Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Jun 30 2016
Weeds, wildflowers and words
Yesterday I spent time clipping some wild dandelion-like seed balls that had gotten started in part of the back yard. I missed a lot of them, but the ones I clipped will at least put a dent in the multiplying of the long-stemmed plants that I hate and the bees love. (The bees have plenty of blue rosemary petals, purple creeping thyme blooms, chive flower balls and oregano stalks they can still visit.)
I looked down at the small bucket filling up with dandelion seeds and thought of works of writing. We work from the ground up to grow a piece of writing that pops and then ends, or so we believe. The truth is that the flower comes along after all the other work of growth is done. The same is true of stories we write. But we think that all the work is done once we see the big yellow bloom, so to speak. What actually happens is that the gist of what we write may fade after awhile, but what comes along behind us are a hundred other writers who write long after the seeds have scattered to the winds. A hundred writers are formed only after a lifetime of someone else's work. It's an encouraging thought that the work we do today may inspire someone else long after we have lived our lives and delivered our words.
posted at: 12:59 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Yesterday I spent time clipping some wild dandelion-like seed balls that had gotten started in part of the back yard. I missed a lot of them, but the ones I clipped will at least put a dent in the multiplying of the long-stemmed plants that I hate and the bees love. (The bees have plenty of blue rosemary petals, purple creeping thyme blooms, chive flower balls and oregano stalks they can still visit.)
I looked down at the small bucket filling up with dandelion seeds and thought of works of writing. We work from the ground up to grow a piece of writing that pops and then ends, or so we believe. The truth is that the flower comes along after all the other work of growth is done. The same is true of stories we write. But we think that all the work is done once we see the big yellow bloom, so to speak. What actually happens is that the gist of what we write may fade after awhile, but what comes along behind us are a hundred other writers who write long after the seeds have scattered to the winds. A hundred writers are formed only after a lifetime of someone else's work. It's an encouraging thought that the work we do today may inspire someone else long after we have lived our lives and delivered our words.
posted at: 12:59 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry