Check out this beautiful picture harmlessly taken from The Landal Aelderholt recreation park website! This little cottage in the woods is where I'll be staying for next week, with my sister-in-law and little four year old niece. A perfect retreat to jump-start my creativity and simply relax with my Dutch family members :)
You might be asking yourself: wait, if a little child is coming along on this trip how can you possibility focus on being creative? Well my dear friends, this little recreation spot is also fully equipped with petting zoo, mini-golf, indoor playgrounds, pools, and other activities to keep the young ones occupied. It's the perfect plan!!!!
Some of my personal goals on this trip is to be fully, 100% focused on my novel. I want to hash out as many chapters as I can. I have a new sense of freedom with creating my first draft, which I explained in a previous blog post over here. I'm not going to focus on creating witty dialogue and inserting foreshadowing into every scene - I'm just gonna focus on writing as much as I can and GET THINGS DOWN ON PAPER. You can't edit what isn't written yet, right?
That will be a wonderful start to Camp Nano, starting in under two weeks! Hopefully I can use that event to finish the rest of my novel! Gasp!
But I won't get too ahead of myself now.
In two days, I'll be relaxing and enjoying the great springtime weather with two of the finest ladies I know. Hooray for new adventures!
And tomorrow we take off!
ReplyDeleteWow! That looks like a magical place to write! ^_^
ReplyDeleteSo, how's the trip so far? :)