Do you need some motivation? Ideas for your writing? Ways to grow in your faith? Wednesday Words is my video blog that posts once a week. Check out my website for more information on my published books and workshop offers. https://cindybcurtis.com
A Smile from My Story More or Less
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What do you need? This question causes me to stammer and respond, “I’m good.” When I can sit with the question, I usually can come up with something I need more of and something I need less of. The key is to find a way to balance both.
I am working on revision and editing in much the same frame of mind. Where do I over-tell, and where am I leaving out much-needed information? Where am I speaking for the characters when they need to speak for themselves? Where do I describe in too much detail or not enough? Honestly, I love revision. The focus and time are well spent to take something from a rough idea and storyline to balance and craft. Here I am on scene 2, making progress like the tortoise. I’m sharing with you one of the very first stories I wrote from real life as a single parent. Rereading it made me smile. Do you need more smiles in your life? Click below! Power Tools Assignment 7.pdf 
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Do you need some motivation? Ideas for your writing? Ways to grow in your faith? Wednesday Words is my video blog that posts once a week. Check out my website for more information on my published books and workshop offers. https://cindybcurtis.com
Thinking about cycles has shifted my perspective. Ravenel Bridge from the pedestrian path. Do you shift with a fight or with the ease of a smile? Sometimes, I can be the go-with-the-flow woman. Sometimes, I can be the no-way-not-doing-this woman. What about you? Thank you for trying my poll last week even with a typo in the most clicked response. You all are the best encouragers! By the time I saw the error, the email was sent too far to correct. Accepting my mistakes is still hard for me....
What do you have? What do you need? What do you want? Is it time to value or lo let loose? Thinking about what you must do, what you should do, and what you could do can be a daunting task. I am always somewhere between those three options. When I focus on what I could do more than what I must do, I can allow myself room to dream, to be a beginner, and to try something different. What about you? How are you managing your time and holding on to hope? You matter. Helping you grow your faith
Do you ever feel like what is the point of starting something if you can’t finish it? Are you focused on the big, enormous outcome instead of the little progress? Taking a bite of the elephant is the only way to make progress. I have been pleasantly surprised lately to the point of celebrating the small steps I can make. I have also realized that time can be a friend instead of a robber and enemy. This week has been consistent for me with my revision and marketing focus. I now have a writing...