New Motivational Essay Posted: If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It!

[Chiron O'Keefe]

Hello Friends!

This week’s essay is posted: If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It!

An excerpt:
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"Every morning is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new. Today is a new day. Today is my world made new. I have lived all my life up to this moment, to come to this day. This moment--this day--is as good as any moment in all eternity. I shall make of this day--each moment of this day--a heaven on earth. This is my day of opportunity." --Dan Custer

Opportunity. What a lovely word. Two more that I love are Optimism and Optimal. The letters OP nestle within one of my favorite all-time words: Hope.

Sometimes the business of writing—whether it be the necessity of revisions, the frustration of wrestling with plot-points or the pressure of looming deadlines—can overwhelm our initial sense of joy. Leading us to forget what led us to becoming writers… The opportunity to write.

You know, one thing writers strive to understand is how words can be phrased to elicit emotion. How our choice of language can lead our reader to one conclusion or another. How even punctuation can transform the meaning of a sentence.

Consider this sentence:

A woman without her man is nothing.

Now, let's examine two ways of utilizing punctuation to completely transform the meaning conveyed.
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Jump to The Write Soul: for the complete essay. Hope to see you there!

Happy Writing!

--Chiron O'Keefe

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[Chiron O'Keefe]

Thanks so much, Geri!!! You're such a treasure!!

[GERI'S BOOK REVIEWS]

I Love your Quotes. This essay is motivational & Inspiring. Great read. Thank you for sharing!