nanowrimo_lj | Pep Card: Day 12 (Reply)

...Pretend this is backdated to sometime yesterday!

One of the most famous mountain climbers of the last twenty-five years is Joe Simpson, known not for the number of peaks he's scaled, but for a nightmarish climb gone awry in 1985. As captured in the book (and later the movie) Touching the Void, Simpson shattered his leg on a snowy, stormy descent, and fell hundreds of feet, landing on a ledge overlooking the maw of an ice crevasse. Staying where he was seemed untenable, but the only direction he could go was down, lowering himself into the dark, claustrophobic slit of the icy canyon. Getting back out would be impossible. His thought at that juncture: "You gotta keep making decisions. Even if they're wrong decisions. If youdon't make decisions, you're stuffed." Simpson made it off the mountain with all his appandages intact, and you should take his good advice to heart throughout Week Two. Resist the impulse to sit back and ponder. Keep moving forward.

Today's flashcard from the No Plot? No Problem! writing kit, the genius brainchild of Chris Baty.