What are you waiting for?

By Heather Shumaker

Novelists who didn't wait to write: Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte.

It always makes me marvel when novelists write, complete and publish novels at an early age.  Take the Bronte sisters, for instance.  Emily died of tuberculosis at age 30 after writing Wuthering Heights.   Anne died at 29 of the same disease.  Charlotte (Jane Eyre) lived longest, but still died young at 39.

Today we're unlikely to die of tuberculosis at 29, (more likely to be hit by a car driven by someone texting on a cell phone).  We still never know how much time we have.  Instead of waiting for wisdom to write a novel, or instead of waiting for the "right time," just use the wisdom you have.  The time you have is now.

Some literature scholars muse at how extraordinary it was to have so much talent concentrated in one family.  Talent, yes, but I like to think of the Bronte novelists as action-minded writers.  They simply took the time to write and pour out their unique vision and worked at it until it was good. Really good.

So for some lighthearted fun, here are the Brontes depicted as superpower action figures.  What do you think?

Click the link below to view this hilarious video

Watch Bronte action video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NKXNThJ610             (It's short!)

 

5 responses to “What are you waiting for?”

  1. Heather - It's working!

    Time is a funny thing, isn't it? I talk with my clients about not "spending" time, but "investing" it instead -- doing things that are positive, uplifting, constructive, and healing. Writing definitely falls into the "investing" category.

    I love the idea of the Bronte Sisters as action figures - and enjoyed the short video clip.

  2. Heather Shumaker says:

    Investing time is a great idea. Happy writing and investing! Glad you liked the novelist action figures -- my new image of ANY novelist who completes a novel is an action figure. It takes action to get that work done.

  3. I think an Edgar Allen Poe action figure might be popular with all the horror genre fans. 😉
    Not sure about Stephen King, though. 😉

    • Heather Shumaker says:

      Ooo - Edgar Allen Poe. With a raven. Just think of how many action-figure writers we could dream up!

  4. Jim Lyon says:

    I agree with youwholeheartedly, but am curious how you prevent your childrens grades from being affected by the no homework prohibition. Have you actually convinced their teachers to not send homework home?

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