The day started out great, with my husband giving me the dear sweet treasured gift of SLEEPING IN on a school day. Getting up at 5:30am is not my bag, baby, so this was a grand gift indeed. Granted, one of the children went out the door wearing about 5 different and mismatch prints, but all the essential parts were covered so I can't complain too much. His attention to fashion detail is notsomuch. But I digress.
Later on, my friend calls me to tell me that I have a present, and it's at her house... but the glue is finishing drying. My first thought was "OH PRESENTS!", as it was unexpected. My second thought was "The GLUE has to finish drying?" I wasn't sure what to expect.
Collage of friend pictures and thoughtful poems and sayings?
Kleenex box holder decorated with beads and sequins?
Macaroni necklace?
Obviously, I'm not the guesser in the family because this is what she had done for me...
*Queue sniffling*!!!My friend, who is a real-deal screenwriter and schniz, has been helping motivate me to write my "Great American Novel". Since I'm much better at the marinating of ideas part then actually giving them form and structure, she's been teaching me some of the techniques and tools she uses in her screenwriting. Extremely helpful tools and techniques, might I add.
To help pinpoint the plot points, and flesh them out properly, she taught me this post-it note and board method of clarifying the structure. And stuff. She can explain it better than I can. But I get it, and the visual aspect of it helps me immensely.
Added to the board, she got me a variety of writer-y supplies. Pens, index cards, lined paper, flags etc.
... And a few really kick ass books on the subject. Which I love and can't wait to pour over!
Not only was I touched by how extremely thoughtful and lovely this gift was, but what made me actually emotional about the whole thing was that this dear friend of mine believes in my dream. Probably more than I do myself. And that, my dear internets, is worth more than all the pens and post-it notes in the world.
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Awww That was such a special gift :)
OK...Get Busy Writing...No Excuses Girl!!
Miz Liz
I thought about a macaroni necklace, but I know you're doing the whole low-carb thing.
Seriously, you're welcome, dear friend. You deserve it!
Now you need to come over and help me make mine! My plain old boards just don't have the same flair.
Incidentally, the verification word is "choopho". It looks like it should mean something, I just have no idea what.
So, like, what's the novel going to be about?
@Alaskan Dave- It's going to be a story. About things. With people and stuff.
I have a few ideas marinating up in this cranium. The one that I'd really like to do is an epic Alaskan gold rush story. There's a lot of really great history in the interior and I'd love to share some of it with the world. Tie in some of the cool places I've been to.
Happy belated Birthday! Happy to see you back in the blogging world.
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