The Writer's Comfort Levels ~ PART 2

The Writer's Comfort Levels

PART 2

BLOG SESSION

January 28th, 2018

We're back for another wonderful Blog Session dear Writers ~ Today's Session will be taking you on a journey into PART 2  of "The Writer's Comfort Levels".

If you were here for our last two Sessions, then you have your Journal Notes about our list of emotions that we are covering.  You may go back to look at any of our previous Blog Sessions by scrolling down past today's Session, or by looking over in the far right-hand column in our "Blog Archive".

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We use our Journals here so that we can refer back to our notes as we work on our writings.

Journal Notes

As an overview, in our last Session, we took the emotion of "sadness" (sorrow) and worked with it in our Journals.  The instructions were for all Writers here on the Blog to:  Take a moment to reflect on a time when you were sad.  If you can remember the date, jot that down.  If you can remember why you were sad, jot that down.  If you have no idea why you were sad, jot that down.  If there were people involved in your sadness, write their names down.  If there was a circumstance or situation that caused your sadness, write that down.

Here is what you are doing -- you are meeting up with this friend of yours called, "Sadness" who sometimes goes by the nickname "Sorrow".  You must learn not to be afraid of sadness/sorrow because you will learn valuable lessons from this friend.

Remember, you'll find that Sadness/Sorrow will help you to hone your writing craft.  And, don't worry at all, because Sadness/Sorrow won't charge you a dime.

If you completed the exercise on Sadness/Sorrow in your Journal, then you should be feeling really good about yourself.  You should now be ready for our next emotion.

True Intensity

Now onward to our next emotion . . .

2.  True intensity

True intensity involves the quality of being "intense".

True intensity may masquerade around as any of the following:  strength, power, potency, force, severity, ferocity, vehemence, fierceness, harshness, magnitude, greatness, acuteness, extremity, passion, ardor, fervor, fervency, zeal, fire, heat, eagerness, animation, spirit, vigor, energy, and/or fanaticism.  

There are some people who have an intensity level that is frightening.  Most of these type people are known as overbearing, toxic, deadly.  The vibrational level around them is like poison.  And, as we all know, poison is a substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism when introduced or absorbed.

What I'd like to turn your attention to today dear Writer ~ is the way in which you may learn how to harness your intensity level from the inside.

True intensity for the Writer is that which is mastered from within.  Once you have learned how to do this, then you will be unmoved by madness.  You will also be able to recognize false intensity ~ otherwise known as drama.

Those individuals who feed on drama find ways in which to increase their intensity level so as to stir those around them up into a frenzy.  If you are a person who has not learned how to fortify yourself, a person of this type will unnerve you.

You, dear Writer, must learn how to possess true intensity so that you may walk into a room that has an out-of-whack vibrational level ... and ... still the space you enter into.  What will happen is more of a calming effect.  A focused calmness so to speak.  Have you ever been in a room full of people and there is a lot of activity going on ~ loudness ~ talking ~ walking ~ movement of all types ~ and then....someone enters into the room, and every activity, sound, and motion stops.

hmmmmmmm ~ True intensity has arrived.

This is what happens when you are able to write a Novel that grabs your reader's attention and it has a profound effect upon them.

Make a note that True intensity will not only grab your Reader's attention, it will also grab your attention, and those who come around you....in a GOOD way.

You will get more insight on how to harness your True intensity in PART 2b of our Blog Session on "The Writer's Comfort Levels" . . .

See you back here tomorrow Writers!

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

The Writer's Comfort Levels

PART 2b

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved

The Writer's Comfort Levels

The Writer's Comfort Levels

BLOG SESSION

January 27th, 2018

Welcome back to another fabulous Blog Session all Writers!

We are going to be discussing "The Writer's Comfort Levels" today.  If you were here for our last Blog Session, then you should have a list of the following emotions . . .

1)  Sadness (Sorrow)

2)  True intensity

3)  Joy

4)  Disappointment

5)  Wonder

6)  Curiosity

7)  Betrayal

8)  Hurt

9)  Grief

10)  Passion

11)  Warmth

12)  Empathy

13)  Fear

14)  Hate

15)  Happiness

16)  Anger

17)  Disgust

18)  Shock

19)  Kindness

20)  introversion (personality)

21)  extroversion (personality)

When we talk about "Comfort Levels", we need to focus in on the areas in which you feel comfortable when it comes to your writings.

Sadness is an emotion that is familiar to all of us.  We have times when we are sad for whatever reason.  Some of us go in and out of sadness quickly, while others of us may stay in prolonged states of sadness.  When you think of sadness, you must draw a line between sadness and depression.

Sadness can also go by other names, such as unhappiness, sorrow, dejection, misery, despondency, despair, desolation, wretchedness, gloom, gloominess, dolefulness, melancholy, mournfulness, heartache, grief, the blues, and finally . . .

depression.

Depression is where for the purposes of this Session, we will draw the line.  Self doubt is the root of depression.  And from self doubt springs feelings of severe despondency and dejection.  Although depression has been classified as a state of being sad, I tend to think that it goes deeper than that.  Sadness is not necessarily long lasting, whereas depression can be.

If at any time you feel yourself becoming "sad", that is the exact moment when you need to get your pen and paper out, or sit yourself down at your computer or laptop, or grab your tablet.  Here is when you do what you do best -- WRITE.

If you don't think you are comfortable when you are sad, you will find that as a Writer, this is a place of comfort when you utilize your gift of the pen.  Poets will know well of what I am speaking about.

All sadness has meaning.  Whether you find that meaning to be trivial or of deep significance ~ believe me, there is meaning.

What do I mean when I say, "sadness has meaning"?  I mean that you are sad because you need to get to the story behind your sadness and write it out.  Why on earth would you be a Writer if you have not taken a journey through all of the emotions that flow in and out of your being?

Take the emotion of "sadness" and work with it.  Treat sadness as a friend when you meet it.  Ask of it what you will, and sadness will be glad to talk to you.  Make a pot of coffee and sit yourself down and get comfortable for a bit with sadness.  If you don't like coffee, make yourself some tea.  Sadness likes to talk.

We are going to have a eye-opening Blog Sessions dealing with "The Writer's Comfort Levels", so grab your Journal...

Journal Time

Take a moment to reflect on a time when you were sad.  If you can remember the date, jot that down.  If you can remember why you were sad, jot that down.  If you have no idea why you were sad, jot that down.  If there were people involved in your sadness, write their names down.  If there was a circumstance or situation that caused your sadness, write that down.

Here is what you are doing -- you are meeting up with this friend of yours called, "Sadness" who sometimes goes by the nickname "Sorrow".

Don't be afraid of Sadness/Sorrow.  You'll learn valuable lessons from this friend.  You'll find that Sadness/Sorrow will help you to hone your writing craft.  And, don't worry -- Sadness/Sorrow won't charge you a dime.

While you work with Sadness/Sorrow in your Journal, we'll just take time out for a coffee break, and afterward, we'll be back for our next Session dealing with "The Writer's Comfort Levels"...

Coffee Break

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

The Writer's Comfort Levels

PART 2

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved