Creating a StoryBoard

Creating a beachside vision board, which I call a beachside storyboard, is very helpful when writing your story.

I don’t know about you, but watercolor images inspire me to write. It’s like the words jump out of my heart and onto the page when I see the movement of the blended colors in a watercolor painting. I have found that the movement of blended watercolors will create the emotions that I want my readers to experience and feel that are difficult to capture in words only.

I also keep the following inspirational quote in front of me when I write so that I am reminded why I need to create beautiful, inspiring images to recharge my heart, my tongue, and my pen. My purpose is never to write a story that leaves the reader feeling hopeless or in need of want or love. I want my readers to feel satisfied.

I avoid writing while I am searching for external motivation. I always unplug from social media and disconnect from negative people in my life. I switch to books, pictures, or inspirational movies to get my motivational mind to create new words, stories, book covers, and creative ideas that will build up my faith to hope more, love more, and give more faith, hope, and love to myself and others.