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@writergirl101 @imwritehere1920

I write because the stories are there, inside of me, all around me, and if I don’t get them out, they will always be trapped there, building up. I used to believe writing was a form of worship–just like singing and art. When I wrote, I was giving back to God the stories he had first given me. I still believe that, but I realize I haven’t written with that in mind in a while. It’s always “meet this deadline,” “get this word count,” etc. Recently, I hit a slump in my writing, and I think this is one of the primary reasons. I lost track of my end goal: to glorify God in all that I do. That’s partly why I wanted to hear how you all write, and how it relates to your walk. The other part was just because I was curious 🙂

I started writing when I was little. One of the first “stories” I can remember making up was a single sentence long. I think I was about six. I haven’t stopped since, and the stories just continue to grow in size and meaning, building on top of one another. It has been my release, my comfort, my passion, and the way I talk to God. Once, I didn’t know how writing could be a God-thing. How can something fictional lead back to him? But then I realized that I can show things with my words, things I could never convey through art or speaking or even just my everyday actions. I can touch people, offer them a view of the world they may not have experienced yet. And more than that, writing was never something I did. I didn’t give myself the ability or the desire. He did. So it could never be absent from him.