Of all the blog posts on making New Year’s resolutions about writing, one stood out, Resolution...or...Revolution,* by Stacy at Heartprints of God.
Have you declared that 2012 is The Year of Your Memoir?* I hope so! (Read last Wednesday’s post* if you missed it.)
Some of you—Penny, De, and Janet—say this is The Year of Your Memoir! Bravo!
The rest of you can do the same!
Just picture it: A year from now, your memoir could have a title.
Your memoir could have a cover.
Inside, black ink on white pages could chronicle your stories.
Sounds pretty exciting, but how can you make your memoir a reality?
“When the glitter settles, I often discover that my creativity has gravitated from the work place to family, friends, and holiday festivities.… Christmas can leave me feeling unmotivated to return to the hard task of writing. When this happens, a pep talk is in order.…” *
Dozens of writerly-types have written blog posts about the need to make New Year’s resolutions, and perhaps most of us have made some—but I’ve heard only one in five people will keep them!
Here’s a quote I recently put on SM 101’s Facebook Page because, if you want to make significant progress on writing your memoir in 2012, here’s wise advice:
"...You have to be driven. You have to have the three D's: drive, discipline and desire. If you're missing any one of those three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it's going to be really hard to get anything done." (Nora Roberts; emphasis mine)
Of the dozen or so blog posts I read on making New Year’s resolutions about writing, one stood out, Resolution...or...Revolution,* by Stacy at Heartprints of God.
Stacy says that a resolution is a decision.
It “starts in the mind. It is making up your mind you are going to do something different.”
“But,” she asks, “is a resolution what you and I are really wanting?”
Then she defines revolution: It is a complete turn in a new direction resulting in far-reaching change.
I picked up The Synonym Finder, by J. I. Rodale, and looked up revolution: a radical change, a metamorphosis, a transformation.
Stacy says, “We don’t just want to decide to make a change, we want the change! We want to make a complete turn and head in a new direction. We want far-reaching and drastic change.
“… How do we turn our resolution into a true revolution?
“By being intentional. By keeping our goals ever before us… always in view. By doing something each day to bring this goal to a reality.
“Change starts in our mind, but comes to fruition in our actions.…
“It’s not enough to decide one time. We must keep deciding and keep choosing and keep resolving each and every day.”
Wow! I like that, especially the word intentional. How about you?
If you have resolved to make 2012 The Year of Your Memoir, let us know. Leave a comment below because, like Kathy Pooler recently said, it takes a village to write a memoir. We’re in this together!
*Resources and links
Wednesday’s post,
Dianne Christner’s quote, “When the glitter settles,”
Stacy’s Resolution or Revolution,
