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Having Fun with Vision Boards

Vision Board

A different approach

At the outset of each year I create a vision board.
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Vision boards are a wonderful visual and innovative approach to set and manifest your dreams and goals.

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I start with a vision board of all the general things I desire, need, wish, or want to keep in my life. I put the major themes in my life on the board like family, health, children, love, work, etc.

Searching for Images

I search for pictures which resonate and reflect the visions I have in mind. I find them on sites like pixabay.com. (Magazines are also a great source.)

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I love this part of the process: exploring ideas and finding images. It should be fun! If you’re not feeling into it, wait for a better day. I believe that positive energy and emotions while creating your board is essential.

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Next, I find a board (poster or cardboard) to use for my vision board. Either I print out the images, sorting through and placing them into various groups, or I go through the ones I’ve downloaded and group them into folders (on my laptop or iPad.)

Wishing and hoping like you’re a kid again!

Now begins the fun part: cutting the images and sticking them down -or- constructing a digital collage (I use Procreate) of the photographs, illustrations, or words to reflect my vision of the year to come. Using colour to certain areas is a great way to highlight them. Writing headings or keywords on your board is an exciting part of the process.

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Here is a portion of my 2020 vision board. I hope it will inspire you to create your own board! These are some of my main goals for this year. Check my website to see what I’m working on now!

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I keep my vision board as the background to my iPad, and I also print out a copy to affix to the wall at my desk.

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This year, I will go one step further and make mini vision boards every two months to discover where my focus remains as time advances.

Create your own board!

Has anybody else created their vision board for the year?
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Comment here if you have, and I’d love to see it, if you wish to share!
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Have fun with your dreams and let’s see what you create!

Cheers, CC

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Mosquito Nightmares

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Writing Journal Entry #2

I’m on holiday this week, from Paradise. It actually exists folks! Some of you know the attached photo from my other page, but it actually is what I’m looking at when working away in the mornings on my writing project.

But back to the nightmares for a minute. My better half does not get bitten by mosquitoes (it’s the gin), but I do. So he walks in and out, leaves windows open, lives a normal life. I wish I could. I walk around, paranoid. But, you see, they love me—with a vengeance. And that vengeance takes place at night when I’m unaware. The bitches. So, even though it’s gorgeous and a personal paradise called Home, it’s my own personal nightmare at night.

Now, back to this week’s goal (exercise). It’s called Moving and Trimming. My developmental editor, EJ Runyon (https://www.facebook.com/groups/172786866842998/), has gone through my novel, and is helping me to make my bottom heavy, info dump become more spread out throughout the story.

It’s a bit of a nightmare (for me), perhaps it was for her too. But, the exercise is to attack them bit by bit, one by one. Killing each info dump like it’s a mosquito. I’m good at that, and I have no remorse whatsoever. Not one bit.

But I have to remember to keep the balance. I can’t kill all of them and suddenly find out that some of the info was still needed. Just like mosquitoes (really?) But… dragonflies feed on them, and it’s my logo, so… I let some of those bitches get away. BUT my story survives, and that’s the point.

The trick is to move the words first, then trim. Don’t trim first then move because that’s when you might lose that bit that’s really important to move your story forward.

Have a wonderful writing day, folks!
<3 CC

(Image: Photograph by ©CC Sullivan)

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Writing 1000 Words a Day… and the Daily Goal of Nothing (Lately)

Writing on my novel has not been happening very well lately. I have been in a limbo mode the past couple of weeks and I’m not sure whether it is because I’m avoiding writing my book or trying to get some writing done in other capacities. I think it’s the avoiding one. And, it’s not because I don’t have any inspiration because I do — plenty of it.

I normally do the daily goal of writing 1,000 words a day — or at least using that as my benchmark. If I only get a 100 words in, I am actually happy that I got something down. It takes very little to please me obviously (haha.)

I’m not quite sure whether these days it’s because I’m a little burned out, work is getting in the way, or have some form of ADD and want to do a million things at once while not doing anything at all.

It is frustrating and I feel like I’m on the edge of ‘something.’ Is that ‘something’ the abyss or a major breakthrough?

I hope I snap out of it because the “Finish My Novel Goal” for my second novel (and third) is the end of July. I best get cracking as we are already halfway there or so it feels.

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