2024 is here. We've recovered from the festivities and over-indulgences, we're taking some quiet moments to rest, recover, recharge, and read in the garden.
It's also a good time to get the creative engines running again. It's a stepwise process. Add some fuel ... turn the key ... spark the engine and 'give it some gas' as my Mom used to say when she was teaching me to drive ... and you're in motion, movin' on down the road.
It's the same with our writing. Ideas are the fuel and you may have some stories in mind. The Christmas dinner that went haywrire after the cat brought a mouse into the house and began chewing it up under the festive table; that glorious day at the beach when the sky was the clearest blue, the wind a gentle caress, the sea water clear, calm, cold; the good times you shared with an old friend who'd come a long way to see you on New Year's Eve. Summertime abounds with stories, memories, thoughts, and reminiscences of childhood hollidays, a veritable treasure trove of ideas we can use for our writing.
The new year can also be a time for contemplation, weaving together threads from the past, and thinking about the months ahead and how life's events can lead us down unknown paths.
See where your thoughts and feelings take you in your writing. Allow yourself to be guided by your emotional and spiritual responses.
I am looking forward to meeting a group of writers joining me for my Summer Writing Rev-Up in February here at The Writing Place. We'll spend the day sparking those ideas. We'll write, share, discuss, laugh, have a great time and get the creative engines in motion. If you missed out on this writing day, there will be more. To receive advance notice of upcoming workshops and events, please consider signing up for my newsletter.