This month has almost slipped by me, and I realize I haven’t posted anything.
The delay is simply that finally, finally our weather has warmed up and the garden is not only awake; but the weeds, especially the dandelions, have invaded every nook and cranny. I am slaughtering them as fast as I can.
Watching a garden drink up the sunshine and wake up is truly delightful. So is finding needed research information for writing. I am working on a scene which requires certain elements from the long ago past to come together.
As a fiction writer I have lots of wiggle room and could force elements together, but I like to see if I can discover some way for events to possibly occur. It is interesting to me that I have only to be a little bit flexible, and this will happen. Often it requires me to make an adjustment with geographical locations. Sometimes I am surprised when all the historical information is before me how much, or how little, I have to make the adjustments. And this is the wonder and joy of discovery, in writing.
Okay, so I thought this scene would to take place in Europe and the historical information refutes this. Absolutely. But it could occur in North America. And this is an unexpected twist for me the writer.
It took me two days of weeding in the garden to work out the plot sequence and I have to say digging and hacking my way towards clarity feels wonderful! Weeds and writing. Yea.
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