So far, the challenge is going well. It’s been a struggle some days, to get into the right frame of mind for each assignment. Once it *clicks* and I find my voice for that moment, then the words just seem to pour out of me. I’ve also given myself a personal challenge alongside the Allume challenge.
I’ve noticed that many people tend to write from a deep place. Oftentimes, it’s a dark, scary, painful place. Their fuel is a bad experience, bad memories, low self-esteem, bad anything. These are the dark places that most of us work to keep hidden and deeply buried. We would never invite anyone there. We barely want God in there. When you do invite people into that little dark corner, it’s those carefully chosen, hand-picked few who have crossed the relationship threshold into an exclusive intimacy.
It’s been fantastic to read all these various posts with the vast array of voices behind them. Hurt is a great motivator at times. I tend to draw on the darker areas of my life when I write. The more important the piece, the lower down I go, sometimes needing to unearth a few memories to help deliver the message I feel in my heart.
Yet, this month, I didn’t want to do the same thing with these challenges. Instead, I’m aiming to write from more pleasant, warmer deep places. Their may be the odd assignment where this just won’t work. In that case, I’ll still aim to put a positive spin in the piece itself. Should be an interesting month ahead.
You can read my assignments over on my other blog: As The Words Flow
**UPDATE** I’ve now imported all my assignments into this blog. (Too tasking to maintain two blogs publicly right now)
