Vacation Days

June 24, 2008 by Chris
Filed under: Lessons Learned

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There’s nothing like a vacation to tune in to the present and tune out the present. I traveled to Door County, Wisconsin because I wanted peace. I printed out my rough draft for a fresh look, my first look actually on paper. All of my editing prior had been done as I read on the computer screen. How refreshing to read one’s words in print.

What a great feeling it was too, to hold all 246 pages of my manuscript. Only by seeing the physical manifestation of hours of thinking, debating, writing, searching can one truly appreciate one’s own work. I certainly did. While the editing went well, the Muse was not idle.

Our vacation destination will be the setting of my next work. Thinking ahead already. I came there with new eyes. I noticed the nuances that 18 years of visits have rendered. I appreciated the insider point-of-view that I had cultivated unwittingly through the years. How wonderful it felt to have the clearest picture in my mind of place that I wanted to capture so that it could be forever for me.

Cana Island

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