Two-Fifty Tuesday: Celebrate Your Writing

Celebrate You!

Awards make us feel good. They’re a wonderful source of hard-earned validation. And we’re proud of our accomplishments!

But as a writer toiling away in obscurity, awards seem out of reach. How do you feel good about your work now? 

Create your own award. (As the only nominee, you’ll always win!) Mine? The Rylan Awards. It has categories recognizing the best of my work in a given year (or month, or week—hey, they’re my awards!)

Best character: Perry, a secondary character from my work-in-progress. I may have to give him his own book. 🙂

Best line: “There were others, too, not just families. Young couples in love, not in love, wishing to be in love, singletons, and the elderly, also in love, not in love, wishing to be in love.”

Best writing moment: the spark for my next novel. A woman’s husband is on the brink of death, She pleads with the Grim Reaper to spare him because their love story is unique so they deserve more time. The Reaper strikes a bargain: convince him it’s true or not only does her husband die, but she will become immortal and have to live forever without him.  

Best lightbulb moment: when I figured out a piece of my protagonist’s history that unlocked the rest of my plot!

Make up whatever categories you want, sift through your work, have fun with it and remind yourself why you should be proud of your work. Oh, and congratulations! 🙂