Week Three Pep Talk from Lindsey: Radiance and Rubbish

Someone once said, “The midpoint is always halfway between here and there.”

So true! That is always the case, isn’t it?

At the midpoint of NaNoWriMo 2011, let’s take a moment to look back at the “here” that is now waaaayy back “there” at November 1, and everything we’ve created since then.

All of our paths to this point will look different. For example, mine is littered with coffee cups, leftover Halloween-candy wrappers, and some pretty spectacular word-padding.

But there are also some bright moments that I am dang proud of. A tabby cat that is the reincarnation of Napoleon Bonaparte; a child who squirrels away catalogs to substitute for the storybooks her parents never bought her; a parking lot attendant who is also a guardian angel. There’s some radiance among the rubbish.

Hopefully your 15 days have been populated by a witty character or two, some spectacular turns of phrase, and some appropriately bizarre plot twists. You might have to dig through some farfle to see it, but it’s there.

Marvel at these things. You wrote that! And you’ve got so many more gems still within you.

Let’s turn together and look forward to the “there” of November 30. Two more weeks, and countless more magical moments of inspired writing, before we claim victory at 50,000 words!

I can hardly wait to strike off down this path and see what’s in store.

To Oz? To Oz!
Farfle and all.

Lindsey