Well, I didn’t proceed to the finals of the NYCMM contest.  As much as I wanted to participate, I found that I wasn’t too disappointed.   I’m glad that I entered and I got some important lessons from the competition but the writing week-ends were always very stressful.  And, with the holidays upon us, I don’t need anymore stress.

I learned two important things from this contest.  First, I can write under a deadline.  I’d rather NOT have a deadline but I can do it and that’s an important thing to know.  The other thing I learned is that I can write about just about anything that is thrown at me.  I mean, if I can come up with a science fiction story that has a fish farm AND a plunger in it, I must have some creativity hidden inside my brain.  Somewhere.  I just have to find it and coax it onto the paper. 

I’ve left some hints to  Santa that I would really like to find Dramatica Pro 4.1  under the tree on Christmas morning.   From what I’ve read, I think it would be a great help to boost creativity and help in story development.

I was surfing the web the other day and discovered a great writer’s resource.  I’ve posted the link .   It’s a great resource for finding Great Quotes.   And it has them sorted all kind of ways, by topic, person, etc.  There are even quotes for movies.