Two Negatives DON'T Make a Positive....

 by Charlotte Bennardo

The theme is "negative space." And my pic:

Photo by Plastic Lines: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-chair-in-a-field-17773974/

Okaaaay, so I have a chair, in a field. And you're probably guessing that the space around the chair is the negative space.

No.

That space is filled with grass, trees, sunlight, a chair. The negative space is that chair is empty, it's not utilized in its function. There's a space that shouldn't be there, someone should be sitting in that chair.

But it's empty. It's a negative.

Like... the space that should have been occupied by my post last month. I'd forgotten to draft it and had gotten caught up in life, my new book, marketing, a foot problem, going on vacation, wondering about opening my pool, etc., etc. You know the excuses. 

That created the empty space; my words should have been there. A picture. Instead, I'm sure others (probably Holly Schindler, blog creator/owner, friend) picked up the slack. 

It was my space to fill, like I do every month, and I didn't. Not being where we're supposed to be or doing what we're supposed to do, creates a negative space, whether it's writing a promised monthly post, meeting someone on time, or doing something we said we'd do. When we leave that unexpected space, it creates negativity. Why didn't Charlotte do her post? Who can fill in the negative space? What will someone else have to give up in order to fill that space?

Looking back, I see my February post, most likely due to my error, didn't post- it still says Draft. That left another empty space. To partly atone, I am posting that as well. 

I hope I will leave no more empty chairs in this space.

Char 

Charlotte writes MG, YA, NA, and adult novels in sci fi, fantasy, contemporary, and paranormal genres. She is the author of the award-winning middle grade Evolution Revolution trilogy, Simple Machines, Simple Plans, and Simple Lessons. She co-authored the YA novels Blonde OPS, Sirenz, and Sirenz Back in Fashion. She has several short stories in the various anthologies. Having finished her MFA, she's applying what she learned and is working on several children's and adult novels, and other short stories. She lives in NJ with her family and floofy cat. When they trimmed the backyard tree, the crazy squirrel couple had to move out, but she is happy to report she has a new squirrel tenant along with a pet rabbit (Bad Bunny).