Day 12 of the Friday Writes Blog Challenge
The perfect hero is probably someone who loves you for being yourself.
Perfect Heroes
Tag: books
Urban Space
The night is honest in its resilience. We are bold as we endeavor into its embrace.
The urban landscape is one of the few places bright enough to call our attention from the stars and seduce us with its artificial light.
As the night shifts into morning, the calm gifts us the clarity to wade through the pending chaos of an urban morning.
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This week was all about returning to self and finding the space for creativity. Walks at night and photos usually get my inspiration churning.
I’m sure you have a dozen ways to find inspiration. I always say do what’s best for you. I’m inspired most by conversations with friends and the calm silence that follows when our spirits part ways.
I’ve reopened my website, and I’ve been finishing up some video work from the past few weeks. I can’t wait to be done and get back to the Dorean Black series.
If you have a website please share it with me on Twitter or IG, just comment website and leave your link on an old post. I love exploring author pages and checking out new writing.
Side note: Keeping a blog is a little therapeutic and looking back on each post is the best part of the journey.
Keep writing and Stay Connected!
Clearing the Fog
It was a foggy night. The rain had finally settled and the fog rolled in.
The radio blared on about lawsuits, failed drug trials, tax shields, and sports games that I didn’t have time to watch.
I glanced over at the clock on my dash and watched it tick-on. It made me think of the places beyond the fog.
I grabbed my book of recipes for this moment and mixed the worlds.
I thought of a place beyond, the land between, and the world that could be.
I wrote a description for each, heroes, villains, tax codes, and tick-tock men to guard the gates.
The world you make may be too much or just enough. Be a minimalist if you desire.
Just get your pen and paper filled with something.
Time
Allocating time to outlining your work and clearing away the clutter of a foggy narrative can make the vision of your story clear.
I recognized the practice of outlining helped me with more than just creative work. It help me with finances, work choices, and goals for the year.
This morning I recognized I’d devote an entire day to outlining a story. The character details, the nuance of their decisions, the ideas that spark their interest all help build the overall narrative.
Sometimes, I’d think I was wasting time, but the planning made all the difference.
Moonlight and Bridges
I was traveling to a friends house when I saw this moon over the city. I snapped a photo and saved it for a writing sprint.
Changing the setting of your everyday writing routine can shift the tone of your work and add some inspiration if you’re encountering a momentary writer’s block or feeling uninspired.
A good real-life moment, like this, and a list can help you sort out the clutter and get you going with something new. I wrote ten secrets lovers would share, ten endings to a climactic battle, and ten things I noticed at the moment.
The bridge was noisy with cars and city sounds as the wind passed. Some people in cars honked because my car partially blocked the road. After I moved it—my car— I managed to write a short scene. Maybe it’ll lead to a new story.
Happy Holidays!
Writing is Life
Believing in yourself is the key to achieving your greatest accomplishments.
Writing has always been my deepest passion, and I don’t feel right if I’m not scribbling words onto a sheet of paper.
For me, it’s always been the thrill of crafting a new story or sharing a dream with others that has driven me to write.
I didn’t have to be perceived as the best at it or the best at grammar and punctuation to continue this calling. What mattered most was that the voice and visions deep inside me had life.
Giving voice to and applying action to your deepest passion is the greatest tool you have on the journey of self-development. Keep building and keep expanding your story on your path to journey to greatness.
P.S. My web series is finally live and I’ve got a new story on my portfolio site. Keep working on your vision. Keep building day by day.
The Good Things
Make time for yourself. The world is filled with opportunities to drive productivity, take on tasks, and complete another project.
Meanwhile, time for reflection and rebuilding is the scarce commodity. The good things rest in our choices. Whether we choose to burn at both ends, or discover the power of downtime, we must realize, both the day and night have their opportunities to flourish.
It may take some time to create your ideal schedule, but in doing so, you make space and time for the good things that may need more of your time and attention.
P.S. Stay connected and focused as you take on new and exciting adventures. I’m conducting a photoshoot today. Sharing, if I get something blog worthy. Also, rough cuts of my web series are with my test audience. Awaiting feedback. Eager to get things ready for the world. Keep hustling, the day is yours.
Comfort and Safety
If it feels comfortable and safe go further. Move to the edge of your efforts. Pour everything into your growth, your vision, your journey to great things. Everything else is just the warm-up. Get going and do not look back.
Strategies
Wasting away in your own imagination is trending down. Dig into your awesomeness and strategize for greatness.
Commitment
Life’s better when you bet on yourself. Your soul, your work, and your art needs your confidence and unwavering commitment to excellence.
I used to have a lot of trouble spelling the word commitment. I couldn’t figure out the exact number of M’s and T’s. One day, when I had enough, I took out a sheet of paper and wrote the word one hundred times. It took 5 minutes. I never had trouble spelling commitment again.
Sometimes, the choices we make about our problems: never identifying the issue, never focusing long enough to correct the issue, and never taking specific, measurable action to end the cycle returns us to same place over and over again.
In my case, spelling was a simple fix. Other obstacles in life are much more challenging as many factors can affect your situation.
Stress can be a major deterrent to your best efforts, food choices can affect your energy levels, social and familial relationships can be a drag on personal growth.
The issues continue, learning gaps create roadblocks to personal growth, exercise and leisure time also factor into the mixed bag of obstacles that may prevent you from creating your best life.
No matter the problems or obstacles, our power is choice.
Choose to see the bigger vision. Know you have the ultimate power to solve your problems.
Everything changes when you clear the clutter, welcome the obstacles, and learn to surmount each challenge issue by issue.
Rinse and repeat your process each day for the best results. The day is yours!