Have Courage and Be Kind

 

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It’s that time of the month again, first Wednesday, which means, it’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group:

Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!

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Confession: I love fairy tales, especially the Disney kind, which always have a happy ending (who needs sad stories, right?). I’ve watched the new Cinderella movie in theaters three times already (with my daughter). I just love everything about it, from the cast to the beautiful music, the cinematography and costumes, and especially the message: Have Courage and Be Kind. It has become a sort of personal mantra to me lately, as I try to remember to live by these words when things are not going so well. It’s not always easy.

I love that quote so much that I bought a sign for my office from this store on Etsy. The beautiful graphic on my photo above is from her other store and both are owned by my friend Stephanie.

I’m drawn to happy endings which are essentially just happy beginnings. I don’t like to read books without happy endings, and I only write stories with happy endings. In Josh and Sofia’s story (the novel that I’ll be publishing soon), they both go through hard times and personal growth before they are ready to accept the changes that will bring them together. In fact, Sofia is faced with several circumstances in which courage and kindness become essential to her emotional and spiritual well-being: kindness to herself and those around her, and courage to believe that it will all work out, even when the next day seems like too much to bear.

This is where the lines between reality and fiction blur together, and where the foundation of the everyday world becomes the inspiration for the fictional one.

And sometimes, it’s the opposite.

Insecure Writer #128

 

 

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