Dreaming.

"Life is the soil
   our choice and actions the sun and rain
but our dreams are the seeds."
   --[Uttered by someone more dreamy than moi!]

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   Dream-seeds. I thought those were what I remember to scrape out of the corners of my eyes right after lunch!
   Dream seeds. Actually, arising from several inches behind the eyes, in that wonderfully creative cerebrum! Some dreams arise from sleep, some from "daydreams," and some from consciously picking a goal that may feel dreamy in its lack of clarity or its unattainability--then choosing to make it clear and defining the steps that'll make the dream attainable.
   Dream seeds. Too often, they remain unplanted, or unwatered/cultivated/weeded...pick your point along the continuum of

1            2            3            4            5            6            7            8            9            10

too-comfy   unfocused  willing-to-plan   getting-started  blood-sweat-tears
       no-energy                              this-is-hard      moments-of-satisfaction  job-well-done!           

As the motivational speaker, Napoleon Hill said, "Patience, Persistence, and Perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success."

Writing, based on dreams...that's been cutesy/trendy in the past...but it only works if you take your idea and WORK it. I was just reading another blog about writing--the author claimed to rework, revise, and re-edit not many times, not multiple times, not scores of times, but hunnerds! Call me a skeptic--did he really count? That said, most good stuff is good because it wasn't easy, and the hard work will shine through.

Dream-seeds. Sure, a dream, a conversation, a picture, a vista may be the inspiration that gets any author started. After that, it's called--sitting down to the task and doin' it, kid! Let's go!