insight? may be lacking, at least in the up-front reading of it, and I?m not going to force any great pearls of wisdom to be born from this non-oyster. The only thing I will say is that God has implanted in each of us a creative and unique spirit. The beauty, splendor and majesty of our Father is revealed when we allow our individuality to show; when His workmanship stands in the sun and reflects Him to those who would see. &lt;span class=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;As a writer and editor, my mind needs to be ?on,? but sometimes I can?t seem to find that button. Perhaps you can relate. This is what flumped out of me one day this month as I fumbled around trying to find the ON button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Productivity: a Tramp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;So Productivity was there for a moment, but now it eludes me as if I never really held it in my hands at all. As if it allowed me to think I knew its name and held its leash; that my commands were its desire. What a rascally, wily thing it is lulling me into a sleepy sense of submission to its whims instead of my own. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Out it goes across the path into the woods. I saw its tail brush the bark of that tree there in the shade. The warm comfort of my seat feels pricked with uneasiness as I move from it and out the door. My shoes are wrong. Slippers. The common footwear of the writer in winter. Goulashes are much wetter and better fitted for the task at hand. Oh, but the time it takes to prepare for such a hunt is miserably gargantuan with all the stuff of proper suiting goes. But hang it on and don it well for into the woods the chase will go. It always goes in there. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Like the time it found a hole. How droll it thought itself to hide and obfuscate in leaves and mud and shadow of the deep parts of my mind, chuckling in its rhythmic breathing all the while believing I never go there anymore. But that?s exactly where I chose to look this lucky time of mine. It was in that crouching and sneaking under the low branches of memories dusty and damp that I first knew I was on the right track. That tramp. There in the corner of the eye of that thought was the slightest glint of shimmer. And too, embedded in the soggy breeze was a scent I knew full well and so out I reached my hand and yanked and grabbed. My fist was bound around the tail I said I saw today and so I pulled and loaded up my arms with all the fluff and snarls and charms of it. I brought it home with me and cooked it up for supper. Ha! Productivity, I am thy master!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;That?s the song I sang that day in a nasally sort of rhyme and slanky beat of nothing more than captured thoughts boiled up and served. It has a way of creeping out of the pot and sliding across the floor out the door to its place of freedom once more. It does that. That tramp. So on the path again to seek and find, to hope and hop along the hidden trails of inner thoughts. All of its usual places of shaded spaces it isn?t or it wasn?t. Today it must have reinvigorated energies that give it gusto and cover its tracks. The search is long and long and lengthy and the footprints I see are all my own. In circles I spin and sit down again, but not in my chair this time, in mud. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Cold and slippery dark soil and leaves and goes the light from my thoughts. Where else to look? Down and on the ground is where my eyes turn around and peer up to see the filtering of the day falling through the tumbles of limbs and layers; light. Suctioned up to higher elevations I stand; my feet find their footing underneath. And in my muddy hand I feel a soft and furry friend holding tight? to me. So home we go together this time through the paths of thoughts and mind to find my chair and write the story of finding Productivity; my tramp.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I did find the ON button that day. Yay! But I suppose my point in sharing this with you is first to empathize, because I know I?m not alone in this struggle of trying to be productive, even sometimes feeling like my identity is entwined with it instead of with who my Father tells me I am, but also to encourage you to share what goes on in your mind. It?s okay if it doesn?t sound like everyone else. In fact, I hope it doesn?t. You are unique. God?s one and only you. There is such joy in His heart and in your soul when you walk in that truth. I praise Him for who He has made me to be, and who He has made you to be. 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Name=&quot;Subtitle&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;22&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; QFormat=&quot;true&quot; Name=&quot;Strong&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;20&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; QFormat=&quot;true&quot; Name=&quot;Emphasis&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;59&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Table Grid&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Placeholder Text&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;1&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; QFormat=&quot;true&quot; Name=&quot;No Spacing&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;60&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Light Shading&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;61&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Light List&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;62&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Light Grid&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;63&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Medium Shading 1&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;64&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Medium Shading 2&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;65&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Medium List 1&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;66&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Medium List 2&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;67&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Medium Grid 1&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;68&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Medium Grid 2&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;69&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Medium Grid 3&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;70&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Dark List&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;71&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; Name=&quot;Colorful Shading&quot;/&gt;  &lt;w:LsdException Locked=&quot;false&quot; Priority=&quot;72&quot; SemiHidden=&quot;false&quot;    UnhideWhenUsed=&quot;false&quot; 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She?s the mother of two boys, stepmother to three more, and wife to David. Sarah wrote this book as letters to a dear friend whose life was turning upside down. She?s done this for years for numerous friends and will continue to, Lord willing. It?s her gift to them. 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and while sometimes I just read for pleasure, there are certain books that have influenced me greatly, changing my thoughts about life and about myself.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There are any number of quotes about advice:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;No one can give you better advice than yourself.? -Cicero (106 BC ? 43 BC), Roman philosopher&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;(Not sure I agree with Cicero.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;?Wise men don?t need advice. Fools won?t take it.? -Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), one of the Founding Fathers of the United States&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;(Ben has a point.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;?I owe my success to listening respectfully to the best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.? -G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936), English writer &amp;amp; theologian&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;(Had to laugh at G.K.?s attitude.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;?Whatever advice you give, be brief.? -Horace (65 BC ? 8 BC), Roman lyric poet&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;(Totally agree with Horace.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I?ve both given and received advice. Over the years, I?ve learned to wait before offering any, ?Here?s what I think you should do ? ? words of so-called wisdom. Wait and pray ? and maybe end up not saying anything at all because maybe it?s not my place. And I?ve also learned to wait . . . listen . . . and pray when someone offers me advice. To be honest, receiving advice is always the greater challenge.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But I am thankful for the advice of others, sometimes spoken, sometimes lived out (no words needed.) Advice that has helped me be a better person, a better wife, a better mom, a better friend, a better writer . . .&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Here?s one of the best pieces of advice I ever heard about how to deal with feeling overwhelmed. (I met Joe Cook and his wife while my husband and I were stationed overseas.):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgfyo1hoOiEIrvvsc-yenP0S9d5iaQrJ_RnM7tpL1h4v8gX6i9cApDLTTU-qRWnXk-1eF9iMJeLLuVvFdUl43zZjKAYPF4sPuxUxt3LQOGJMwfKDIV88eHGnCjLQYn9MThdHpsSCwbkK8/s1600/Dont-wash-the-elephants%252C+resized.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;294&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgfyo1hoOiEIrvvsc-yenP0S9d5iaQrJ_RnM7tpL1h4v8gX6i9cApDLTTU-qRWnXk-1eF9iMJeLLuVvFdUl43zZjKAYPF4sPuxUxt3LQOGJMwfKDIV88eHGnCjLQYn9MThdHpsSCwbkK8/s1600/Dont-wash-the-elephants%252C+resized.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Whenever I?m feeling overwhelmed, I remember Joe?s words ?&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;?Don?t wash the elephants that aren?t going to be in the parade.?&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;? and I start eliminating ?elephants,? ? the things I don?t have to do. His advice makes me laugh ? and it?s stress-relieving, too!&lt;span style=&quot;color: #4b4b4b;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In Your Words: What?s the best piece of advice you?ve ever received?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/gGb9k&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Best Advice - @BethVogt on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/A4a2H&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;What&#39;s the best piece of advice you&#39;ve ever received? Thoughts from @BethVogt on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Nz694-o5oJEK2XtumgzOTvV1zT2Yonk10P5zeTfdJEOO7b3O8b7Y3o8iuK9a6yiI2NarG2rSK2UWH5seqUdZxFQ3ehO1fWCLHBsbuXvN3MGKHLOg_fp9gbPkBohzJUPBRwJLnO7WsXL6/s1600/beth+HR-New+folder-0004.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1600&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1062&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Nz694-o5oJEK2XtumgzOTvV1zT2Yonk10P5zeTfdJEOO7b3O8b7Y3o8iuK9a6yiI2NarG2rSK2UWH5seqUdZxFQ3ehO1fWCLHBsbuXvN3MGKHLOg_fp9gbPkBohzJUPBRwJLnO7WsXL6/s200/beth+HR-New+folder-0004.jpg&quot; width=&quot;132&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Beth K. Vogt is a nonfiction author and editor who said she&#39;d never write fiction. She&#39;s the wife of an Air Force family physician (now in solo practice) who said she&#39;d never marry a doctor?or anyone in the military. She&#39;s a mom of four who said she&#39;d never have kids. Now Beth believes God&#39;s best often waits behind the doors marked &quot;Never.&quot; A women&#39;s fiction novelist, Beth&#39;s first novel for Tyndale House Publishers, Things I Never Told You, released May 2018.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beth is a 2016 Christy Award winner, a 2016 ACFW Carol Award winner, and a 2015 RITA??finalist. Her 2014 novel,?Somebody Like You, was one of Publishers Weekly&#39;s Best Books of 2014. A November Bride was part of the Year of Wedding series by Zondervan. Having authored nine contemporary romance novels or novellas, Beth believes there&#39;s more to happily-ever-after than the fairy tales tell us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An established magazine writer and former editor of the leadership magazine for MOPS International, Beth blogs for Novel Rocket and also enjoys speaking to writers&#39; groups and mentoring other writers. She lives in Colorado with her husband, Rob, who has adjusted to discussing the lives of imaginary people, and their youngest daughter, Christa, who loves to play volleyball and enjoys writing her own stories. 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We study examples of good writing, some to model, some to simply admire in hopes there?s such a thing as learning by literary osmosis.&amp;nbsp;Although I know there?s a lot to learn from reading bad writing, I seldom use it as an example. It?s a philosophy I adopted a long time ago after reading a response Mark Twain gave to a question about his river piloting days.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I can?t find the interview, but my paraphrased memory of it runs something like this: When Twain was asked how he knew where all the hidden reefs and rocks were, he said he didn?t need to know where all the dangers were?he just needed to know where the deep water was. (And if Twain didn?t say that, it?s still an idea that?s served me well, both in life? can?t anticipate every danger and temptation, but can know the where the good way is?and in teaching.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Whether they write fiction or nonfiction, most of the class participants enjoy this sampler approach to learning. But apparently one woman wanted a straight-to-the-point approach. After class one day, she held both my hands and stared me in the eye. ?I don?t want to read any books. I want you to tell me how to write my memoir.?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Although in another class specifically for memoir, I will teach ways to approach and arrange her story, my single best advice will still be ? read memoir. Read whatever genre you want to write in.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Here?s an example of some of things a memoirist can learn from&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Growing Up&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;by Russell Baker:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You need to discover the real story?the emotional story. Facts are not enough.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Baker was already an established journalist when he decided to write about growing up in the Depression. He interviewed relatives and researched information. Pleased with his 450- page manuscript, he sent it off to his agent and editor expecting to hear from them the next day. After a month, he looked at it again and was so bored by page 20, he realized that although factual, it was no good, that he had missed the real story?&lt;i&gt;the tension between his strong mother and him.&lt;/i&gt;In 1982, after Baker rewrote the memoir, it won a Pulitzer Prize.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Once you know what it is about, string all your anecdotes, illustrations and scenes on that line.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Once Baker knew what his story was about?the strong influence of his mother?he was able to tell family stories, backstory, and growing up in the Depression stories without losing sight of his focus.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Right from the start&lt;/b&gt;, he clues the reader about the ?problem? he will be facing: a strong mom. (His father dies and she raises her children)&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;courier&amp;quot; , monospace;&quot;&gt;I began working in journalism when I was eight years old. It was my mother?s idea. She wanted me to make something of myself and, after a levelheaded appraisal of my strengths, decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition. (Problem was he lacked ?gumption.?)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;courier&amp;quot; , monospace;&quot;&gt;Later, when he failed at that, but got an A on a school paper, his mother said maybe he could be a writer. ?I was enchanted. Writers didn?t have to have any gumption at all. I decided what I?d like to be when I grew up was a writer.?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;In transitions to his mother?s backstory,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;he doesn?t lose sight of her strong character, which is her driving trait:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;courier&amp;quot; , monospace;&quot;&gt;My mother?s efforts to turn poor specimens of manhood into glittering prizes began long before she was my mother. As the oldest daughter in a family of nine children, she had tried it on her younger brothers without much success. When she married, she tried it on my father with no success at all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;In talking about himself,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;he references his ?fatal flaw? as well as slips in some historical context.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;courier&amp;quot; , monospace;&quot;&gt;I was born in {my uncle?s} second?floor bedroom just before midnight on Friday, August 14, 1925.&amp;nbsp;I was issued into the governance of Calvin Coolidge. World War I was seven years past, the Russian Revolution was eight years old, and the music on my grandmother?s wind-up Victrola was, ?Yes, We Have No Bananas.? Unaware of history?s higher significance, I slumbered through the bliss of infancy, feeling no impulse whatever to make something of myself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Throughout the middle chapters,&lt;/b&gt;while relating episodes of a colorful cast of relatives, his mother?s doomed relationships with men and her struggles to make ends meet during the Depression, he keeps the camera?s eye on her determination that he make something of himself. Even when he flounders, she keeps her battlecry, ?Something will come along.?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Baker?s book covers decades?right up to his marriage and own adulthood. (He does become a writer-yay Mom! although he thought English classes were boring and the classics were as ?deadening as chloroform.?)&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;He ends as he begins&lt;/b&gt;, with scenes of his mother, only now with a new appreciation and understanding. His story has gone full circle: with a beginning, a middle, and an end. A problem, a conflict and a resolution.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A perfect how-to do it story.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/VzI5B&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Why a writer should steal like an artist &amp;amp; learn from the best - @MarciaMoston on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/_85mY&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;How studying other writers - no matter what genre you want to write - will help you improve - @MarciaMoston on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqaaxohiJqFmJIdaz9kIyM5mwaQr8QtZ_UeS_f2pzKXs19RjcWu_gxI_syJjrjHj_r8xIEGMzx2SVQqEBww7chM6MEfTOBKGzyYwPaJ_6y01K_V5x5ceD00-J635Xk6ya_3OUx2uSaiP1/s1600/Marcia+Moston.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;427&quot; data-original-width=&quot;427&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqaaxohiJqFmJIdaz9kIyM5mwaQr8QtZ_UeS_f2pzKXs19RjcWu_gxI_syJjrjHj_r8xIEGMzx2SVQqEBww7chM6MEfTOBKGzyYwPaJ_6y01K_V5x5ceD00-J635Xk6ya_3OUx2uSaiP1/s200/Marcia+Moston.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Marcia Moston?author of the award-winning &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Call-Coward-Moses-Middle-Class-Housewife-ebook/dp/B0078FA9UG/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Call of a Coward-The God of Moses and the Middle-class Housewife&lt;/a&gt;?has written columns and features for several magazines and newspapers. 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I completely agree. Just record and transcribe a normal conversation and you?ll see that it isn?t all that interesting to read without a lot of judicious editing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But even armed with that knowledge, how do we as writers, determine what?s boring and what?s not? That?s a skill that takes practice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I believe good dialogue is more like music than anything else. We start with the rules, learning the craft and the technique. But to become masters we must develop an ear, a sense if you will, of what translates well to the page and what does not.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Today I?m addressing how to develop an ear for dialogue. The foundation for that lies in eavesdropping. Although we rarely reproduce something we hear word-for-word. There is a natural cadence to dialogue that comes only by listening. We must learn to edit dialogue down to its essence&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;without&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;loosing that rhythm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Tools of the Trade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;Professional eavesdroppers need tools to be effective. It does us no good to hear a great conversation if we can?t remember it. So I encourage you to always have some way to record those overheard gems. You can, and should, use several things:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Pen and Paper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Digital Recorder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Smart Phone Apps (note taking apps, recording apps, even capturing images).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;Be sure to take time to practice with these tools. Keep several with you because your circumstances will often dictate the one best suited for the occasion. For example, it?s hard (and potentially deadly) to use paper and pen when you?re driving.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;Places to Practice the Craft of Professional Eavesdropping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;There are a lot of places to practice the craft of professional eavesdropping. Pretty much any place two people can hold a conversation will do. But my time is limited, so I try to search out the places that have the best conversations when I?m on a dialogue hunt.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Coffee shops:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;people tend to bare their souls to one another over coffee. This makes for a great environment for juicy tidbits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Places where preschoolers and parents gather:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Are any of you old enough to remember the television show hosted by Art Linkletter,&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kids Say the Darndest Things?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Whether you do or not, it?s true. And conversations between kids and adults are ripe with quotable bits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;The radio:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;I know, I?m really showing my age in this post. But talk radio, or even radio programs with multiple hosts are good.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;Things to Listen For&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;A colloquialism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;?that turn of phrase that immediately sets the reader in a specific geographic region or time-frame.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;The differences between men and women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;?how they talk, that is. Men use different words from women. Words like precious, lovely, and polka dot tend to only be found coming from the mouths of women. There are exceptions, but you get the idea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;The length of time each person spends talking before the other person interrupts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;This is fascinating to me. I had no idea we were such a rude society. We finish each other?s sentences, interject opinions and cut one another off with amazing regularity. And we rarely lecture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: x-large; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;Things to Watch For&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;Good dialogue isn?t just words in quotation marks. It?s also the descriptive bits that give us context to what is happening. This includes facial expressions, hand movements, body language, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Listen to the words and watch the faces.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;?You?re kidding.? Can be expressed with shock, awe, mortification, anger, any number of emotions. Decipher what exactly it is that tells you the emotion of the person delivering the exclamation. Then make a note of it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Look at the position of the speakers in relation to each other.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Do they lean in? Lean out? Does one of them seem annoyed, how can you tell. These are the small things that make great books.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;I could have gone twice as long with this post because I?m fascinated by this subject. But now I?d like to hear from you. Have you eavesdropped on any interesting conversations lately? What insight have you gleaned that you can transfer to your writing?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-themecolor: text1;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/aaFbb&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;How eavesdropping can improve your #writing - @EdieMelson (Click toTweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; 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style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RbdWBCTAH1Vv1Gh_EMl80ds6K01t0qCLd59TD4Hsn0Fu2pw5KKS3Q-Asx4eGHamxjGiJCHbHJ57KMUlS_OF5gkI0Ae9V__fbtDtKMFsUU7TJ0j5cTTOrz1PktG6WQMPgVm0381N2hW0O/s1600/tips+for+writing+powerful+scenes.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;368&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RbdWBCTAH1Vv1Gh_EMl80ds6K01t0qCLd59TD4Hsn0Fu2pw5KKS3Q-Asx4eGHamxjGiJCHbHJ57KMUlS_OF5gkI0Ae9V__fbtDtKMFsUU7TJ0j5cTTOrz1PktG6WQMPgVm0381N2hW0O/s1600/tips+for+writing+powerful+scenes.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Sarah Sally Hamer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/SarahSallyHamer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@SarahSallyHamer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Isn?t that what we all strive for? We all want the ability to write a scene that engulfs our reader with cathartic emotion, one that makes them laugh or cry, and hopefully, read the next one, right? A scene that is so powerful that we want to run to the top of Rocky?s steps and hold our arms up in jubilation?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Of course we do!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;So, how does it work?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I?m standing on the shoulders of giants here. Dwight Swain, who wrote&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Techniques of the Selling Writer&lt;/i&gt;, and Jack Bickham,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Scene and Structure,&lt;/i&gt;almost invented the method, and I sat at their feet. Well, I actually met Swain and talked to Bickham on the phone, but I?ve read every word of their books. These two men really understood the structure of powerful scenes and break it down for us in a way that can be duplicated with a little hard work and a lot of practice. But once you get used to it, it?s an amazing tool for powering up that weak-kneed scene.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;There are two basic parts of a great SCENE:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;the scene and the sequel. Don?t get confused, although it?s really easy when the same word is used for more than one thing. (We?re writers after all. I can?t believe we can?t come up with more creative words! But note the capital letters ? they will denote the macro SCENE. Small letters equal the micro scene.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Scene, used as part of a SCENE, is the action side, where the ?doing? is. You?ll have minimal description, minimal back story. Mostly this is where the characters are walking or talking or fighting or whatever they are doing in your story. Action is the rule here, and you don?t want to slow it down one iota. It?s perfectly okay if your characters are having a heart-to-heart in a porch swing. Or if they?re in the middle of a typhoon. It?s not about WHAT the action is, it?s that there is little to no THINKING.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Scenes have three parts.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;The breakdown works like this:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Goal: &lt;/b&gt;create a goal for the scene, something the main character (protagonist/Point of View character) wants. He or she will have a larger, book-long goal, but each scene will have its own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Conflict: &lt;/b&gt;this is something that specifically keeps the MC from reaching that goal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disaster: &lt;/b&gt;lastly, a scene has something happen that seems disastrous to the MC.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Let?s try a short story:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Joe comes home from trying to find a job, expecting to find dinner ready. When he walks in the door, the baby is crying. His wife, angry and worried, says, ?We don?t have any of her cereal left. Can you go back to the store and get some??&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Joe didn?t find a job that day. He has no money. They?re going to get kicked out of the apartment next week if he can?t pay the rent. He?s hungry too and the baby?s crying is making him crazy. He yells at his wife, who screams back at him.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Can you see the G/C/D? His goal (implied, not said), was to come home and get something to eat. Conflict is that they?re out of food, at least for the baby, and he can?t think straight when everything is going wrong. Disaster? He yells at his wife and the baby cries even more.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;This sets up for the next part, the other half of the SCENE, the sequel.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sequels are where we take a short breath. We allow our characters to react and to think, at least a little. Sequels are usually much shorter and they?re all about internalization.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;They are what let us know what a character is thinking&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Here?s how they?re set up:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Reaction: the main character reacts to the disaster. This can come as a visceral reaction (gut clenches, electricity down the spine, flushed face) and/or a verbal reaction (I won?t use the words that some characters might but an ?Oh my? could be appropriate.) and/or a physical reaction (stomping feet, slamming doors, etc.).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dilemma:&lt;/b&gt; figure out what the problem is and come up with some sort of solution, which becomes:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Decision:&lt;/b&gt; the new goal&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;So, here?s Joe?s sequel:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;His stomach twists with hunger. He?s tired of never having enough. Everybody?s against him. Well, by darn, he?ll show them!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Visceral reaction, a short spot of thinking, and a decision about what he?s going to do.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;This then becomes the new goal for the next scene (a scene can be MUCH longer than this ? I?m taking the short route):&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;He stomps into the bedroom, gets a box from the closet shelf, and pulls out a gun. His wife follows him. ?No! You?ll go back to jail!?&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;He pushes past her and walks out the front door.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Goal? Get the gun. Conflict? Wife tries to stop him. Disaster? He takes the gun and leaves the house, putting himself and his family into jeopardy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Next could be another sequel. In a perfect world, each scene would be followed by a sequel. But it?s okay to have several scenes in a row before the character stops long enough to have a thinking sequel again. It depends a lot on what genre you?re writing and what your pacing needs to be at this particular moment. In the case of my little story, we could need to ratchet up the tension and have Joe burst into the store, waving the pistol. But if we instead needed to slow everything down for a minute, a sequel could sound something like this:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Joe leaned against the wall of the Pac-A-Sac, fear gnawing at his mind. Did he really want to take the risk? His wife was right ? he?d go back to jail if they caught him. He didn?t ever want to go to jail again. But he had to get food. Especially for the baby. He straightened and walked around the corner, gun in hand.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It seems simple, right? When we go through it piece by piece? It really is simple, because there is that very specific pattern to make it work.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I recommend Dwight Swain and Jack Bickham?s books. They are amazing!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/d6Im7&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tips for #writing powerful scenes - @SarahSallyHamer on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/4bE4Q&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Breaking down the steps needed to write powerful scenes - @SarahSallyHamer on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKocPC7t2i5tNLIe57q-tQRRCvmUhm_M5a5faMAfcbuAKOiUK_SCJCi56ZMXltKJ2dATncKqr1ZT-Xd33zvF9Ojtup6a-8Hh4Y_jRFp9mThYk4iYS_s0OHz9LKptjCpHXMY7lRdsQSo7O/s1600/APH+picture.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;146&quot; data-original-width=&quot;130&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKocPC7t2i5tNLIe57q-tQRRCvmUhm_M5a5faMAfcbuAKOiUK_SCJCi56ZMXltKJ2dATncKqr1ZT-Xd33zvF9Ojtup6a-8Hh4Y_jRFp9mThYk4iYS_s0OHz9LKptjCpHXMY7lRdsQSo7O/s1600/APH+picture.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Sarah (Sally) Hamer is a lover of books, a teacher of writers, and a believer in good stories. Most of all, she is eternally fascinated by people and how they &#39;tick&#39;. She?s passionate about helping people tell their own stories, whether through fiction or through memoir. Writing in many genres - mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, medieval history, non-fiction ? she has won awards at both local and national levels, including two Golden Heart finals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;A teacher of memoir, beginning and advanced creative fiction writing, and screenwriting at Louisiana State University in Shreveport for over twelve years, she also teaches online for Margie Lawson at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.margielawson.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;www.margielawson.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;. Sally is a free-lance editor and book coach, with many of her students and clients becoming successful, award-winning authors.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;&quot;&gt;You can find her at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sallyhamer.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;www.sallyhamer.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;or on Twitter @sarahsallyhamer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;courier new&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;courier&amp;quot; , monospace;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;I wish to express gratitude to the giants whose shoulders I stand on, from whom I learned the craft of writing. 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We quote great dialogue for generations.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;?Off with her head!? ? Lewis Carroll.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;?We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.? ? Winston Churchill.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;?There?s so much scope for imagination.? Lucy Maud Montgomery.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;?It?s me again, Hank the Cowdog.? John Erickson.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;?Give back to Caesar what is Caesar?s and to God what is God?s.? ? Jesus Christ.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Dialogue is what characters say. Powerful stories are dialog driven through carefully chosen word selections. When Scrooge responds to Christmas cheer with ?Bah, humbug,? Charles Dickens has masterfully portrayed the old man?s attitude and character in two words.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Dialogue has dynamic purpose in a manuscript. It economically accomplishes several vital objectives.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Dialogue must:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. Move the story forward. &lt;/b&gt;?I?m going over there right now.? This declaration&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;tells the reader what direction the action is taking.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Reveal something important about the plot.&lt;/b&gt; ?Did you know she resigned today?? A single sentence can provide a crucial plot point without the use of an entire scene to show the same event. In dialog, information can be dropped like a surprise bomb. Readers read to be surprised.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Show something important about the character.&lt;/b&gt; ?That will be his last&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;conscious act.? What a character says can show what the character is thinking, how the character responds, and illuminate the depth of the character?s motivation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. Give the character a unique voice. &lt;/b&gt;?I know hurryin? is against your nature, but you might want to pick up the pace before that storm rolls in.? Vocabulary lets the reader know if the character is educated, gives clues to the region the character is from, and shows the character?s nature to be relaxed, tightly wound, worried, sly, or confident.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Put your dialogue on a diet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Words that should not appear in dialogue include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Yeah&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Okay&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Hello&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Good-bye&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Oh&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Well&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Writers give the illusion of reality when crafting dialogue. It is the juicy parts with the empty portions left out.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;She helped him sit up. ?Are you okay??&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;He rubbed the goose egg on the back of his head. ?Where is the phone??&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In this example, if the character answered the question ? ?Yeah, well, I think I?m okay,? ? it would detract from the urgency of the situation. From the action of rubbing his head, we know the hero has a painful noggin. Because he ignores concerns about his health, the reader sees he is focused on what is more important. Show me or tell me, but don?t do both.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In the first draft, dialogue may begin with ?Hello,? ?Oh,? or ?Well,? ?Yeah,? and end with ?Good-bye,? but in the editing process, be sure to remove these unnecessary distractions. They are like empty calories in your work. Cream filled Twinkies to be eliminated. Then reread the conversations and see how concise it flows without the banned words weighing it down and sounding like the writer is a novice. With practice, you will no longer even write these Twinkies into your dynamic dialogue diet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/Zm3wp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A diet for #writing dynamic dialogue from @PeggySueWells on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/R5WQZ&quot;&gt;Tips to remove unnecessary distractions when #writing dialogue - @PeggySueWells on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sgiau9OWlcJInKsGMHwfraqIsECWrlEDBwDDCiKxcKY9tffG2B-dXMVvOdP4X0bCgx_wXdC8aFs3Y6ThC4N7dVnyQsZ6i2UeD-sdmMLYTw_zrlO9h4mBN-boLdWSS2hixCjWaGN5wG94/s1600/Outandabout.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1600&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1285&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sgiau9OWlcJInKsGMHwfraqIsECWrlEDBwDDCiKxcKY9tffG2B-dXMVvOdP4X0bCgx_wXdC8aFs3Y6ThC4N7dVnyQsZ6i2UeD-sdmMLYTw_zrlO9h4mBN-boLdWSS2hixCjWaGN5wG94/s200/Outandabout.jpg&quot; width=&quot;160&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Writer, speaker, producer, radio co-host, and mom, PeggySue Wells is the bestselling author of a couple dozen books including an audio finalist. 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As a gift to her readers,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://amzn.to/2P23ZdU&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Homeless for the Holidays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;ebook is available for 99 cents on October 8.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Say hello to PeggySue at her website, www.PeggySueWells.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/feeds/3882463761772442526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-diet-for-writing-dynamic-dialogue.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/3882463761772442526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/3882463761772442526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-diet-for-writing-dynamic-dialogue.html' title='A Diet for Writing Dynamic Dialogue'/><author><name>hP MM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11264201449303298303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_iu76EsLFXNIuG9xHKgEXVHKHaTyzV_A-DDiPuVxXtCMKQCZNVaQhA7AKp8iPrP7dQNTWQbga0-VZMnB5ukOdh7zMe3uYGKXzX55SOq_UKt5uWmiJaWwl3agyV-ernAtXojOnfDU9kZO/s72-c/A+diet+for+writing+dynamic+dialogue.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032078496036106020.post-1364489548947089171</id><published>2018-11-04T22:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2018-11-20T06:16:47.710-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Edie Melson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Get Your Social Media Ready for the Holidays"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Social Media for Writers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Social Media Monday"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Write Conversation"/><title type='text'>Get Your Social Media Ready for the Holidays</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZJefyql0QzexOhzhLpctpWWsXw2ZC2TPi0lpIQbbKdSMNx99YFU61jLp-p1Isa_rFZNd1xRz1yd_Hd-nBmwJSGkGmrNuIneWn_WabLTrxO-SaGOoCHKNGf-OmaZMbOKdb5k11urk-q-t/s1600/Get+your+social+media+ready+for+the+holidays.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;375&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZJefyql0QzexOhzhLpctpWWsXw2ZC2TPi0lpIQbbKdSMNx99YFU61jLp-p1Isa_rFZNd1xRz1yd_Hd-nBmwJSGkGmrNuIneWn_WabLTrxO-SaGOoCHKNGf-OmaZMbOKdb5k11urk-q-t/s1600/Get+your+social+media+ready+for+the+holidays.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Edie Melson&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/EdieMelson&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@EdieMelson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I know it&#39;s just the beginning of November, but the holiday season is just around the season. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m not advocating rushing the season, but if we take time to get ready now, it&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;can cut down on the stress that can come during the holidays.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;So now is the perfect time to get your social media ready for the holidays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Update Images&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;The first thing you want to look at your cover photo on the different platforms. Consider ways you could enhance it to give it a warm, holiday feel.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There are several ways to create cover photos for your social media accounts: Canva, PicMonkey and iPiccy are my favorites. Here?s a screencast I shared,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thewriteconversation.blogspot.com/2016/03/step-by-step-instructions-for-adding.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Step-by-Step Instructions for Adding Text to Images&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;using PicMonkey.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The dimensions for cover images vary from network to network so be sure to do some research.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Beyond changing the look of your platforms by changing your images, you?ll need to plan ahead for social media updates. And yes, I&#39;m working on new holiday headers for all my pages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Plan Updates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Let?s face it, the holidays are fun, but they?re also hectic. By planning out some holiday updates in advance can save your sanity and keep the momentum going. Here are some ideas for fun social media updates:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Share your favorite holiday recipe and ask your friends/followers to share theirs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Ask your followers to give you tips on sanity savers during the holidays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Share a crazy holiday faux pas and ask others to share theirs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Share some of your favorite holiday reads.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Ask for decorating ideas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Share a holiday tradition and ask for others to chime in.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Ask about favorite holiday movies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Share your favorite Christmas carol and ask your friends to share theirs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I think you get the idea.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Remember that by planning these in advance, you can have a list ready to go and not have to spend valuable time creating them.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tips to Organize Updates &amp;amp; Get Them Ready to Go&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s as important to have the updates easy to access as it is to have them ready in advance. For me, I like to use a combination of ways to keep them organized.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Set up a folder on your computer and label it holiday updates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Inside the folder, I have several subfolders:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A Word document of text updates, complete with links if I want to send them to a specific blog or site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A Word document with quotes that I might want to use on a meme.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A folder of images (make sure they&#39;re legal to use. If you&#39;re not sure here&#39;s a link to a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thewriteconversation.blogspot.com/2015/03/where-to-find-free-images-online-to-use.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;blog post about finding legal images&lt;/a&gt;.) I think would make good memes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A folder of finished memes ready to share.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A calendar/schedule for sharing the memes. This can be in a Word document, spreadsheet or another type of file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Plan Blog Posts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You can also plan some blog posts in advance. The holidays are a good time to plan a giveaway. You could also plan a holiday cookie recipe exchange or one for a holiday potluck&amp;nbsp;recipes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Now it?s your turn, share some holiday conversation starters, and blog post ideas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Don?t forget to join the conversation!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Blessings,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Edie&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/b_qEc&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Streamline you #socialmedia now for less holiday stress - @EdieMelson&amp;nbsp;(Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/SflDM&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Time saving tips to get your #blog &amp;amp; #socialmedia holiday ready - @EdieMelson&amp;nbsp;(Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/feeds/1364489548947089171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/get-your-social-media-ready-for-holidays.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/1364489548947089171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/1364489548947089171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/get-your-social-media-ready-for-holidays.html' title='Get Your Social Media Ready for the Holidays'/><author><name>hP MM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11264201449303298303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZJefyql0QzexOhzhLpctpWWsXw2ZC2TPi0lpIQbbKdSMNx99YFU61jLp-p1Isa_rFZNd1xRz1yd_Hd-nBmwJSGkGmrNuIneWn_WabLTrxO-SaGOoCHKNGf-OmaZMbOKdb5k11urk-q-t/s72-c/Get+your+social+media+ready+for+the+holidays.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032078496036106020.post-8349694924981888261</id><published>2018-11-03T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2018-11-20T06:16:47.990-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Audrey Frank"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Edie Melson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Psalm 119:130"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Write Conversation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Unfolded Words"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Weekend Worship"/><title type='text'>Unfolded Words</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUn3u63iLBVvZ3HwMoIGF0d0b97TQMdUyNtlKonwiPPPqGW8fguiCapQQdapUTZa2clrF-IQUtwd0Gxg4OKA7HCFdK9FfWiJLD7gwNzfW8ggjnknYtH2imC5kFjLq_casFet4YCJt09JLW/s1600/Unfolded+Words.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;488&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUn3u63iLBVvZ3HwMoIGF0d0b97TQMdUyNtlKonwiPPPqGW8fguiCapQQdapUTZa2clrF-IQUtwd0Gxg4OKA7HCFdK9FfWiJLD7gwNzfW8ggjnknYtH2imC5kFjLq_casFet4YCJt09JLW/s1600/Unfolded+Words.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Audrey Frank &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/AudreyCFrank&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@AudreyCFrank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Psalm 119:130, NIV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;She withdrew the folded piece of paper from her pocket with reverence. Handing it to my husband, the young mother swelled with hope, her face broadening with expectation. The edges of the paper were fuzzied and the well-worn surface felt like soft cloth. Unfolding it, careful not to tear the fragile creases, he read the words inside aloud.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;?Come get a new smile. Free surgeries.?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;With the reading of the words, the little crowd assembled in this humble woman?s home burst into celebration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;A small boy peeked around the young woman?s legs, his broken lips forming a beautiful smile. Scooping him up in her arms, his mother began to dance. Mother and child looked into each other?s eyes, faces flooded with joy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;In some countries, the illiterate treasure the written word more than the literate. They persevere, hoping that one day they will understand the words on the page.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Let us not squander our literacy. There are those who are waiting for our words to bring them new life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;As Christian writers, we are unfolders of God?s words. But before we can give them to our listeners, we must first unfold them for ourselves.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;The unfolding of God?s words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. We need light, and we need understanding if we are to share words that give people hope and joy. We must spend daily time with God in His Word, in the posture of the simple, desiring to be made wise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;If we make this one practice our discipline, we will have understanding. We will bear light into the darkness. Our words will cause celebration and joy, healing and hope, because they have come from the sweet and sacred place of communion between a writer and her Savior.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Lord, remove the obstacles that keep me from spending daily time in the Bible. As I read it, give light and understanding to my simple heart that I may share your words with others. Amen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/Y6cz5&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Unfolded words - thoughts from @AudreyCFrank on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Default&quot; style=&quot;border: none; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/rh9om&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Let us not squander our literacy. There are those who are waiting for our words to bring them new life.&quot; @AudreyCFrank on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50kCbs80f4S4rfhDK1BM8jjGNH11oAEejkmK33haYt3Q_Vpug8ny8F192Ks8so_OoPRycSQIhBvbM4ayRccUOFWpgKn4TqrueCqSbPafkmWQcRkRYmukwwOt1G3c9ZPG8E1cK59Z5L297/s1600/Audrey-Frank-biopic2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;768&quot; data-original-width=&quot;768&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50kCbs80f4S4rfhDK1BM8jjGNH11oAEejkmK33haYt3Q_Vpug8ny8F192Ks8so_OoPRycSQIhBvbM4ayRccUOFWpgKn4TqrueCqSbPafkmWQcRkRYmukwwOt1G3c9ZPG8E1cK59Z5L297/s200/Audrey-Frank-biopic2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Audrey Frank is an author, speaker, and storyteller. The stories she shares are brave and true.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;They give voice to those whose words are silenced by shame, the hard things in life that don?t make sense, and the losses that leave us wondering if we will survive. Audrey and her family have spent over twenty years living and working among different cultures and world views, and she has found that God?s story of redemption spans every geography (geographical location)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;and culture. He is the God of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Instead&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;, giving honor&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;instead&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;of shame, gladness&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;instead&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;of mourning, hope&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;instead&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;of despair. Although she has three different degrees in communication and intercultural studies, Audrey?s greatest credential is that she is known and loved by the One who made her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Body&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Body&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Body&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Her upcoming book, From Shame to Honor, is an outpouring of Audrey?s heart to introduce others to the God of Instead. Shame is not unique to the developing world, the plight of the women behind veils, young girls trafficked across borders; shame is lurking in hearts everywhere. Through powerful stories from women around the world, From Shame to Honor illuminates the power of the Gospel to remove shame, giving honor instead. Look for it through&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Hyperlink0&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.harvesthousepublishers.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Harvest House Publishers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the fall of 2018.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Body&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You can also find Audrey at&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;Hyperlink0&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.audreyfrank.com/&quot;&gt;www.audreyfrank.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, as well as on&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;Hyperlink0&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/audreycfrank&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;Hyperlink0&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/audrey.frank.139&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/feeds/8349694924981888261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/unfolded-words.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/8349694924981888261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/8349694924981888261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/unfolded-words.html' title='Unfolded Words'/><author><name>hP MM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11264201449303298303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUn3u63iLBVvZ3HwMoIGF0d0b97TQMdUyNtlKonwiPPPqGW8fguiCapQQdapUTZa2clrF-IQUtwd0Gxg4OKA7HCFdK9FfWiJLD7gwNzfW8ggjnknYtH2imC5kFjLq_casFet4YCJt09JLW/s72-c/Unfolded+Words.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032078496036106020.post-1041754052193767951</id><published>2018-11-02T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2018-11-20T06:16:48.271-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Becoming a Professional Writer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Edie Melson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="How To Finish: Three Hurdles Every Writer Must Overcome"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Write Conversation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tim Suddeth"/><title type='text'>How To Finish: Three Hurdles Every Writer Must Overcome</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgst4W1BYXfnNfVI8YIWcV9_fix2L6oFIWpQBK7I-W0Q-IHrlKL3u2IWmaRAxyleuLqG77Q2iHkLtecX3JCpauLLj5u5zevjbNlcwFUQTPTguu3ODxT5hi_VPf8CXQ8UA5wDcaWPk4mNuvj/s1600/How+to+Finish%252C+3+Hurdles+every+writer+must+overcome.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;502&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgst4W1BYXfnNfVI8YIWcV9_fix2L6oFIWpQBK7I-W0Q-IHrlKL3u2IWmaRAxyleuLqG77Q2iHkLtecX3JCpauLLj5u5zevjbNlcwFUQTPTguu3ODxT5hi_VPf8CXQ8UA5wDcaWPk4mNuvj/s1600/How+to+Finish%252C+3+Hurdles+every+writer+must+overcome.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Tim Suddeth &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/TimSuddeth&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@TimSuddeth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I was so excited about doing this post. I?d just completed the climax for my work-in-progress and it looked like I would be writing those beautiful words, The End, just as I would start writing this post. It was all going so well, until . . .&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It wasn?t.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;For the last few days my writing has been stuck. But the clothes basket is empty, and my email box. And I keep looking out the window at things that need to be done in the yard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I?m looking anywhere but at the computer.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Four scenes from the end of the book that I?ve worked on for nearly six months and suddenly it looks like a bowl of overcooked Brussels sprouts. Eew.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;And I?m not surprised at all.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;See, I?ve been through this before. And, after reading&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Finish-Give-Yourself-Gift-Done/dp/0525537317/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Finish,&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;by Jon Acuff, I?ve learned that others have, too. This is a book Cynthia Owens recommended and mentioned in her December 5, 2017 post.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Coming close to the end is just one of three hurdles our brains, or what he calls perfectionism, throw in front of writers. The beginning, the middle, and the end; they all carry their own reasons to distract or derail the writer, or the artist, or anyone who is planning to do something new.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;How many of us want to start something? Just not yet. You have to do more research, or clear your schedule, or need to take a class, or . . .&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;And you never start. Which is good, because if you never start, then you can?t fail, right? But then, you can?t succeed either.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Nanowrimo is this month and a lot of people planned to join in and write a book this month, in thirty days. And it?s day three, and you haven?t started.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You tell yourself, why start now. You?ll never reach fifty thousand words in twenty-seven days. Right?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But whatever you write will be more than you have now. There?s no magic in thirty days. Take what time you need.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;One thing that helps you start something is to nail down why you want to do it. Write it down. When the hurdles get high, bring that out and use it for encouragement.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Back in the old days when I ran, there was a saying: Dead last is better than did not finish which is better than did not start.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A cool thing about setting a big goal is that you don?t have to do it all at once. When I started running, I couldn?t get around the block without my lungs spontaneously combusting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A week later, I finished the block. A month later, a mile. Over a year later, a half marathon.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;When you start something, it helps to break it up into small bits. (Unless it?s having a baby. Then you have to plunge in.) Instead of thinking about writing your first novel, write a scene, or write for two hours, even fifteen minutes. Then build on that.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The middle is another place you can get tripped up. The finish looks soo faaarrr. It?s taking longer than you expected. This is hard.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Acuff makes a good and simple suggestion. Instead of looking at how far you still have to go, look at how far you?ve come. You did start, you are growing, and you are closer to your goal than you were.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Keep focused on your small goal. The next hill, the next chapter, the next class. Keep moving forward.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;One reason I quit running is that it takes time. Running is no longer a priority for me. I do still exercise, but in other ways.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Here?s a genius thought for you. You can?t do everything. Say after me, I can?t do everything. (Caught in your throat, didn?t it?)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;First, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;so why are you trying?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Second,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; then this means you have to set your, emphasize your, priorities. Where do you want to use your limited time? Then schedule it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It?s okay for you to tell people no. (If this is hard for you, tell them I said so.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Third,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; it?s okay to quit. I think we should quit more. We should definitely teach our kids that it?s okay to quit.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But they may become quitters, you say.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;No, they may become starters. Remember the limited time. Why do they have to end the soccer/football/cross country season when they hate it and aren?t improving? Help them find something (another sport/band/volunteer) where they can succeed. And you won?t have to sit in the rain watching them sulk on the bench.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I?ve learned that I often don?t know if I?ll like something, or what all is involved, until I try it. And I may quickly learn I hate it. In that case, I want to use that time on something that I?ll enjoy. (Except dirty diapers. It gets easier the more you do it. Yeah, that?s it.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;So, you?ve stuck with it almost to the end. And you get in the situation I?m in. You just can?t write that last part.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;For my situation this time (because every situation is different), I?ve decided I?m going to do a few things.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;3 Things to Help&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;1. I?m trying different endings to see which one will excite me more. Maybe my subconscious realizes something isn?t right with my story. I?ll give it a chance to show me another answer.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;2. I will finish it this week. Later than my original deadline, but that?s okay. Sometimes to finish, you need to realize you need more time or need to cut down the size of the goal. Just remember, the main thing is to finish.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;3. I?m not working in the yard or starting my next project until I get this done. Even though the leaves are falling and there are some dead plants that need digging up that are driving me crazy. That desire to move to something else will spur me to get this finished.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;4. I?m giving myself grace. Acuff writes that one of the reasons we don?t finish is that we think it won?t be perfect.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpLast&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;News flash. It?s not going to be perfect. I?ll have lots of rewriting and editing to do. When you finish the race and have your picture done, you?re going to be sweaty and your hair will look terrible. But you?ll have finished, and your smile will be so broad, you won?t notice your hair.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bottom Line&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What?s keeping you from finishing? Is that keeping you from growing? From doing something you feel God wants you to? That you want to do?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Finish-Give-Yourself-Gift-Done/dp/0525537317/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Jon Acuff?s&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.amazon.com/Finish-Give-Yourself-Gift-Done/dp/0525537317/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Finish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;does a good job of identifying struggles that may hinder us or keep us from reaching our goals. And it?s a good read.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The first step in anything is to start. Then make yourself trudge up that hill. All the way to and over the finish line.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Soon, very soon, I?ll be typing those two glorious words: The End.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Then I?ll get to go outside and mow the grass.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Where are you struggling or what part was the hardest for you to get through? I would love to hear your story in the comments below. I?ll bet you aren?t the only one having that struggle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/3ODWc&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;How to finish: 3 hurdles every writer must overcome - @TimSuddeth on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/dEphZ&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;When a writer is stuck?3 hurdles to overcome - @TimSuddeth on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3hDuCQ2n7BCFiTwQQgeJ33c3dQAVV0MalhaioT6x_yR_GzgzKin0K_Rb_CNP3_mu4x1IBFhwXrZVeqtfaQIcP_rzxSOOkoVwtUzmsUAxwkPaS8AlUf200sAb4bPLpejUXxKcblqGxRpi/s1600/charleston+054.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1600&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1072&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3hDuCQ2n7BCFiTwQQgeJ33c3dQAVV0MalhaioT6x_yR_GzgzKin0K_Rb_CNP3_mu4x1IBFhwXrZVeqtfaQIcP_rzxSOOkoVwtUzmsUAxwkPaS8AlUf200sAb4bPLpejUXxKcblqGxRpi/s200/charleston+054.JPG&quot; width=&quot;133&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Tim Suddeth has been published in&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Guideposts? The Joy of Christmas&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;and on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.christiandevotions.us/&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.christiandevotions.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;. He?s working on his third manuscript and looks forward to seeing his name on a cover. He is a member of ACFW and Cross n Pens. Tim?s lives in Greenville, SC with his wife, Vickie, and his happy 19-year-old autistic son, Madison. &amp;nbsp;Visit Tim at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timingreenville.com/&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;www.TiminGreenville.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;and on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/tim.suddeth.7?fref=ts&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/TimSuddeth&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;. He can be also reached at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timingreenville@gmail.com&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;timingreenville@gmail.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/feeds/1041754052193767951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/how-to-finish-three-hurdles-every.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/1041754052193767951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/1041754052193767951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/11/how-to-finish-three-hurdles-every.html' title='How To Finish: Three Hurdles Every Writer Must Overcome'/><author><name>hP MM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11264201449303298303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgst4W1BYXfnNfVI8YIWcV9_fix2L6oFIWpQBK7I-W0Q-IHrlKL3u2IWmaRAxyleuLqG77Q2iHkLtecX3JCpauLLj5u5zevjbNlcwFUQTPTguu3ODxT5hi_VPf8CXQ8UA5wDcaWPk4mNuvj/s72-c/How+to+Finish%252C+3+Hurdles+every+writer+must+overcome.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032078496036106020.post-3198420554560040633</id><published>2018-11-01T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2018-11-20T06:16:48.551-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cathy Baker"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Edie Melson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Feed your creativity in five Easy Bites"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Soul Care for Writers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Write Conversation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tips for the Writers life"/><title type='text'>Feed Your Writing Creativity in Five Easy Bites </title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEMlCaohkwyCgDfEyhVA1PdHPSkU91kj6_RGUTFGCBNPh5ysFlfG3Wc1iB8c4yGhyPgRWbYY-0hzARaSiNHrZu-35EBtei0YrR486mypzZICGabX71e4zpM4iM-ZIx-dFzMn6BcMxMFv-/s1600/Feed+Your+Writing+Creativity+in+Five+Easy+Bites+.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;427&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEMlCaohkwyCgDfEyhVA1PdHPSkU91kj6_RGUTFGCBNPh5ysFlfG3Wc1iB8c4yGhyPgRWbYY-0hzARaSiNHrZu-35EBtei0YrR486mypzZICGabX71e4zpM4iM-ZIx-dFzMn6BcMxMFv-/s1600/Feed+Your+Writing+Creativity+in+Five+Easy+Bites+.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Cathy Baker &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/CathySBaker&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@CathySBaker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;No doubt there will be a lot of feasting happening later this month, so today I?m serving up five bite-sized morsels to fill your creativity tank. The turkey and dressing will just have to wait!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;1. Keep Inspirational Quotes in View every Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In last month?s post, I shared how to&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thewriteconversation.blogspot.com/2018/10/an-artist-date-collage-your-creative.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Create Our own Dream Collage&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Using the same idea, add a twist by filling a smaller poster board with quotes from Pinterest, magazines, etc. Put the quote-filled board inside your closet door, or on the interior cabinet that leads to your sanity-in-a-mug. Inspiring quotes pack a powerful punch despite their size. Here are four favorites:&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;?The call to creativity is the call to worship.?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;-Michael Card&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;?A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;-Frank Capra&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;?The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master?something that at times strangely wills and works for itself.?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;-Charlotte Bronte&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;?You can?t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.? -&lt;/i&gt;Maya Angelou&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;2. Rest to Do Your Best&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Recently, my creative wheels spun in mud of my own making. After weeks of gaining traction on several writing projects, my brain suddenly refused to budge. I needed rest. I began adding margin to my schedule for catnaps (I?m not allergic to these), frittering away in my favorite magazines, and most importantly, shutting down for the Sabbath.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;The rhythm of work and rest seems to help us function more purposefully and energetically, living in the responsive obedience to the pattern God designed for us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Lynne M. Baab&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;3. Go Shopping&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Being an office supply nerd, I confess the following idea made me a tad giddy. Thank you, Julia Cameron.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Go to a stationery store. Give yourself time to stroll the aisles. What appeals to you? Do you want classic ivory stationery, or do you want something more zany? Your choice of note card sends a signal telling the world what kind of person you are, formal or casual, decorous or frivolous. Stationery makes a first impression. If you have it, you will use it. -&lt;/i&gt;Julia Cameron&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;We feed our creativity by offering it to others, say in the form of a note or letter. Keeping Julia?s idea in mind, shop for stationery that represents your personality and then take the opportunity to write someone who either fed your creativity along the way, or championed your love for writing. Perhaps someone else comes to mind that simply needs your encouragement. No one says it better than you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;4. Sketch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Scribbling in the Sand&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, Michael Card challenges readers to consider the different sanctuaries where they?ve worshiped. Which space best expressed the beauty of the Lord and drew your heart toward him, and why? Now pretend you have the job of designing a church sanctuary. How would you make it reflect the beauty of the Creator? Sketch out some plans and don?t worry about the quality of your artwork.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;?From the old lady who fills a page with doodling as she talks on the phone, to the man who welds dinosaurs in the middle of the desert out of wrecked car parts, all around us are examples of this mysterious, powerful urge to create, to be creative, to live out or somehow respond to the beauty of our creative Father. We are driven to create at this deep wordless level of the soul because we are all fashioned in the image of God who is an Artist.? ? Michael Card&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;5. Respond&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;When remembering what we?re thankful for this Thanksgiving month, let?s not forget the gift of creativity. Because Michael Card says it best yet again:&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Creativity is not about me. It is not about you. It is not us somehow acting like little gods, creating our own in the same way God creates. The most we can hope for is to respond appropriately and creatively to who God is and what he means.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;? Michael Card&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;How will you feed your creativity this month?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/plfke&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Feed your #writing creativity in five easy bites - @CathySBaker on @EdieMelson (Click&amp;nbsp;to Tweet)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/SmaVX&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;In the busyness of the season don&#39;t forget to feed your #writing creativity - @CathySBaker on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiDOSMmQbMVP77pdgfk7GTQJ4W-mThDSrsGSQi8K-Rgo6mI7Eam1i1g8VTA9VPJnE_Z1gXY5f7Yx9GFWbtTQ-2qS8CGd8CqXp4dzA4OhA8bCIyDBIvMYnpbUgA8xTQVjDxrUNd9jYlRPs/s1600/cathyFBprofilefinal.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;272&quot; data-original-width=&quot;241&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiDOSMmQbMVP77pdgfk7GTQJ4W-mThDSrsGSQi8K-Rgo6mI7Eam1i1g8VTA9VPJnE_Z1gXY5f7Yx9GFWbtTQ-2qS8CGd8CqXp4dzA4OhA8bCIyDBIvMYnpbUgA8xTQVjDxrUNd9jYlRPs/s200/cathyFBprofilefinal.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;177&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Cathy Baker is an award-winning writer and author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Pauses for the Vacationing Soul: A Sensory-Based Devotional Guide for the Beach&lt;/b&gt;as well as&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Pauses for the Vacationing Soul: A Sensory-Based Devotional Guide for the Mountains&lt;/b&gt;. Cathy is a Hope*Writer and Bible teacher who has taught numerous studies and workshops over the past twenty-five years. Her work has been published in&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Chicken Soup for the Soul&lt;/i&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The Upper Room&lt;/i&gt;, and Focus on the Family?s&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Thriving Family&lt;/i&gt;. She is a monthly contributor to&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The Write Conversation&lt;/i&gt;;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Writer?s Digest 101 Top Websites for Writers&lt;/i&gt;. She and her husband, Brian, live in the foothills of the Carolinas with a beautiful view of Glassy Mountain and a soon-to-be tiny house.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;To connect with Cathy, visit&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The Tiny House on the Hill&lt;/i&gt;@&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cathybaker.org/&quot; style=&quot;color: purple;&quot;&gt;https://www.cathybaker.org&lt;/a&gt;. 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The premise was intriguing. Friends have read and recommended it. I expected to jump in and finish it off in a week.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It?s been closer to four months.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;When I found myself digging around my desk for a highlighter after reading the first paragraph of the introduction, I knew this wasn?t going to be a quick read.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Called to Create&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;has been the kind of book where I?ve found myself needing to read a few pages and then let them swirl in my brain before coming back to read a few more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The subtitle of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Called to Create&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;is ?A Biblical Invitation to Create, Innovate, and Risk.&quot; If you?re reading this blog, the odds are in my favor that you?re already intrigued, but just in case you aren?t, let me share some of the questions addressed:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Is my work as an entrepreneur and creative really as God-honoring as that of a pastor or ?full-time missionary??&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What does it look like to create not in order to make a name for myself but to glorify the One who has called me to create and love others?&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;While my work may matter today, will my creations live on into eternity?&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Yeah?all this is in the introduction. (Please tell me y?all don?t skip the introduction!)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Part 1&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;tackles questions of calling.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Part 2&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;focuses on why, what, and how we create.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Part 3&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;addresses the unique challenges of the creative life including responding to failure and the balance between trust and hustle, and then&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Part 4&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;wraps it up with the charge to create disciples, the purposes of profit, and creating for the kingdom.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The book is made up of both Jordan Raynor?s observations and a plethora of interviews, quotes, and anecdotes from Christian entrepreneurs and creatives.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;While my highlighter got quite the workout as I read, I found Part 3 to be exceptionally meaningful to where I am right now in my own creative life.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The day this post goes live, I will be less than a week away from releasing&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lynnhblackburn.com/books/in-too-deep/&quot; style=&quot;color: purple;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;In Too Deep&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the second book in my Dive Team Investigations series. You would think that I would be excited. And I am. But the week before I started reading Part 3, a few events conspired to pull me into a spiral of worry and anxiety.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;My mind raced with questions:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Should I have done more research?&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Maybe I could have proofed it one more time?.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What if sales are awful?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What if I get horrible reviews?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What if people who loved the first book hate the second book?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;What if&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;. . . ?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It wasn?t pretty.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But in God?s infinite grace, I found myself reading the chapters specifically on the balance between trust and hustle and this quote really spoke to me:&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;?It is God, not us, who produces results. In order to find true rest, hustling must be accompanied by even great trusting in God.?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;And then this one nailed me between the eyes:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;When we rely on our hustling without trusting in God, we are either trying to play God or steal his glory.&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Ouch.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;These passages were followed by the chapter on handling failure, and then renewing our minds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I read Part 3 in a weekend. And then I re-read it. Because I needed all of it. I needed to remember why I create and for whom.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;As you read these words, I still don?t know what the answers to all those nagging questions will be. What I do know is that God used&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Called to Create&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;to both encourage and convict me. I feel sure he will do the same for you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Grace and peace,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf1juw9xguDIeidM50uGzKXVii8zSek-iFQPghiCgURcvMMkJX2WfMAOhBH0rRToQv2uBFBcPbS5R7Uyryv0voAnqI7beKXoO6t6ubXot9wkVN990thtQqcwrsIO2pj00PLyiY0-LGnzc/s1600/Picture1.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;110&quot; data-original-width=&quot;177&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf1juw9xguDIeidM50uGzKXVii8zSek-iFQPghiCgURcvMMkJX2WfMAOhBH0rRToQv2uBFBcPbS5R7Uyryv0voAnqI7beKXoO6t6ubXot9wkVN990thtQqcwrsIO2pj00PLyiY0-LGnzc/s1600/Picture1.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/T6ck1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A book for creatives, reviewed by @LynnHBlackburn on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/G1wI4&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Called to Create - a book that will speak to writers as well as other creatives -@LynnHBlackburn on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zDs7th66kzvH8q-0wV8rK5uiE36tTZXQyeCRDKuLVEXSZ6K-Nf2qt814p9Nh2CR35ut815MhyZe_bs1FGTwkP7ZjmpG1_aryLzDllLNgEplAJUEosLXIz5x-74A-tGwZ-ql7rZQVc7D5/s1600/Lynn+H+Blackburn.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;800&quot; data-original-width=&quot;570&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zDs7th66kzvH8q-0wV8rK5uiE36tTZXQyeCRDKuLVEXSZ6K-Nf2qt814p9Nh2CR35ut815MhyZe_bs1FGTwkP7ZjmpG1_aryLzDllLNgEplAJUEosLXIz5x-74A-tGwZ-ql7rZQVc7D5/s200/Lynn+H+Blackburn.jpg&quot; width=&quot;142&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Lynn H. Blackburn believes in the power of stories, especially those that remind us that true love exists, a gift from the Truest Love. She lives in South Carolina with her true love, Brian, and their three children. Her new Dive Team Investigations series kicked off in March of 2018 with&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Beneath the Surface&lt;/i&gt;. The second book in the series,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;In Too Deep&lt;/i&gt;, releases in November of 2018 with the third book to follow in 2019. She is also the author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Hidden Legacy&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Covert Justice&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;which won the 2016 Selah Award for Mystery and Suspense and the 2016 Carol Award for Short Novel. 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/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Edie Melson&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/EdieMelson&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@EdieMelson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;In honor of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nanowrimo.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NaNoWriMo&lt;/a&gt;, I&#39;m going to share some insights I&#39;ve gleaned about writing a first draft.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I?ve spoken with a lot of writers who have trouble disconnecting their &lt;b&gt;INTERNAL EDITOR &lt;/b&gt;when they&#39;re working on an early draft of a manuscript.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;This overly helpful person lives inside most of us and comes in handy when we?re putting the finishing touches on our manuscript. But when we?re in the midst of a creative surge, that same person can short circuit our progress.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Today&#39;s post will give you the tips you need to turn off your internal editor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;First you should know there?s a scientific reason for that roadblock. The creative act of writing your first draft stems from the right side?or creative side?of the brain. Later in the process, when polishing begins, the left side takes over. Here are some of the characteristics of each side.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Right Brain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Visual in process, focusing more on patterns and images.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Generally intuitive, led by feelings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Is the epitome of multi-tasking, able to process ideas simultaneously.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Progresses from the big picture to the details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Lacks organization, utilizes free association.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;L&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;eft Brain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;More verbal, needs to find specific words to express ideas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Analytical, led by logic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Takes things step by step, one idea at a time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Organizes details first before moving to the big picture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Very organized, utilizing lists and detailed plans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Mixing up the process?trying to use both sides of the brain at the same time?can lead to a tangled mess and a major roadblock. All of this information is good to know, but what if our left-brained, Internal Editor won?t go away? How do we make her be quiet? Unfortunately, there isn?t one way that works for everyone, but here are some tips that should help.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tips&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;1. Don?t give in to temptation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; Our Internal Editor gets stronger the more frequently we give in to her demands. If she thinks you need a certain word before you can finish that sentence, stay strong. Type XXX and go on. Later, during the rewriting process, you?ll have plenty of time to find the right word. This goes for anything that demands you slow the creative process. At this point in your manuscript speed is your best friend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;2. Set a daily and weekly word count goal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; This can often sidetrack the Internal Editor because of her need to meet a goal. Sometimes, in her drive to succeed she can even become an ally.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;3. Make lists in a separate notebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;Use your computer for the story, but if the need for details overshadows the creative urge, make a quick note in a notebook. Don?t let yourself get bogged down, but let the free association part of your right brain give you ideas to explore later with your more logical left side.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;4. Don?t give in to fear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; Many times our Internal Editor is driven by fear. Fear that this draft isn?t good, won?t work or just doesn?t make sense. Remind yourself that this version isn?t written in stone. Sometimes just giving ourselves permission to write what Anne Lamott calls the sh*%&amp;amp;# first draft is all we need to derail our Internal Editor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;All of these can help, but I?d like to know what tricks you use to keep that INNER EDITOR quiet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Don&#39;t forget to join the conversation!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Blessings,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Edie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/82YAE&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tips to Turn Off Your Internal Editor in Time for #NaNoWriMo -&amp;nbsp;@EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/f9xeU&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;To Win at #NaNoWriMo Use These Tips to Turn Off Your Internal Editor -&amp;nbsp;@EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/feeds/5571027619289313263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/10/tips-to-turn-off-your-internal-editor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/5571027619289313263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/5571027619289313263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/10/tips-to-turn-off-your-internal-editor.html' title='Tips to Turn Off Your Internal Editor in Time for NaNoWriMo'/><author><name>hP MM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11264201449303298303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10ZoXzgOXYlEOzJfj2-ETu17PYULj-CA2PZ3k_l7FvYOGskOKs7CBjh5Pr3Ij3rnyEcLX7fqhQipsIuI0KZpV29_IKMRnF7pALHkDJCh4nHSluL7ErEzBJ-T3MYCojq5LNgql8YZyyix3/s72-c/Tips+to+Turn+Off+Your+Internal+Editor+in+Time+for+NaNoWriMo.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032078496036106020.post-7766325981309563813</id><published>2018-10-29T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2018-11-20T06:16:49.402-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Be Ready When Writing Inspiration Strikes with These 7 Tips"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Becoming a Professional Writer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Edie Melson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Write Conversation"/><title type='text'>Be Ready When Writing Inspiration Strikes with These 7 Tips</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEK4TzXYUqZMaUD-Mp39pvJmDRLmHUMSZAE_WqZvZlcSYaRsqo7bcCyN8UCkoGTSJNCD5zsOh68EZ4A1GNdVYTFXcc0J7Y22mK_sD8wP7jOo1iab2aPWPyVN5_uz4vcm2TBerbG8ojKS_/s1600/Be+Ready+When+Writing+Inspiration+Strikes+with+These+7+Tips.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;448&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEK4TzXYUqZMaUD-Mp39pvJmDRLmHUMSZAE_WqZvZlcSYaRsqo7bcCyN8UCkoGTSJNCD5zsOh68EZ4A1GNdVYTFXcc0J7Y22mK_sD8wP7jOo1iab2aPWPyVN5_uz4vcm2TBerbG8ojKS_/s1600/Be+Ready+When+Writing+Inspiration+Strikes+with+These+7+Tips.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Edie Melson &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/EdieMelson&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@EdieMelson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;As writers, we know that inspiration is a fickle thing. And while we all need to keep writing whether we?re inspired or not, that rush of creativity is nice.&amp;nbsp;What&#39;s not nice is not being ready.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There&#39;s nothing as&amp;nbsp;disheartening as those times happens when inspiration strikes and we?re not ready to capitalize on it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;So today I?m going to help you be ready.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: #1e150e; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;7 things to do now to be ready when writing inspiration strikes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;1. Always keep a notebook nearby.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;It doesn?t matter if it?s a digital app or a physical book filled with actual paper. All too often I?ve thought I?d remember an idea or a new twist without writing it down. I rarely do. Beyond that, I spend a lot of time and angst trying to remember the brilliant idea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;2. When driving, make sure you have a voice recorder within arm?s reach.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;My darling husband decreed note-taking off limits to me while driving?even if I was stopped at a red light. Because of that, I used to keep a digital recorder with me. Now that I have my smart phone, I use that to capture fleeting thoughts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;3. Snag headlines and news stories that intrigue you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;You can take a screenshot of digital articles, or use a program like Evernote. For newspaper headlines, use old-fashioned scissors and a manila file folder to keep track.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;4. When you snap or snip an interesting article, be sure&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;to include notes to remind yourself why that particular piece caught your attention.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There is nothing more frustrating than coming across something you thought was important with no idea&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;why&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;you thought it was important.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;5. Set up a system to keep track of those illusive ideas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;These can be digital documents on your computer or a filing system in a nearby drawer, just make sure you can retrieve those ideas after you record them. For me, I use a series of files on my computer. I have one for quotes, one for blog post ideas, another for clever names, one for possible articles, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;6. Add a visual prompt to your idea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I admit it, I?m a born lurker. I?ve been known to snap surreptitious pictures of interesting people when I?m out and about. I also take shots of places and things that I?d like to later describe?either in an article or a work of fiction.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;7. Become a professional eavesdropper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Along the lines of always having a notebook handy, take note of the conversations going on around you. But don?t stop with just the words that are spoken, write down the body language, tone, setting, everything that makes up an intriguing scene.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Each of these things on the list came directly from a lost idea because I wasn?t ready to capture it and hold on. I?d love to know what you?d add to the list.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Don?t forget to join the conversation,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Blessings,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1e150e; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Edie&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/kK3Pf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Be Ready When #Writing Inspiration Strikes with These 7 Tips - @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/8gGzc&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;7 Things to do NOW to be ready when #writing inspiration strikes ? 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Today?s post should take care of that?at least for November!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Take your future inspiration for today&#39;s post and turn to the calendar when ideas are running low.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Whether you&#39;re looking for a unique&amp;nbsp;article idea to pitch to a magazine, a blog post or a social media update that gets everyone&#39;s attention you can find a wealth of ideas in the calendar. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Today&#39;s list of November holidays isn&#39;t just fun to read, they?re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;great&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;jumpstart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;creativity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;fun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;writing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;prompt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;idea.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;November is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Novel Writing Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Life Writing Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Family Stories Month&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Alzheimer?s Disease Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Family Caregivers Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Inspirational Role Models Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Military Family Appreciation Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Aviation History Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Diabetes Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;International Drum (Percussion) Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Child Safety Protection Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Railroad Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Adopt a Senior Pet Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Movember&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Family Literacy Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Cancer Awareness Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Native American Heritage Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Banana Pudding Lovers Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Vegan Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Gratitude Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Home Care &amp;amp; Hospice Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Historic Bridge Awareness Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Worldwide Bereaved Siblings Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Pepper Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Peanut Butter Lovers? Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Pomegranate Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Adoption Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National COPD Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Manatee Awareness Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Fun with Fondue Month&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Weekly Celebrations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Week 1:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sherlock Holmes Weekend (Nov. 1-3)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Chemistry Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Patient Accessibility Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Health Information &amp;amp; Technology Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Fig Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Week 2:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Dear Santa Letter Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Young Readers Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Kindness Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Geography Awareness Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Hunger &amp;amp; Homeless Awareness Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Pursuit of Happiness Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Week 3:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;American Education Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Farm-City Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Better Conversation Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Book Awareness Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Week 4:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Bible Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Family Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Game &amp;amp; Puzzle Week&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Daily Celebrations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 1&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;All Saint?s Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Authors? Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Deep Fried Clams Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Vinegar Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Brush Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Family Literacy Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Go Cook for Your Pets Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Calzone Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Extra Mile Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Vegan Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Ohio Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;All Soul?s Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Jersey Friday (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Friday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Men Make Dinner Day ? Must Cook. No BBQ Allowed! (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Thursday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Look for Circles Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Traffic Directors Day (if it falls on a weekend, it?s the following Monday)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Deviled Egg Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 3&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Housewife?s Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Bison Day (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Saturday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Sandwich Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Numbat Day (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Saturday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Jellyfish Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Clich? Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 4&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Candy Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Daylight Saving Time Ends (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Sunday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Chicken Lady Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Orphan Sunday (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Sunday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Zero Tasking Day (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Sunday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;King Tut Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Candy Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Use Your Common Sense Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Doughnut Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Color the World Orange Day (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Monday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Guy Fawkes Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Broadcast Traffic Professionals Day (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Monday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Love Your Red Hair Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Gunpowder Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Marooned Without a Compass Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Job Action Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Nachos Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Saxophone Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Stress Awareness Day (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Wednesday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Wobbly Wednesday (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Wednesday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Hug a Bear Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 8&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Parents as Teachers Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;X-ray Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Parents as Teachers Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;International Tongue Twister Contest Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Dunce Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Harvey Wallbanger Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National STEM/STEAM Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Cappuccino Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Cook Something Bold &amp;amp; Pungent Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 9&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Louisiana Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Fountain Pen Day (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Friday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Freedom Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Microtia Awareness Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Love Your Lawyer Day (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Friday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Scrapple Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Chaos Never Dies Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 10&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Marine Corps Birthday&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Vanilla Cupcake Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sesame Street Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Forget-Me-Not Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Area Code Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 11&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Veterans Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Origami Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Sundae Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Pocky Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;International Tongue Twister Day (2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;Sunday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 12&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Quality Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Orphans Day (2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;Monday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Happy Hour Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Fancy Rat and Mouse Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 13&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Indian Pudding Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Symphonic Metal Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Young Readers Day (2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;Tuesday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Kindness Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sadie Hawkins Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 14&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Pickle Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Educational Support Professionals Day (Wednesday of American Education Week)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Operating Room Nurse Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Spicy Guacamole Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Loose Up, Lighten Up Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Diabetes Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 15&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I Love to Write Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Great American Smokeout (Thursday Before Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Use Less Stuff Day (3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;Thursday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Spicy Hermit Cookie Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Social Enterprise Day (3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;Thursday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Beaujolais Nouveau Day (3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;Thursday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Raisin Bran Cereal Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;America Recycles Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Philanthropy Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Bundt (Pan) Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 16&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Indiana Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;International Day for Tolerance&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Have a Party with Your Bear Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Button Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Fast Food Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 17&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Take a Hike Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Baklava Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Unfriend Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Prematurity Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Adoption Day (Saturday Before Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Petroleum Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Homemade Bread Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 18&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Mickey Mouse Birthday&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Vichyssoise Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Guinness World Record Day (3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;Sunday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Princess Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Occult Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Housing Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;GIS Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 19&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;International Mens Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Play Monopoly Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Have a Bad Day, Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Toilet Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 20&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Absurdity Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Entrepreneurs? Day (3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;Tuesday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Name Your PC Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;African Industrialization Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Peanut Butter Fudge Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Universal Childrens Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 21&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Stuffing Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Gingerbread Cookie Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Red Mitten Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Hello Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Jukebox Day (Day Before Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;World Television Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;False Confession Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 22&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Thanksgiving (4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;Thursday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Cranberry Relish Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Day of Mourning (4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;Thursday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Turkey-free Thanksgiving (4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Thursday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Go for a Ride Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 23&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Fibonacci Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Buy Nothing Day (Day After Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Black Friday (Day After Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Flossing Day (Day After Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Espresso Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Native American Heritage Day (Day After Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Eat a Cranberry Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sinkie Day (Day After Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Cashew Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Maize Day (Day After Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Day of Listening (Day After Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Your Welcomegiving Day (Day After Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 24&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;All Our Uncles are Monkeys Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Sardines Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Small Business Saturday (Saturday After Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 25&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Parfait Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Blas? Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Shopping Reminder Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 26&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Advent begins&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Cake Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Cyber Monday (Monday After Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 27&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Day of Giving #GivingTuesday (Tuesday After Thanksgiving)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Bavarian Cream Pie Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Craft Jerky Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Pins and Needles Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 28&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Make Your Own Head Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Red Planet Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National French Toast Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 29&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Electronic Greetings Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Chocolates Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Lemon Cream Pie Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Throw Out Your Leftovers Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Package Protection Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Square Dancing Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;November 30&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Mississippi Day&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Mousse Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Computer Security Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Mason Jar Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Systems Engineer Day (Last Friday in November)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;National Meth Awareness Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, 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style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Stay Home Because You?re Well Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/WzFT0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Don&#39;t ever be scared of running out of #writing ideas again - @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a 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Look no further than the calendar - @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/feeds/2475356756191514936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/10/don-ever-be-scared-of-running-out-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/2475356756191514936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/2475356756191514936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/10/don-ever-be-scared-of-running-out-of.html' title='Don&amp;#39;t Ever Be Scared of Running Out of Writing Ideas Again'/><author><name>hP MM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11264201449303298303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgampgeDs_KbkFJ8k3cNTUlM2vPOc8Z5tHobLPji6Pcn5UMoAQg732TLTTq9SL4y0_x7SvGYpVLwWthikWmd-dzk_WzTY4yISQfk7OMpOynpMgq6QufsNONEjWHlMUxWJMLunRCAeB3PA2G/s72-c/Do%2527t+ever+be+scared+of+running+out+of+writing+ideas+again.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032078496036106020.post-6015613256347259285</id><published>2018-10-27T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2018-11-20T06:16:50.064-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="2 Corinthians 4:16-18"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Edie Melson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Finishing Well?And the Gravity of the Situation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rhonda Rhea"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Write Conversation"/><title type='text'>Finishing Well - And the Gravity of the Situation</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwxBFSnS-814M0knj6nHjCZuS1Nyk0a3kPEbpIQu7jBP36Fe8LCOWkrd7bsTni0L4YthUhUDq5F5y7gkeMN9cb3gsKDqjY0CeXAxBKh098KK6W224TxZKzgfA4n7xla19cnM0btPx1FIB/s1600/Finishing+Well.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;482&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwxBFSnS-814M0knj6nHjCZuS1Nyk0a3kPEbpIQu7jBP36Fe8LCOWkrd7bsTni0L4YthUhUDq5F5y7gkeMN9cb3gsKDqjY0CeXAxBKh098KK6W224TxZKzgfA4n7xla19cnM0btPx1FIB/s1600/Finishing+Well.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Rhonda Rhea &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/RhondaRhea&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@RhondaRhea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There are several reasons I?ll never skydive. I?ll give you my top two. First, I?ve seen videos of people skydiving. Skydiver?s faces? They?&lt;i&gt;flutter.&lt;/i&gt;Sometimes wildly. I?m telling you now, I do&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;not&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;need to see my face crazy-flapping over my ears, thank you. That kind of wind velocity is just not meant for faces over 40. You can end up looking like a basset hound pup. One with its head out a car window. Multiplied by how ever many years you are over 40.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I?m not daring enough to sass the math. Gravity plus wind velocity times the number of years over 40. It?s an equation that equals: ew.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Add to that math the second reason you won?t find me skydiving?and the biggest reason. It?s just plain gravity. Seems to me skydiving could all too easily become sky-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;dying.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It?s not even the jumping out of a plane part that scares me so much as it is the inevitability of the hitting the ground part. No, it?s not the jumping, or even the falling. It?s the landing. There?s sticking a landing and then there?s splatting a landing. Forgive me, but sometimes I wonder if people who skydive don?t really understand the ?gravity? of the situation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;That reminds me, though, how glad I am that I know where I?m headed, eternally speaking. I don?t fear death. I?ll be real here, I do fear pain. Actually it?s not quite fear of pain. It?s more of a very vigorously enthusiastic hatred of pain.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But pain or no pain, it?s essential we know that our future is secure, and that death, however it comes, is not the end. There?s amazing comfort there. That always tends to put fear in its place. It can even put math in its place.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Second Corinthians 4:16-18 says, ?So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal,? (ESV).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The Amplified version of verse 17 refers to our existence on the other side of this flappy-faced life as ?an everlasting weight of glory, beyond all measure, excessively surpassing all comparisons and all calculations, a vast and transcendent glory and blessedness never to cease!? It?s a weight that defies gravity. That?s some math I can love. It?s a beyond-all-measure, never-ceasing glory. Its calculations are beyond comparison in this life. No need to bother with any old equation. This is the greatest of the ?greater thans.?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I want to follow Paul?s instructions in this passage to ?not lose heart.? As a matter of fact, instead of losing my heart, I want to keep it. I know it?s some strange math, but I think keeping my heart means giving it away. A heart fully surrendered to Christ is one that can look past the pains of this life?look past any wild flapping?experiencing renewal day by day. I want to live in that renewal and live this life well in the power of the One who created me. And then, I want to finish well. I want to ?stick the landing,? so to speak.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;So here?s to living courageously. Hopefully also splatlessly.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/tZc1o&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Finishing Well?And the Gravity of the Situation - @RhondaRhea on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41AqVPFWi-yjzlMdz861eNfElzTwHCO4C1BfBF1TjiTzO_DBIwAEm-QdSgAL260MzfMbHqWIJjsiCAhMAM4kFt6tiDdvMiNfTFTQTvJ01pm5l6J9Evvk7DVBZXP1RlpZW68el-WLkGbTq/s1600/Rhonda+Rhea.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1208&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1208&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41AqVPFWi-yjzlMdz861eNfElzTwHCO4C1BfBF1TjiTzO_DBIwAEm-QdSgAL260MzfMbHqWIJjsiCAhMAM4kFt6tiDdvMiNfTFTQTvJ01pm5l6J9Evvk7DVBZXP1RlpZW68el-WLkGbTq/s200/Rhonda+Rhea.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;R&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;onda Rhea is a humor columnist for lots of great magazines, including HomeLife, Leading Hearts, The Pathway and more. She is the author of 10 nonfiction books, including How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change a Person? and coauthors fiction with her daughter, Kaley Faith Rhea. She and her daughters host the TV show, That?s My Mom, for Christian Television Network?s KNLJ. Rhonda enjoys traveling the country speaking at all kinds of conferences and events. She and her pastor/hubs have five grown children and live in the St. Louis area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/feeds/6015613256347259285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/10/finishing-well-and-gravity-of-situation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/6015613256347259285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/6015613256347259285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/10/finishing-well-and-gravity-of-situation.html' title='Finishing Well - And the Gravity of the Situation'/><author><name>hP MM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11264201449303298303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwxBFSnS-814M0knj6nHjCZuS1Nyk0a3kPEbpIQu7jBP36Fe8LCOWkrd7bsTni0L4YthUhUDq5F5y7gkeMN9cb3gsKDqjY0CeXAxBKh098KK6W224TxZKzgfA4n7xla19cnM0btPx1FIB/s72-c/Finishing+Well.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9032078496036106020.post-4205641540191640473</id><published>2018-10-26T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2018-11-20T06:16:50.338-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cathy Fyock"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Edie Melson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Write Conversation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Writing in Community"/><title type='text'>Tips for Writing in Community</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYB4N-SAosH_ehWbl-luez-xI58AqWZgd-QN9VhJ1JWJdpRVt2E5TodcmoNg_INfXZwSWxaXd8X6X7CGtaxiT9WBVUZhm7mjXf0OroiSJMg93Hc7QtvBfhGyYUNiRg035EefZuddKIp3g/s1600/Tips+for+Writing+in+Community.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;378&quot; data-original-width=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYB4N-SAosH_ehWbl-luez-xI58AqWZgd-QN9VhJ1JWJdpRVt2E5TodcmoNg_INfXZwSWxaXd8X6X7CGtaxiT9WBVUZhm7mjXf0OroiSJMg93Hc7QtvBfhGyYUNiRg035EefZuddKIp3g/s1600/Tips+for+Writing+in+Community.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;by Cathy Fyock &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/Cathyfyock&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_1903205585&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;@CathyFyock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Writing can be an extremely solitary activity. Yet, I believe that the most successful authors work in community with others in order to achieve their results.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;Tips for Writing in Community&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Clients.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Author first get ideas for their first or next book from clients who have problems or challenges that can?t be solved conventionally. As clients ask questions, authors gain insights into what still needs to be written or explained in a different or unique way. Listen for clues from your clients when they say, ?I?ve been looking for a solution, but haven?t found one,? or better yet, when they say, ?Why don?t you write a book?? I got my idea for&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Blog2Book&lt;/i&gt;when several prospects came to me and said that they had been writing blogs for years and suspected that they had enough content for a book, but didn?t know where to start. I not only helped them write their own blog-to-book, but I wrote the book on it!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Writing groups.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Writing groups are those that can share best practices, and can identify with your struggles. Who else knows how difficult it is to write during writing time marked on your calendar? Who else understands how that negative voice?the voice I call The B*#@%?can keep pestering you to renege on your promises to write (?Who do you think you are writing this book?? she asks.). Your writing colleagues can not only commiserate with you, but they can also help you resolve your biggest challenges.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Writing coach.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Your writing coach can hold you accountable for the book you know you need to write. Your writing coach can help you identify the obstacles that are holding you back, and help you develop strategies to overcome them. Your coach can cheer you on when you?re feeling discouraged or low on creative energy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Editorial boards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Once you?ve written your book and reviewed it so that it is the best you can make it, it?s time to involve your editorial board. Your editorial board is made up of three to five individuals who are representative of your target reader (think about your best clients or your colleagues who know your area of expertise). Consider those who will offer you critical feedback in a supportive way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Supporters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;You likely have friends, family, and colleagues who are excited about your forthcoming book. You?ll want their help and support in creating buzz for the book. Ask these individuals to ?like? and ?share? your book-related posts on social media, write endorsements for the book and your website, and create rave reviews on Amazon.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Readers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;We wouldn?t need to write if there was no one to read. Readers help give us meaning and purpose for our writing. When we help a reader solve a problem, we also help fulfill our own mission.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Yes, writing is a solitary activity, but the best writers understand how to lean on others to build a better world, one word at a time.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TWEETABLE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ctt.ac/IC9b4&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tips for #Writing in Community - @CathyFyock on @EdieMelson (Click to Tweet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfB8QxeBWQfRrxbMQmxSZi6agSRdD068imdwjolJf-xPvzr7TclW44gffWT5f5HDZH0Ag9ACIZEbhsAloTNA9qM5hRr04lfqzZRyg5XJGRBl1dz9dmYKngmK4abHCtWXV_kCH7AhwVRBkd/s1600/Cathy+Fyock+2015+1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1600&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1067&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfB8QxeBWQfRrxbMQmxSZi6agSRdD068imdwjolJf-xPvzr7TclW44gffWT5f5HDZH0Ag9ACIZEbhsAloTNA9qM5hRr04lfqzZRyg5XJGRBl1dz9dmYKngmK4abHCtWXV_kCH7AhwVRBkd/s200/Cathy+Fyock+2015+1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;133&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;verdana&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Cathy Fyock is The Business Book Strategist, and works with thought leaders and professionals who want to write a book as a professional development strategy. She is the author of eight books, including&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;On Your Mark: From First Word to First Draft in Six Weeks&lt;/i&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Blog2Book: Repurposing Content to Discover the Book You?ve already Written&lt;/i&gt;. To date she has helped more than 150 professionals become published authors.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/feeds/4205641540191640473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/10/tips-for-writing-in-community.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/4205641540191640473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9032078496036106020/posts/default/4205641540191640473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chattryz.blogspot.com/2018/10/tips-for-writing-in-community.html' title='Tips for Writing in Community'/><author><name>hP MM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11264201449303298303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYB4N-SAosH_ehWbl-luez-xI58AqWZgd-QN9VhJ1JWJdpRVt2E5TodcmoNg_INfXZwSWxaXd8X6X7CGtaxiT9WBVUZhm7mjXf0OroiSJMg93Hc7QtvBfhGyYUNiRg035EefZuddKIp3g/s72-c/Tips+for+Writing+in+Community.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>

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