Reflection-A to Z Challenge
Reflections lead to learning. I agree. It allows you to relive your past and if it has been a pleasant one it adds to your sense of well being. This is exactly what the reflection on this challenge has help me to achieve.
Years back, thanks to my niece Nisha and sister Deepika, I started blogging. Life happened and the blogosphere faded away from my life. And then came the 'Lockdown'. Once the chaos started settling I started thinking about getting back to blogging. Earlier in the week a chance conversation about A to Z Challenge at a read meet got me thinking. I registered. Just for a lark.
April 1 dawned and I had no clue what I was going to write about. Writing fiction seemed easy and I decided to write short stories. But did I struggle? Of course I did, and how!! With no back-ups ( alright, I had 3-4 stories which I edited and uploaded) but most were written and posted on the same day. Did I want to give up? Yes -many times. The pressure of planning, writing and editing, along with endless household chores and work commitments, drove me crazy. Thanks to the encouragement by my fellow-bloggers, I plodded. And here I am with 26 posts under my belt!
I know planning helps, but this month I realised how imperative it is to produce good work, so hopefully next time around I will be in a better place. The satisfaction of achieving a goal as well as building the courage to share my work have been my key takeaways from this challenge. Thank you#BlogChatterA2Z Challenge for this opportunity.
I read many interesting blogs and enjoyed the journey immensely. Here is a list of my favourite bloggers. Show some love to them and hop on to their blogs. You will love every one of them.
Nisha Punjabi Sonia Dogra , Noor , Ira Mishra, Arti Jain Shweta Suresh, Srivalli, Pradeep Nair, CRD
Inspired by some of you I have also jumped on to Instagram. Do follow, comment and share if you like it.
vignettesbyarti
Much love to you my dear readers for reading, supporting and helping me live my dream.
Do keep dropping by.
Reflections lead to learning. I agree. It allows you to relive your past and if it has been a pleasant one it adds to your sense of well being. This is exactly what the reflection on this challenge has help me to achieve.
Years back, thanks to my niece Nisha and sister Deepika, I started blogging. Life happened and the blogosphere faded away from my life. And then came the 'Lockdown'. Once the chaos started settling I started thinking about getting back to blogging. Earlier in the week a chance conversation about A to Z Challenge at a read meet got me thinking. I registered. Just for a lark.
April 1 dawned and I had no clue what I was going to write about. Writing fiction seemed easy and I decided to write short stories. But did I struggle? Of course I did, and how!! With no back-ups ( alright, I had 3-4 stories which I edited and uploaded) but most were written and posted on the same day. Did I want to give up? Yes -many times. The pressure of planning, writing and editing, along with endless household chores and work commitments, drove me crazy. Thanks to the encouragement by my fellow-bloggers, I plodded. And here I am with 26 posts under my belt!
I know planning helps, but this month I realised how imperative it is to produce good work, so hopefully next time around I will be in a better place. The satisfaction of achieving a goal as well as building the courage to share my work have been my key takeaways from this challenge. Thank you#BlogChatterA2Z Challenge for this opportunity.
I read many interesting blogs and enjoyed the journey immensely. Here is a list of my favourite bloggers. Show some love to them and hop on to their blogs. You will love every one of them.
Nisha Punjabi Sonia Dogra , Noor , Ira Mishra, Arti Jain Shweta Suresh, Srivalli, Pradeep Nair, CRD
Inspired by some of you I have also jumped on to Instagram. Do follow, comment and share if you like it.
vignettesbyarti
Much love to you my dear readers for reading, supporting and helping me live my dream.
Do keep dropping by.
11 comments:
I am so so glad you took up the challenge... Not only I found you through the challenge but also got to read all those beautiful stories... Please do not stop writing again :)
Wah.. you wrote a reflections post too!! Great job! I've taken a break, will try and post once a week, but that is it. I am glad I did this AtoZ. April just flew and I also wrote fiction which is a big deal :)
Keep writing!
Enjoyed your posts but I still have to catch up with some of them.. Congratulations on a successful completion!
@ Ira Thank you Ira..I am so humbled by your appreciation :-)
@Nisha Yea I did ! I am glad too
@ Archana Thank you for dropping by..will check out your posts soon
Glad you took to blogging again, and you enjoyed the experience. Congratulations on completing the challenge. I liked your stories. Do keep writing. Thanks for taking the time to come to my blog and for the comments.
@Pradeep Thank you Pradeep..see you around
Will you not be writing any more?
HDWK Of course not! will be posting soon
My space: Good to hear this!
Arti thanks for your lovely posts during A to Z. I hope I can read you more often
Following you on Instagram so that I have some way of reading more from you. Thanks for the shootout.
Good to see your reflection Arti. Despite the stress, I'd say--your stories hit the mark every time.
And I like the new look of your blog too:)
Your writing became part of my reflection post so I was hoping you'd get to read it.
Stay safe and healthy.
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