I have about a week before I leave for a family gathering, a Christmas vacation. And while my writing routines cannot possibly stay the same, I know I will write. It's not that I have a deadline to keep. It's not that I can't afford to take off. (This is kind of odd for a writer anyway seeing you are not getting paid by the hour but by the product.) It's simply that I can't not write.
Thoughts constantly swirl in my head. Where is the next story? What are my future characters up to? Do they need me yet? Can I reach out to them and lift them up? It's not possible to allow them to hang in suspended animation just because I am having fun with my family. And so, I know that while sugar plums dance in my children's heads, I will be writing and putting on paper the sweet fruits that originated in my mind. And sweet dreams to you too.
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