“A MAN CAN BE DESTROYED, BUT NOT DEFEATED. ”

“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated. ”
― Ernest Hemingway from The Old Man and the Sea

http://www.mindmindpower.wordpress.com

from a ‘Google’

“my filing system (to rescue me from “sheer utter chaos”, thanks “BIG G”#)

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1PRFI_enNZ827NZ828&sxsrf=ALeKk00uqa5XKHMvpVpmNsegGg7iwHWrMg%3A1606324776374&ei=KJK-X466FpeZ4-EPleyGsAk&q=a+man+may+be+destroyed+defeated+craig+lock&oq=a+man+may+be+destroyed+defeated+craig+lock&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQDDoECCMQJ1DWNVjWNWDJcGgAcAB4AIAB-AKIAcoEkgEFMi0xLjGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6wAEB&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwiO7sGNmp7tAhWXzDgGHRW2AZYQ4dUDCA0

Sharing, supporting, informing, enlightening, entertaining (??), impacting, encouraging, empowering, enriching, challenging, igniting, uplifting (and perhaps even) inspiring

(enough there for now, c)

PPS

“Defeat only happens once we/you accept it as so.”

http://www.craigsquotes.wordpress.com

Lousy Literature: Bad Fiction

Creative Writing Course

https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-new-zealand-herald/20201113/282372632142201

and

Bad fiction

The annual Bulwer-Lytton fiction contest picks the deliberately awful and therefore amusing opening sentence to “the worst of all possible novels.” Here are some examples:

1. “Dorothy and Toto got kicked out of…

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/sideswipe-november-13-somebody-lost-the-love-for-brick-laying/OEE6YQIG57IJWS4IYKXCZQJKHQ/

from a ‘Google’ (my ‘filing system” – to rescue me from “sheer utter chaos”). Thanks “BIG G”

https://www.google.co.nz/search?sxsrf=ALeKk009R_VHvqfuiCOzGp007xOg2c7jwQ%3A1605805049799&source=hp&ei=-aO2X6rBLtqR4-EP75i6mAc&q=lousy+literature+sideswipe&oq=lousy+literature+sideswipe&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzoHCCMQ6gIQJzoECCMQJzoFCC4QkQI6BQgAEJECOgIIADoFCAAQsQM6CwguELEDEMcBEKMCOggILhCxAxCDAToICAAQyQMQkQI6CAgAELEDEIMBOgIILjoLCC4QxwEQrwEQkQI6CAguEMcBEKMCOgUILhCxAzoICC4QyQMQkwI6BAguEAo6BAgAEAo6BQgAEMkDOgoIABDJAxBGEPkBOgYIABAWEB46CQgAEMkDEBYQHjoFCCEQoAE6BwghEAoQoAE6BAghEBVQqw5Y12pgjW9oAHAAeACAAZ8EiAGoMJIBDDAuNy4xOC4xLjAuMZgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXqwAQo&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjqocf8iY_tAhXayDgGHW-MDnMQ4dUDCAc&uact=5

+

https://www.facebook.com/craig.lock.31/

A glimmer of hope for me then…perhaps…

and YOU too!

enjoy

Shared by c

“Information and Inspiration Distributer, Incorrigible Encourager and People-builder” *

* not bridges (thank goodness)!

Well my family and friends say I’m “safest” just writing and sharing even though I’m sometimes called “the world’s forth worst writer”)

see https://creativewritingcoursebook.wordpress.com/2019/08/04/why-im-only-the-worlds-fourth-worst-writer/

PPS

Best wishes from the First City to see the light

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I want to write (like)…

The GRAND PRIZE (GRAND PRIX)

Ayrton on the limit early in his racing career ( F3 Donington, UK in 1983)

https://craigsquotes.wordpress.com/category/formula-1/

from a ‘Google’ (my ‘filing system” – to rescue me from “sheer utter chaos”). Thanks “BIG G”
and by that, I mean God… rather than Google!

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1PRFI_enNZ827NZ828&sxsrf=ALeKk03oNL33tzT8uvH4sa55Gnnv7d6KCw%3A1604944297525&ei=qYGpX_q8H6vYz7sPndiEmA8&q=i+want+to+write+jim+clark+stirling+moss+craig+lock&oq=i+want+to+write+jim+clark+stirling+moss+craig+lock&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgAToECCMQJzoHCCEQChCgAToECCEQFVCVKVi6SmDJTmgAcAB4AIAB-QGIAe0VkgEEMi0xMpgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwi6tfO1g_bsAhUr7HMBHR0sAfMQ4dUDCA0&uact=5

Also see

https://personalgrowthbooks.wordpress.com/2020/09/22/you-think-you-have-a-limit-books-by-craig-lock/

https://nzwriter.wordpress.com/2020/08/21/passion-is-the-fire-in-our-belly-that-motivates-encourages-and-even-inspires-us-to-success-to-reach-our-goals-and-dreams-books-by-craig-lock/

Sharing, supporting, informing, enlightening, “entertaining”(??), impacting, encouraging, empowering, enriching, challenging, igniting, uplifting (and perhaps even) inspiring

pic from https://www.facebook.com/craig.lock.31

“Together, one mind, one life (one small step at a time), let’s see how many people (and lives) we can encourage, impact, empower, enrich, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials…and strive for and perhaps one sunny day even achieve their wildest dreams. “

Pic (below) from http://www.writingandformula1.wordpress.com

http://www.grandprizegrandprix.wordpress.com

PPS

“I want to write with the spirit of an Ayrton Senna”

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