Building.

This week has been busy. I’ve been putting in extra hours into writing. The story seems to have gone into second gear. I did have a shock though when I checked the amount of words in my other novels and discovered the new one isn’t nearly as thick.

The story is fast paced full of suspense. It is as if you don’t pad it out as much since the action wants to happen. I have to decide to either have a shorter novel or to add to it. Building a story takes planning. Yet in the framework of your plan a lot of unexpectant things happen.

For instance my character was receiving a morse code message into the implant in his ear that he should hack into something while he is imprisoned without me having any idea how he would get access to a laptop.

How he got it surprised me as much as him. Ha ha ha. I love that though. You can plan but still be surprised. It’s the same with planning to connect more with your family. If you try and focus more on each other it might not work out the way you plan but unexpectant moments of connection will surprise you.

When you do renovations or build an actual house the same applies. You have a plan but during the construction process there are many variables that can happen. Sometimes there are costly and painful surprises. Sometimes it takes a lot more effort than you thought it would.

This is where you have to ask yourself is it worth it. Count the cost so to speak. Take a breather and look at your long term goals. Do you want a connection with your children when they are adults. How much effort are you willing to put in. Do you want a finished house to live in and to keep as an investment.

Do you want to build up family wealth and teach the next generation to do the same. Do you want to publish and release a new novel which can encourage and uplift people world wide. If my answer is yes then I have to keep on building. Even if I do one thing every day. Brick upon brick. Choice upon choice. Word after word. One moment of connection.

That’s the wonder of building. All these little day by day things get together to form something that lasts. You can’t always see the end product when you are building but you have to have faith that if you don’t stop it will become reality.

The only thing that can rob you of your dream is if you stop. So don’t give up. It doesn’t matter if you fail or falter. That’s normal. But no matter what try again. Build.