What is Your Passion?

Writers sometimes hit a point on their journey through publication where they feel stale. Our words don’t zing on the page like they do in our minds. Our story characters leave the page with only a ghost of a shell to remind us they were present. Our plots feel tired and trite and definitely worthy of being tossed in the muck and mire of a pigsty.

It’s those times that we need to take a step back from the pressure we’ve placed on our stories and ourselves. We need to take a break, recharge, exercise and remember our passion. We each have a passion that brings out love and attention to detail. A passion can show our core values and reinforce our focus for what’s important. When you shift your thoughts and remember, you’ll find a way to make your words zing, your characters three-dimensional and your plots fresh and new.

Passion can be as simple as capturing photos of flowers to creating a bed of blooming wonders.

Animals can capture our hearts and show love in return. We care. We nurture. We add them to our character’s lives for pleasure and conflict.

Walking the beach and following seagull prints can refresh our minds and provide a relaxing time for your plot to percolate. Or maybe a hike up the side of a mountain to be still with nature can lead you to a way to engage your reader.

Whatever your passion is, take a moment and think about it. Bring it out, shake it off and know that you’ll refresh your spirit when you’re following your passion.

Do you know what your passions are? What do you do to refresh your spirit?