{"id":3052,"date":"2015-04-21T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2015-04-19T14:10:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T21:10:37","slug":"if-you-have-built-castles-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/if-you-have-built-castles-in-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"If you have built castles in the air . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; . . . If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.&#8221; \u2014 Henry Thoreau, <em>Walden<\/em> or <em>Life In the Woods<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Marlene&#8217;s Musings:<\/strong>\u00a0 In order to advance confidently as a writer. . . you need to think like a person who is in the <strong>business of writing<\/strong>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s one thing to be a writer, it&#8217;s another thing to be a published author.\u00a0 And if you don&#8217;t care about being published. . . then I hope you are enjoying your writing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Castle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3053 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Castle.jpg\" alt=\"Castle\" width=\"146\" height=\"148\" \/><\/a>Build those castles with word pictures, include a moat, a forlorn prince or princess, a formidable problem to overcome.\u00a0 Throw in a fire-breathing dragon, a jealous cousin. . . 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