{"id":24500,"date":"2021-08-24T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=24500"},"modified":"2021-08-19T07:44:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T14:44:16","slug":"seasons-of-change-by-nevada-mcpherson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/24\/seasons-of-change-by-nevada-mcpherson\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasons of Change by Nevada McPherson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Seasons-of-Change-by-Nevada-McPherson.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24502 size-medium\" title=\"Seasons of Change by Nevada McPherson\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Seasons-of-Change-by-Nevada-McPherson-300x300.png\" alt=\"Seasons of Change by Nevada McPherson\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Seasons-of-Change-by-Nevada-McPherson-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Seasons-of-Change-by-Nevada-McPherson-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Seasons-of-Change-by-Nevada-McPherson-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Seasons-of-Change-by-Nevada-McPherson.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Nevada+McPherson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nevada McPherson<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cSeasons of Change.\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>I\u2019ve been having a very topsy-turvy summer<\/strong>, and all the things I\u2019d mentioned that I wanted to do in an earlier post haven\u2019t gotten done yet; I admit it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think about projects and attempts left unfinished, and I wonder where all the time went, but then I remember things that had to come first, such as family health issues and being there for the people I love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>I\u2019d expected everything to rock on as usual<\/strong>, but I\u2019ve had to do a lot of adapting, and things don\u2019t look like they\u2019re getting back to the old normal any time soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Be Careful What You Wish For?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last spring, and during the earlier part of the summer, I\u2019d sit on the back porch and think of how I\u2019m ready for change, for a new chapter and more excitement, ever mindful of that famous quote: \u201cBe careful what you wish for; you just may get it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>I realized at the time that it\u2019s risky wishing for change, but I did it anyway.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve been known to do that before: take on projects and activities that I knew would be exceedingly difficult, but if it was something I wanted to do, I\u2019d plow forward, even as people told me things like \u201cYou know that\u2019s going to be hard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Most things worth doing are hard on some level, so once again<\/strong>, I was ready to plow forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What Stories Can Teach Us About Change<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would also think about how in that old Alfred Hitchcock movie <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shadow of a Doubt<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The main character, Charlie, a young woman in her late teens, would talk about how dull things were in her little town of Santa Rosa, California, and how she wished for more excitement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Excitement arrived in the form of her wayward uncle<\/strong>, a handsome and charming man, played by Joseph Cotten, who pretended to be a loving relative, but behind his laid-back demeanor hid a murderous streak.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlie, after getting caught up in his schemes, finds herself in danger when he realizes she has the power to expose him, then thinks back on her earlier desire for excitement, and all of a sudden, her uneventful life and little town seems infinitely more desirable than the terror that engulfs her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>I don\u2019t want to spoil anything if you haven\u2019t seen the film<\/strong>, but like a step on the hero\u2019s journey I discussed in my last post, let\u2019s just say there is a \u201creturn with the elixir\u201d and that, after undergoing all her hardships, Charlie comes out the other side much wiser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dorothy in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wizard of Oz<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is another character who laments her uneventful life on a Kansas farm and literally gets swept up in a storm that takes her into another world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The outcome of her trials and challenges is that she gains a new appreciation for good friends and all the people she loves and who love her, and she returns with the realization that there\u2019s \u201cno place like home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Embrace the Seasons of Change\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the things that are happening now with the changes and challenges swirling around me, possibly you too, and even the whole world may have the potential to destroy us, but if we persevere, we can also come out on the other side much wiser and with a new appreciation for everything we hold dear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The key to thriving through chaos is to stay as focused as possible on the things that bring us joy as we navigate the storm<\/strong>, to reach out for help when we need it, and to tap into our own resilience and resourcefulness in order to move forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing I\u2019m mindful of is that change is never easy, and transformation can be a messy business, but like before, I\u2019ll plow forward anyway. Those projects left unfinished will bring me joy as I complete them at a later date, enriched by experience that I will use in my writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>When the time is right, I\u2019ll return to them with renewed strength and a fresh perspective<\/strong>, and they\u2019ll be all the better for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So will I, for that matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy writing!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to read more articles like this one Writer\u2019s Fun Zone? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/contact-beth\/#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscribe here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nevada-McPherson-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.nevada-mcpherson.com noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24501\" title=\"Nevada McPherson\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nevada-McPherson-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Nevada McPherson\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nevada-McPherson-scaled.jpg 2050w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nevada-McPherson-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nevada-McPherson-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nevada-McPherson-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nevada-McPherson-1230x1536.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nevada-McPherson-1640x2048.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nevada-McPherson-640x799.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nevada-mcpherson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nevada McPherson<\/a> writes in the southern Gothic town of Milledgeville, Georgia: former home of Flannery O\u2019Connor and site of Central State Hospital, once the world\u2019s largest mental institution.<\/p>\n<p>She recently completed Poser, a novel (first in a series) set in the noir corners of Silicon Valley. A graduate of L.S.U.\u2019s MFA Screenwriting Program, Nevada has written several award-winning screenplays, as well as stage plays, non-fiction pieces, graphic novels,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1f5ZRpX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Uptowners <\/em><\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1GHy33f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Piano Lessons<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2sPW8ZN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Queensgate<\/em><\/a>, the sequel to <em>Uptowners<\/em>, is her third graphic novel, and countless to-do lists. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nevada-mcpherson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.nevada-mcpherson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nevada McPherson recounts her personal experience longing for change, then longing for a return to normalcy, but the challenges that surprise us are an opportunity to learn and 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