Sharing the Drafts

I’ll show you my draft if you show me yours! Ok, you can see mine no matter, and there’s a writing prompt as well.

Is there any better moment in a writer’s day when the metaphor elevates the entire piece, the contradictory concepts shake hands and agree to become more than their parts, when the perfect vehicle arrives to carry your words to the reader? Bring on the tension, conflict, paradox!

Why, you might ask, choose a Christmas story for a New Year's ritual? Because the story encapsulates the essential elements for setting and maintaining intentions. I also happen to love the story.

A triptych in visual art consists of three panels that hinge together and are related by theme (such as the famous The Garden of Earthly Delights triptych oil painting by Hieronymus Bosch above.) Writing a triptych also relies on theme and imagery.