Motivational Monday: Today's motivation a writing prompt

Today my writing motivation is a writing prompt sent to my writing.com inbox by the Blog City blogging group on writing.com. I'm responding to the prompt in this blog because I used Labor Day prompts in my writing.com blog Melting Snow. The prompt is "What do you do to adapt to change as a writer? Did any life changes have demanded or can demand such an adaptation? " 

I say prayers and meditate to help me adapt to change. I also use free writing to assist in the process. When I use free writing I set a time limit of five or ten minutes. The time limit forces me to write without thinking about what I'm writing. I can write for about ten minutes before I have stop, reread and then edit  what I've written. Through the editing process I discover the theme or subject that is most important at a given point in time. 

The main life change that caused me to adapt was first becoming my mother's caregiver and then her death. I suspect the next thing that will influence my writing is the presidential election in November. This year's election has caused me to do a lot of thinking about my political views. I used to think I was a conservative, but I now realize that I lean toward the liberal. I'm registered nonpartisan, which suggest impartial or unbiased view. The problem is that the speeches I've heard and the ads I've seen are neither impartial nor unbiased and I can't seem to find anything that reveals the truth of what the candidates are saying with their speeches or ads. 

The events happening in America and across the world are having an influence on my writing. These events are causing me to adapt my writing so that it is more inline with my changing attitudes. The only thing I can do is pray and meditate on a subject followed by a free write to see how my attitudes and writings are changing. 

Motivational Monday: I'm Motivated to Edit One of My Novels

Today I'm editing one of my novels. I copied the first chapter into a word document on OneDrive. I'm thinking of changing the first chapter to something else because I'm starting in the middle of the story. Alternately, I could keep my present first chapter as it is and then make the second the one that gives the background. There is a third possibility, I could use the introduction for the background information. I'll worry about that after I finish editing this chapter. 

I also have to decide on a cover. I'm not a great artist so I'll write out a description of what I want on the cover. I have to focus on getting this story edited because I need to finish another novel. On the bright side while I was copying and pasting this chapter into the word document on OneDrive I discovered how to rename my documents so that I can find the documents I need. It's been a while since I worked with word, so it's understandable that I would forget how to do something. In addition, I'm working in Word Online and I'm still learning to how to use it. 

Motivational Monday: I'm Motivated Today!

I'm motivated today! This morning I went for a walk halfway around the block when I returned I accessed my checking account to see if I had enough to pay the internet bill. I didn't, but I have ten days to raise this month's payment before the cable company disconnects my social life. I have to have the payment in by July 28 or I have no social life until the bill is paid. As you can see my sense of humor is still going strong which means I'm not depressed and confident that I can somehow raise the money. 

I'm motivated to write today! I've started three short stories for the 44 I've committed to write this year.  If I can finish those by the end of July I will be halfway through the stories and halfway through the year. I've did all right with the previous stories even though some of the word counts are a bit short.  I will just push on with these three stories making sure they are over 1000 words. 

I'm motivated to make blog entries today. Yesterday I considered ending the entries in this blog because I've had difficulties making every-other-day posts. However, this morning I decided that wasn't a good reason to end posting. I will continue to attempt to make entries in this blog, but I might cut it down to two or three days a week. That depends on how much other writing and desk cleaning off I accomplish this week. 

Cleaning off the desk 
I have a desire to see 
My desktop again. 

Motivational Monday: Depression Bugs Me

Motivational Monday 

The mood that bugs me most 

The depression that sets in 

Line Count: 3 

Form: American 767, created by Dennis L. Dean, a three line form with 7-6-7 syllables with a bug as the theme of subject. In this poem I have exercised my poetic license and written about something that bugs me. 

I've been afflicted with bouts of depression all my life. I'm not going into the details of why I think I deal with depression. I will list the things that help me deal with the depression. There are five t hings t hat help me deal with depression and usually cause it to dissipate. Those five things are (1) writing, (2) prayer, (3) meditation, (4) coffee, and (5) chocolate (either dark chocolate or white chocolate). 

Motivational Monday: What Motivates me today?

My motivation today is to finish a story. I started The Power Behind the Throne last week with about 300 words and then got stuck. This morning I realized that the words I have written do not go with this story. This means I either have to change the title, which is based on a poem I wrote several years ago, or start over again. I am starting over again, but I am not going to get rid of the words I have written because I can use them in another story. 

I have another idea for a story, which does not work with either story I have started. My third idea is about a Jackalope. I did some research on the myth of the Jackalope this last weekend. I think a Jackalope would make a good character is a fantasy story, so I will use it. This means I am now working on three stories instead of two.