Suquamish, WA - 19 Jul 2023
Today for Morning Pages I managed to write three pages of fiction. I was pretty pleased with myself since this is an intention I've had for quite some time. I just couldn’t seem to get myself motivated into doing it when I got up in the morning. Today was different.
I was sleeping pretty well last night. Towards the end of my sleep I was half waking here and there, hanging on to a dream that I just wanted to finish. Eventually I realized that was ridiculous and got up. But, right after rising while I was setting up the coffee I had this thought form in my head. It was the beginning of the story I've been wanting to write and I finally decided rather than dwell on it I would just get it started.
So I sat down with my coffee and proceeded to write three pages of fiction. I'm hoping that's enough impetus to keep me going and that I can continue each and every morning pushing the story forward three pages at a time and then transcribe them to a document file. Eventually I expect I'll be able to start editing and fixing but for right now I’m happy to get it out of my skull and onto a piece of paper that I can work with later. So, until next time, we'll see how this journey goes.
Keep on truckin’
-Mike
Great news Mike! By the way, I finally got around to following my own advice once again. No matter how much I produce, be it just one page, two or more, the key thing for me is establishing the habit of writing daily. Some days it might be fiction, other days creative non-fiction, or maybe a bit of both. But generally speaking as long as I stick to doing so every day it does seem to become easier for me overall. How long will it last? No telling — as with life I'm just taking things one day at a time.
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