DREAM-WISH-REALITY

Many friends and I have been talking lately about our dreams, wishes and goals. And this got me thinking about what each of those words really mean in the grand scheme of things.

I look at dreams as something our subconscious places into our heads in order to show us what is possible. I think of a wish as something we long to have, either tangible or spiritual. Let's face it, at some point or another we have all thrown a coin in the wishing well somewhere. Okay, maybe it's a fountain in the center of the mall, but we have done it at some point in time. These wishes are the conscious dreams that we control.

What I propose is that you take what you dream and what you wish for and merge them into a tangible GOAL. Something that you can reach for and motivate towards. Something that can morph into reality. I think that's how I feel about the writing side of my life. It started as a dream, right now I am wishing for it to take hold, and ultimately I have set the goals I need to pursue to make it a reality.

Of course when the day comes that something does progress with the writing, like an agent offer or the call that I'm going to be published, then I believe that I will be back at square one where it feels like a DREAM. Kind of neat how I just came full circle with that.

I try to incorporate these ideas about dreams, wishes and goals when I think about my characters. If I didn't I think they would be pretty bland. They need something to fight for and something that keeps driving them forward. Whether they make it to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow or not, it's all about the journey they take to get there. I think that's true for life in general.

Pages written to date: 107 (I know I've been here for a coupe of days, but like I said once I started with a new writing program it became a new obsession to get everything transferred. I should be back on track within a day and turning out pages like crazy.)

Rejections: 5
Queries still out there: 11
Request for more material: 1
(Yeah, this stuff hasn't changed either.)

Haven't had the chance to delve into music much the last few days either. Relatives in town.