The write way to right...

In keeping with my resolutions I figured I better write something on here and keep my mind attentive. The more I write, the better I seem to be able to write. Anyhow, I thought I would write about how I write (when it comes to my stories and novels).

Many authors have a certain right way to write. Some snuff mushrooms (not my cup of tea), some write only one sentence in the morning, some let everything just flow out, others are very meticoulous, and so on and so forth.

The most effective way I have found to write is to pray for creativity. A wise professor taught me this in one of my classes when it came to making lesson plans and teaching in a classroom. I have used this for about four years now in everything that I do, but especially in my writing, and it always proves frutiful for me.

Whenever I sit down to work on my novel I always make sure I have spent time in the word and I pray for creativity, and it amazes me what God can do. For my novel, I had an idea of how I wanted it to end, but I just could not think of the right way to put it together. I spent over a year and a half praying for creativity to find that perfect ending and then one day during worship it came to me. I have left holes in some of the chapters in my story because I wasn't quite sure how I wanted that chapter to go. On some of them I was completely at a loss at what to do. Well, now that I'm almost finished, I really need to go back and fill those holes. I prayed and prayed and was able to fill up three of the chapters that I was having such a hard time putting together.

What's most amazing to me is that God would answer a prayer like that. It's not like it is a dire need or anything, but he would still take the time to help me come up with ideas for a story. Not just once or twice, but on a consistent basis for me. I laugh because I feel like I can't even write anything worth while without praying first. I have to have God's help and because of that, I have to give the credit to him when it comes to my writing. It makes me smile because now I can't get a big head and say, "Look what I did," nope, I can only say, look what God helped me do... Just got to love the way he works.

Anyhow, that is how I have found the write way to right in my life. Now praying for writing is righted on my heart now forever, or would that be that praying for righting is written on my heart now forever, or the write thing is to pray and it is righted on my heart in a written sort of way... Too fun... tata for now!