It’s a little late to be
wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving, but I’m doing it anyway. The days between
Thanksgiving and Christmas are a busy time for most of us, and that includes
me, so I’m going to use reprints this year. I’ll start with a Thanksgiving acrostic
originally posted on November 23, 2015.
A Thanksgiving
Acrostic
Here is a list of things
that I am thankful for as a writer.
Thesauruses for finding
the perfect word,
Handkerchiefs to cry
into when my characters get in trouble,
Authentic dialogue,
Notebooks to preserve ideas,
Kind friends and relatives who don’t laugh at my
lousy first drafts,
Snoopy’s Guide to the Writing Life for those moments when I
need encouragement mixed with humor,
Gripping plots,
Imaginary friends (and
enemies) who come to life on the page,
Vivid description,
Imagery that puts the reader in the setting,
Nerve to cut out those favorite passages that
just don’t fit, and
Groups of other writers
to provide critiques, support, and networking.
__________
The picture at the head
of this post wasn’t in the original 2015 post. It is a Currier and Ives print
titled “Home to Thanksgiving” and is in the public domain because of its age.
(Currier and Ives went out of business in 1907.)
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