Drops from the Ocean // Or Excerpts from Gift of the Sea

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// For Leila there were no Fatherly arms to rush into, nor a Mother’s chest to cry on. Eyes of her own likeness did not comfort her spirit, and parental hands did not grasp her in a everlasting hug. Yet she stood by the window, placidly looking out onto the wide world from her small, humble place, and whispered, “Father I thank you.” If she had not wasted all her tears she would have cried then; not a painful weep where one’s heart is stabbed, but a sprinkle of gladness so thankful, so much full of hope, that water comes from the eyes uncontrollably //

// In all, Leila decided, it was a song worth listening to, for you yourself were singing it, but it had been written by a more supreme power than your own //

// One flame, however, as orange as carrots and as wild as fire, swam in Charlie’s eyes as if it was not on the out but on the in; that through the cool and the wind and the night so treacherous, it was inside of her, keeping her warm whatever may come //

// All the while Nana was watching those big, blue, frightened eyes-those baby eyes-she did not see the teenager, she did not see the tomboy, she saw her sister’s baby, alone, frightened, orphaned and injured //

// Nay, that is where the best story lied, trapped inside those eyes like portals into the past. Those pages were filled with every pain, every joy that life could offer. Death had gazed into those eyes and stripped them of their joy. Some massive ocean had separated those eyes from seeing the one man they loved. And above all, those eyes had never witnessed their likeness in a child; the hardest to bear yet the easiest to see. And here, those two great windows to Nana’s soul were locked onto Leila’s, telling her to love //

// “I love November. It’s so merry. See, the leaves are like confetti, and the trees are throwing them all over the earth.” //

Currently, the whole novel is at 34,000 words (whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa).

Okay, for Nano wise, it's over 16,000.

So far (being a nano-newbie) I think that National Novel Writing Month has helped me. I go in and out of good writing sprees quickly because I keep writing. And pages keep accumulating. And characters grow alive.

Writing is so unique to every person because it is individual. It's the one and only perspective that can come from you alone. Others may find it relateable, but the view through your eyes is like a secret tunnel unexplored. So no matter how misspelled, choppy, or unoriginal it is to you, your writing is worth something because no one else but YOU can give it.

Week one of Nano, I'd say, has gone well. Let's hope that in week two we all write the greatest masterpieces of the 21st century.

Nano update?
Are your characters alive?

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Grace (The Girl Upstairs)November 10, 2016 at 10:46 AM
Congrats on over 16K, girl! That's awesome. :) Your story sounds SOOOO cool! Will you be recruiting beta readers?
Great job with NaNo! I've really enjoyed warring with you. ;)
~Grace <3
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Sarah MargaretNovember 11, 2016 at 7:37 PM
IM GONNA BE YOUR FIRST BETA READER PLZZZZZZZ xD
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UnknownNovember 11, 2016 at 9:55 PM
Oh, you POSTED SNIPPETS!!! *high five* Michaila!! Congrats on the first week of NaNoWriMo!! You are a brave soul! ;) (I haven't done NaNo yet, but I'm hoping to be able to do it next year. we. shall. see.) And, girrllll! That snippet about November and confetti!! *hugs it* <3 As I said in my comment on your other post, you've. got. talent. KEEP GOING!

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