thoughts and progress

 I’m just gonna jump right into this weeks thoughts. 


Editing this round so far has been incredibly smooth. So I can just about confirm my earlier suspicions that editing is a learned skill as well as story telling and therefor has its own rhythms to be found. I think I’ve found the sweet spot and I’m far too excited. I woke up this morning pumped to get back to it. 


Another newish thing to come out of this editing cycle is how often I stop to write something entirely different. I’ve almost an over abundance of creative energy and ideas. Yesterday while I spent 20 minutes debating if I should keep going or stop for supper, I had about three thoughts for a future project. On Monday I couldn’t even start before I wrote a 700 word think piece. 


Its become a habit to follow the creative leads. I stay editing till my brain wanders, and often it wanders into an interesting thought or story that has to get written or noted down. I wrote a blog post a number of months ago about having to write the first few thoughts out of the way before getting to the good stuff. Well while editing its as if they come flouting to the top unannounced or asked for. Means some weeks I don’t even have to think about what I’ll post because I’ve already written three interesting pieces, independent of my novel. 


I think working with the flow of my creativity, rather than attempting to tame it, is creating a peaceful internal environment. I think it all comes back another post, where I talked about learning to work with myself rather than against. Its a simple concept and idea, but I’ve found it to make a world of a difference in all areas of my life; not the least of which is my creativity.  


Small changes and micro adjustments have the ability to truly change ones life. My current trajectory of progress is all thanks to the little changes. So back and off towards more editing in the hopes of maintaining my awesome pace from yesterday. Happy creating all! 


~ 

Bonus thought! 

(I wrote this out on my phone first thing this morning, if that helps.)


I don’t know why we have that saying about the stars alining in the sky. Surly if all the stars fell into what most humans consider order, it would be all straight lines and right angles. Which would be beautiful for days. But eventually I think it would just become an ominous omen. Honestly, for eons we as humanity have been looking to the heavens and have found beauty in that which we only kind of understand. I think the natural order, and alignment, of things offer the most beauty. I believe it speaks to that of a creator. 

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