Happy 2018, my friends!
It seems that I’ve had to “get back on track” a lot lately. So, in (yet another) effort to do this, I’m going to start of this new year off right with one of my favorite quotes in the hopes that it will inspire.
Each step in the right direction, no matter how big or small, will draw us closer to where we want to be.
Wishing you a wonderful and productive New Year! xx, Rach
Well, hello!
I’m not going to make excuses for how absent I’ve been here. I mean I could mention how busy work has been now that I’ve been promoted, and how my days off were scattered and inconsistent. I could mention how it’s time for yet another move and all the stress and prep that goes into that…but I won’t.
Times flies whether you’re having fun or not, and suddenly it’s the middle of October and you’re feeling a bit concerned because of how little you have to show considering nearly another year has passed. I had such big plans at the beginning of the year too.
The only way to get back on track and refocus my attention is by getting back to the routine I once cherished and held dear. Sooo, let’s get back to one of my favorite things, quotes!
I have to find a way of reconciling my new schedule. I must find a balance between the day job, the dream job, and everything else. I’ve said “one day” more often than I’d like to admit recently, and I don’t care for how it feels.
How have you balanced your life and found time to do the thing you love?
So I happened upon my insights page and compared what I’ve done this year (so far) to the three years prior and the results are dismal. The first year I really took to blogging, I posted 164. The next year, which saw a great increase of interaction with the outside world, I posted only 112. Then last year, I posted 118. Can you imagine with my lulls of inactivity where I might be sitting this year?
21.
Yep. 21 posts (now 22) in seven months. ((sigh)) Wow.
If those are the results of my blogging, I don’t even want to know what that might mean for my writing.
I set goals for myself at the beginning of the year (last year had proven productive, for the most part), and I wanted to keep that enthusiasm going. I’m now reevaluating those goals as I’m certain I’m going to fall short at the rate I’m crawling.
How did this happen?!
I may need to reevaluate a few other things as well. I saw this quote and decided it may be the best way to get motivated again.
What are your motivational/goal achieving tricks?
Ignore the working out aspect of this quote (unless you’re also into that) and think on what the words mean. Where do you spend this kind of energy?
Is it on your writing (or other form of art)?
I know I don’t always put such passion into my work, as any artist knows, not all days encourage such intensity of emotion, but most days, we should have it.
As a “yet to be professional” screenwriter, I’m passionate about everything I write because they are the stories I want to tell. It’s my hope, in time, I will have the opportunity to feel this same intensity on a professional level. Because if we’re not passionate about our art, then why are we doing it?
It’s a thankless path for the most part, well, at least until we “make it”. It’s hard and it’s lonely and nobody cares about our struggles – their concern is for the final result, so we have to have passion.
I spoke with a fellow writer once who wanted to give up. They hadn’t had any success and just didn’t feel the drive to continue. My advice was to take a break and see if they missed it. Like a relationship, which is pretty much what it is, a little perspective via distance can help a great deal. Hopefully, a little time away will reignite the fire, but if not, they won’t waste any more precious time on something that doesn’t spark such emotion.
Because I believe that this is something we all want to find – something that drives us, something that we’re willing to give up sleep for, and let our minds wander off to…
So tell me. What are you passionate about write now? 😉
A couple of weeks ago, I discovered that I had not placed in the top of the last contest I had entered. I was excited to have advanced at all, let alone make it to the finals, but I was still disappointed – to get so close. Ah well. It’s time to move beyond this latest round and look forward.
Easier said than done.
It was a huge boost to my (writer’s) ego to get that bit of validation, but now here I am again, starting at square one. I have that tune in my head, “second verse, same as the first”. Creatives have a tough gig. So I was trying to find a quote this week that speaks to those of us who continue to try, despite the odds, because passion dictates that we do.
I present the following:
Yes, this is a quote that most likely relates to a world war, but the message can be applied to anyone who continues to strive towards their goal. It is my hope that we all do!
Best Wishes and Happy Writing!
Good afternoon, my friends!
I am riding on a new kind of high – the one in which you learn that your original TV pilot has advanced to the finals of one of the contests you entered. What an amazing feeling!
I struggled for some time (I still do), and I think as creatives, we all have a tendency, at times, to doubt our abilities. Sometimes it takes years to obtain any outside validation, and I think that’s something we need a little bit of in order to keep moving forward. One can only stay positive, on their own, for so long.
That’s why this week, I’ve decided to share the following quote:
I’ve known people who gave up on their dreams, and they’ll never know how close they were to getting what they wanted. We need to remember why we started, and all those other quotes on positivity that keep us motivated!
Wherever your passion lies, fan the flames, and keep the dream alive!
A lot has happened in a short time, and much of my free time has been taken up with, albeit good things, but time consuming nonetheless. I have had very little time to do the things I enjoy, like writing here.
Hi! I hope you’re all well. Today I’ve decided to share a little bit of everything, I’m so very behind. 😉 There’s some good news, a quote, and a writing prompt.
So the good news. I got a new job and start this week. Yay! This has made it necessary to buy a “new to me” car, which is where all my free time has gone – research mode.
And then the best news of all, my pilot advanced to the semi-finals of the Fresh Voices contest. Yes! Yes! Yes! (Happy dancing ensues!) Positive feedback is hard to come by in this, my chosen field, so you can imagine the boost to my psyche upon learning such wonderful news, which I had to read four times to see if my eyes were deceiving me, in part because I was having this weird side effect of water drippage. 😉
Now, the quote. This is about staying positive, which is sometimes hard to do:
And then there’s this Writing Prompt, number 101, for those of you up to the challenge:
I hope to be back to the old routine soon. Wishing you all the very best in your endeavors! Happy Writing!
It’s time to get back to routine, and as most of you probably remember, I used to enjoy my routine. It’s a bit of a vague memory at the moment. 😉
On Mondays I like to share inspiring quotes – something to start the week off right. I like this one:
Keep working towards your dreams!
A couple of days ago I awoke to the news of Carrie Fisher’s passing. Another beloved icon gone too soon – and you know in this Star Wars house this was a deep-felt loss. And then, as if to add insult to injury, my email contained a message that my pilot would not be advancing in one of the contests I had submitted it to.
The feedback was, at least, somewhat encouraging:
The Demeter is set in an interesting world with a couple of well-drawn characters in Wyeth and Sadie. Actually, the voice of Zeta as a less obnoxious Siri is also a nice character. On the page, the script looks good, without blocky description or dialogue passages and is error-free (a rarity!). The biggest question at this point is probably trying to determine what the story will be about in future episodes. Will the entire series be about their attempt to return to earth? Some hint of where the series will go could add a lot to the overall value of the pilot.
It was one of those days that made me want to both crawl into bed and take the world by storm.
I did neither.
I chose to lose myself in my happy place – Dragon Age land. A few hours achieving measurable goals with my dogs snuggled around me was comforting, but I’m still just sad.
Maybe the sadness is exacerbated by the fact that I am so far from where I want to be. I resent my job and without just the teeniest bit of encouragement on the screenwriting front, I just feel as if I’m never going to leave my own mark.
Yes, I know this sounds a tad vain, but it’s my dream to have my writing immortalized via the silver screen. Let’s be honest, we don’t follow the artist’s path to fade into obscurity, we want to be remembered. Plain and simple.
The passing of yet another childhood favorite has only reiterated how precious our time is. We have to make the most of the time given to us and continue to strive towards our goals, no matter where on the ladder towards that dream we find ourselves.
Wishing you all the very best as we come to the end of another year! Let’s start planning for a productive and successful new year!
*Thank you for being a part of our lives, Rebel Princess. May the Force be with you!
Fear can have a powerful sway on our ability to do something. I sometimes let fear have too much of a voice in my own life, and I don’t want to look back on my life and regret those things I wanted to do and didn’t because I was afraid of the outcome.
I may write about reincarnation, but in this life, we need to make it count! That’s why I really want to make this week’s quote a part of my daily thought process.
Best wishes, my friends! And let’s be brave!
