Words of wisdom about writing often come from unexpected sources. How else you do explain my “Writing Lessons from My Dogs” series? This time, however, the insights weren’t related to my pups but rather to a lovely and massive bouquet of sunflowers sent to me by my clients Sherri and Jeff Hutcheson.
I don’t usually bother to read the inserts–or even directions, for that matter–that companies send along with their merchandise, but this set of instructions from Farmgirl Flowers was so visually appealing, I paused long enough to take a look. After all, who can resist colorful drawings of flowers with a tagline that reads: Ready to meet your new BFF (that’s best floral friend)? P.S. It’s us.
So I started skimming the newsletter and fell in love with these words of wisdom about writing. Mind you, Christina Stembel, the owner of Farmgirl Flowers, thought she was writing about how she got started, but I can recognize words of wisdom about writing regardless of the context.
Beginnings are a strange thing, aren’t they? Some feel momentous from the start (cue the banners! and trumpets!), while some doing look like what they are without the benefit of a little hindsight. But, big or small, the beginning is always important.
I just love that. It applies just as much to beginning a writing project as to how you actually write the first draft of your lede.
Later on in that same newsletter, Christina writes:
There’s no motivationally sound-tracked montage that fast forwards you through any all-nighters or grueling training sessions. And there are certainly no magic wands. Instead, I think it all really comes down to a series of beginnings–one after another.
Does that sounds like the writing process to you? Let me know.
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