By Annette Cole
Mastron, Communications Director for Southern Writers Magazine
The weather outside
may be frightful. The news may be horrific, but for me, winter is a favorite
time of year. I enjoy the season of winter hibernation. It’s the perfect time
to write a Christmas story. I’ve got my fingers crossed the weekend storm
system includes some fluffy white snow.
My high school
friend, Debra is a retired librarian and avid reader. She recently posted on
FaceBook this beautiful picture looking out into her backyard after a recent
snowfall. The beautiful picture gave me the idea that we could be inspired to
write a Christmas story now, while Christmas 2018 is fresh in our minds, and
the weather has some of us housebound.
Four years ago I
read an article titled, “Writing a Good Christmas Story: Four Things to
Consider” by Scott D. Southward. This is the link with his observations. It’s
kind of like a Christmas story formula. His article informs the parts
of classic Christmas stories that resonate for readers' Christmas story writing
plan.
Another article by Jess Zafarris titled “4 Writing Techniques to
Borrow from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol” explores techniques that
resonated with generations of readers making “The Christmas Carol.” Here is the
link so you can consider these techniques used by author, Charles Dickens:
Thanks to my friend Debra and her inspiring photo. I ask Debra
about her yard, I thought her backyard was maybe joining a golf green. She told me “The
space between the iron fence and the wood fence is for the horse path, and past
the wood fence is a horse farm. There’s another horse farm on the other side of
our neighbor.” After finding out more, my imagination is running wild like these horses on YouTube.
Join me if you're
snowed in this weekend and write a Christmas story. Are y’all in?
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