)O( Tea Witch’s Musings )O(

It’s wet, rainy and cold.  No, not cold enough to snow.  Which is good because it’s done that before and when it gets that cold here and everyone turns on the heat and does the holiday cooking we loose all power.  Today is more mildly chilly made worse by the grey rainy day.  But the garden needed the rain. 

I have decided on a new writing rule.  When I’m working on something I must have a nice descriptive phrase or paragraph at least once a page.  It may seem odd to make a rule like this. Some writers hate having rules around their writing because that would stifle their creativity.  But what this rule does is make me stop and scan each page and think - is this all dialogue or have I really described the scene.  Usually there is some spot where a little description will help the reader.  Because in the end, you’re either writing for the reader or for yourself.  If you write for yourself, don’t worry about rules.  If you write for the reader, then you need to worry about what makes the story most enjoyable for them. 

Oh, and yes, the most important lesson - to really be a writer, you’re going to obsess about writiing all the time.  Even when you wake up Christmas morning.  Which doesn’t mean I won’t actually spend time with the family.  It just means most of the time I spend wondering when I’ll have some free time to write again.  Besides, grey, rainy days were made for writing.