Several of my online writing friends mentioned playing around with Just Jot It January, an idea created by Linda G. Hill that encourages us to jot those ideas down, even a sentence! That sounded pretty perfect to me, since I haven't been writing at all. For the first time, as I sat quietly in the library, staring out the window at a winter scene, thinking about writing, Inspired also by Rui Chan's haiku, I used the NOTEPAD feature on my I-phone to jot down this:
Like crocus pushing their way up
through the cold earth,
I begin healing,
winter into spring,
once again.
Linda's website offers daily prompts and guidelines, and so I shall persevere as I dive back into my own writing with #JustJoJan. Why not join in?
What a nice initiative to start slowly and refreshed, whether it is because it's a new year, because we need to get "back to work" after the holidays, or because we have not been feeling so well. I do hope you are healing quickly now and can pick up work on your current WIP again a well, Beth!
ReplyDeleteWell Beth, how fortunate I am to find your blog again. It's been a while. Love the idea "Just Jot It January". Will try that.. Will try anything to get me going... Hope your are feeling better and are writing away ...
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