I just hit 8019 words. Last year I quit at 7668. So I've exceeded my last attempt. Hurray!!! I am so going to finish this time. Interesting concept of writing though that I find so exciting is when the characters come to life and make their own way on to the page. I just had two more people show up that I didn't even know were invited to the story.
It is an amazing feeling to be in control of your own little story. To tell the world what you want them to hear without being at the mercy of someone else writing all the rules and putting boundaries in place. I love letting my creative thoughts flow and watch them come to life on the paper.
Of course it is a very rough rough draft so I won't be posting anything. My husband is sad. Our friend is also doing NaNoWriMo for the first time ever and she has let him read some of hers. So he doesn't really understand why I won't share mine. I learned from previous times that I have to have my story perfect before I share it with anyone or I will discourage myself. It's not so much what they may or may not say about my story, it is just that I want the story to be set how I want it before I share. And this one is even a little more sensitive because I am drawing on some of the experiences we have had on our journey as a couple. Not a biography, but I have taken creative liberties with our reality.
My heart soars at the thought that I can now write something I lived. I want to inspire others. I want to put a little more romance in the world with my own unique signature. I want to finish my story. Off I go...
05 November 2010
I am now "Committed" to "Eat Pray Love" everyday
Elizabeth Gilbert came into this world only1 year before I did. Her first marriage failed as mine did. She took a spiritual journey to find healing after her divorce, like I did. And she found love again, just like me. She loves to write as I do.
But she is published and I am not yet. Her latest books, Eat Pray Love and Committed, have touched my heart and brought a soothing balm to my spirit that I desperately needed through the written word.
The latest book, Committed, which is subtitled "A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage", intrigued me from the first moment I read an excerpt. After getting a fortune from a fortune cookie that read "You will soon receive some good advice through the written word", I just KNEW I had to buy the second book.
Of course it helped immensely that my sweetheart was sick in bed all weekend and I had plenty of time to read.
She starts off with the notion that marriage is a society type of control and thus rebels against its very nature until circumstances force her and her beloved to "marry" or forever be separated. Through her diligent and sometimes all consuming research, she discovers that humans created "marriage" and society had to adapt to it. Therefore when the choice must be made, she chooses matrimony because now she is part of the history of marriage and sees it as a subversive ideal that she totally supports.
I came to the conclusion that the wedding ceremony is for the benefit of your friends and family. Committing to each other privately carries the same consequences as doing it openly. Though some argue it isn't real if it isn't witnessed, I believe it is just as real with or without the legal document. Should I fail this time, I will still have the same heart ache as I had last time when there was a piece of paper signed. I just know I was better able to make a more conscious informed decision than when I was 19. I didn't have a clue back then.
Someday I will get married again. This I know. When, that I don't know.
But she is published and I am not yet. Her latest books, Eat Pray Love and Committed, have touched my heart and brought a soothing balm to my spirit that I desperately needed through the written word.
The latest book, Committed, which is subtitled "A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage", intrigued me from the first moment I read an excerpt. After getting a fortune from a fortune cookie that read "You will soon receive some good advice through the written word", I just KNEW I had to buy the second book.
Of course it helped immensely that my sweetheart was sick in bed all weekend and I had plenty of time to read.
She starts off with the notion that marriage is a society type of control and thus rebels against its very nature until circumstances force her and her beloved to "marry" or forever be separated. Through her diligent and sometimes all consuming research, she discovers that humans created "marriage" and society had to adapt to it. Therefore when the choice must be made, she chooses matrimony because now she is part of the history of marriage and sees it as a subversive ideal that she totally supports.
I came to the conclusion that the wedding ceremony is for the benefit of your friends and family. Committing to each other privately carries the same consequences as doing it openly. Though some argue it isn't real if it isn't witnessed, I believe it is just as real with or without the legal document. Should I fail this time, I will still have the same heart ache as I had last time when there was a piece of paper signed. I just know I was better able to make a more conscious informed decision than when I was 19. I didn't have a clue back then.
Someday I will get married again. This I know. When, that I don't know.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
