Writing Tips – Page 37 – Marie Alice Writes & Reads

Diary of a writing project. Day 167: The gloomy novel idea I will never work on

At first, I thought it would make a good novel.

The in-famous Covid-19 was just starting to spread its viral wings-tentacles-thing-ys, and getting out of China was becoming a problem.
The government of my friendly country sent an airplane to bring many people home.
Among those people was a family of four.
Problem was, the husband, both with Chinese and Canadian citizenship, was to stay behind. In the infected zone.

On the radio-show I listen to every morning or so, for a week or two, we’d listen to her anxious plea to get her whole family back home. Back to safety.

In real-life, this story has a happy ending.

However, in my mind…

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Diary of a Writing Project. Day 161: profoundly dislike, immensely abhorred, plus some nutritious tips!

It’s a dated policy, it messes up kiddo for a week, and I miss waking up with the sun.

daylight saving time day

I profoundly dislike it.

It’s a dated policy, it messes up kiddo for a week, and I miss waking up with the sun.

Better make the best of it though, get some tea – on the strong side – planned the coming writing week and get some writing done.

But it’s the time-change weeeeek! It means waking up in the dark again, and one hour earlier than usual too, and coping with general tiredness.

How to cope with tiredness when you actually cannot sleep more?

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