Welcome Dear Readers! I am happy to report that the Overly-Creative Writing Lady has agreed to come by the blog everyday this week and leave us with some some of her very own, unique, overly-creative thoughts on life. Today, she slipped this poem under the door:
When Writing A Book
by
The Overly-Creative Writing Lady
When writing a book
By hook or by crook
It’s best to start in the middle
Then work out each day
From the middle each way
(With the concept you later can fiddle)
Now don’t give a thought
To the pacing or plot
For those things will take care of themselves
And don’t get bogged down
With the place or the town
(Just make all your characters elves)
Some writers they say
An outline’s the way
To keep it all straight in your head
Well forget what you’ve heard
You can polish each word
(For the rest of your life till your dead)
Just stick in some sorrow
Some hope for tomorrow
Make your characters lisp with a limp
You also might try
To give one a glass eye
(On character flaws never scrimp)
Now I suppose
It’s time for a close
From the book writing lesson herein
Just remember to try
To keep the bar high
(Perhaps as far up as your chin)
Until next time . . . The Overly-Creative Writer Lady Loves You
Linda Vernon Humor 
Love the idea of the Overly-Creative Writing Lady….
Ah! Thanks. I do have a lot of fun with her. 😀
I feel motivated to write now. Once I discover the middle point of my story I’m off on the job. Great advice Linda, you attract such wise friends.
Haha! Oh Michael. I knew you could relate to starting in the middle. I always try to head in all directions at once — I find I can cover a lot of ground that way. Unnecessary ground, yes. but ground just the same! 😀
Excellent!! I immediately took this good advice to heart: I started reading this post in the middle, then worked my way up and down at the same time. It made my eyes are all bloodshot, of course, and now they’re bulging like Al Gore’s during the tour at the Funyun factory!!
Loved the wonderful spot drawings of The Overly-Creative Writing Lady, especially the one where she looks perfectly deranged, right below the immortal line, On Character Flaws never scrimp– ha!! Vivid and vivacious verse, and I suspect TOCWL had some help from you, dear Linda!! : )
Oh I’m so glad you enjoyed the antics of TOCWL! But so sorry to hear that you’re eyes are resembling Al’s at the Funyun Factory. LOL! But picturing Al’s eyes at the Funyun factory has made my day. In fact, I shall keep the picture of him in my mind’s eye and call upon it whenever I need a chuckle. Thank you Mark. I can always count on you to make me feel warm and fuzzy! 😀