Ron is back with his Haiku Prompt!
Just writing that scene
Makes me feel oh, so serene
A perfect ending
Ritu 2019
One for you Lucy! 😉
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #248 Serene&Scene
08 Apr 2019 27 Comments
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Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 189
30 Sep 2018 31 Comments
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“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” Anton Chekhov
Thanks, Spidey.
The whole writing thing is on my mind at the moment.
After not hearing anything back from the First Novel Competition, I was tempted to fall into a wallowing muddle, but because I had the charity walk to do, I wasn’t allowed to.
Instead, it made me think back to the fact that I LOVE my story, and I know the couple of people who read it for me in its unaltered state, enjoyed it too.
The biggest thing was to read through and do that whole ‘show, don’t tell’ thing. I was very guilty of it at the beginning as I started writing this piece as a young, inexperienced writer, and I have grown so much since then.
So, this is my next step.
Really combing through it and working out where I can do more showing, and less telling, and tweaking the plot where certain suggestions were made.
It’ll still involve a lot more work, but I know it will be worth it…
Because it is my dream. My story will be told. My book will be out there soon enough!
Tell me about a dream of yours that you have worked really hard to try and achieve 😘
Have a peaceful Sunday Peeps ❤ And enjoy your week!
How Long it Takes to Create a Novel Isn’t Important, Writing it is. Inspiration From Author Ritu Bhathal #IWSG | Fiction is Food
06 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
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Please pop over to Gary’s Blog, Fiction Is Food, where he has featured me, and my long winded journey to finish a novel (first draft!)
* Comments closed here, please feel free to make conversation over on his post!
#SoCS Nov. 25/17 – Ink 🖋✒
25 Nov 2017 39 Comments
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Linda’s prompt for SoCS this week…
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “ink.” Use it as a noun or a verb. Have fun!
It’s quite funny actually that this was the prompt for today, considering I wrote about using a fountain pen, or an ink pen, to improve my writing in my post on Cursive Writing the other day!
I have always loved a proper fountain pen, ever since I was given the go-ahead at school to graduate from pencil to the handwriting pens, then onto a proper ink pen!
I loved my first Parker pens and went from the plastic variety to the more posh metal ones. From Parker, we moved onto Waterman pens. And until the necessity of speed in writing, and the more common use of keyboards took over, I took great pride in writing with my fountain pen!
I used the simple cartridges mainly, but I even went through the stage of refilling my pen using the traditional bottles of ink… in the classroom!
Oh, the messes we made! Ink splodges decorating not only our fingers and pages, but even the desks we worked upon, and sometimes we were unaware of the dreaded smudge across our faces!
But boy, did I feel grown up with my fountain pen!
I was so excited for Lil Man when he was given his Pen Licence at school (yes they had official documents to say kids were ready to use a pen rather than pencil a few years ago in school!) He drove us crazy trying to find the right pen!
Then, as he grasped the technique, so I learned how fountain pens, and their ink, were probably the bane of my mother’s life. Thank goodness for washable ink! The splodges that I had coveted, on what I call my Writer’s Lump, on my right-hand middle finger, my callus developed from excessive handling of pens, were not as welcome when they were gracing the fingers of my own child!
He prefers a rollerball now. (Thank God!)
But still, I do love a good ink pen!
Nowadays, in my fast-paced life, it’s not as often as I like, that I sit and craft letters on a page, creating a thing of beauty, rather, a rushed scrawl which I often have trouble deciphering myself!!!! So, excuse me if I am a little rusty, but here is an example of my handwriting! It’s still not as great as I can usually do it, but it’s better than when I use a biro!
My most recent pen acquisition!
Happy Saturday Peeps!
Lose Your Stress ‘Write’ Away!
06 Oct 2017 155 Comments
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There are days and times in life when you feel you can’t go on.
Times you think that nothing you do can make life better.
I have been through periods like that several times in my years, and look at me. I’m still here. I didn’t give up. It didn’t kill me. It made me stronger.
Some problems are just there, and there isn’t much we can do. It may be the way a person behaves or how a situation is affecting you. These reasons are often beyond our control.
One of the things that I found really helped me was to write.
I’m not talking about creative writing. That is one of my passions, yes, and it can really calm me, but it doesn’t take the stress or problem away.
So, how can you address them?
Write a letter.
But it doesn’t have to go anywhere.
When I was at university, there where huge issues within my family. I was helpless, but watching folk raising Hell, and others close to me crumbling under the pressure. Not just them, it was affecting me too.
So I wrote a letter. A long letter. I poured all my feelings out onto paper. All my hurt, all my confusion came gushing out. Things I didn’t want to burden my parents with, as they were already stressed enough. Words I wanted to use but would never be able to really say to the person this letter was directed at.
And then I put it in an envelope, sealed it and filed it away.
Did it make the problems go away?
No.
But it really helped me cope. I felt unburdened by the stress and worry that had been eating away at me. I knew it was still there, but the fact I had rid myself of it once, meant I was better able to cope with the reality as it progressed.
And the other day I did the same. This time my fingers danced over the keyboard, as my worries about a certain situation I am currently in now, appeared on the screen in front of me.
This time, I was determined to deliver this ‘letter’ to the person it was directed at though. In fact that was my original intention. I even printed it out.
But I remembered the cathartic effect of writing away your problems and as I wrote, the situation that was feeling overly stressful, started to seem not so bad.
It’s still sat in my bag actually.
I may still, if I’m brave enough, decide to try and broach the subjects that came up within the letter with the person involved. This time it’s not about a behaviour, but a situation, where I see solutions glaring me in the face, and yet those in charge are not seeing them.
But then again, I might not.
Because I may rock the boat a little too much. Still, at least I feel like I’ve got my ‘rant’ out of my system now!
So, if you feel stressed or unhappy about anything, try writing a letter to get it out of your system. You don’t have to send it anywhere, it is purely for you and your well being.
Honestly, it helps!
But I Smile Anyway... 