Hello there, Rose! (@rose-colored-fancy)
First off, I have a few questions that may seem unrelated, but I will tie them back in after asking.
What kinds of books have you been reading for fun, lately?
What kinds of books have you been reading for research (story related) lately?
What kinds of TV shows or movies have you been binging on lately, if any?
A lot of times we writers think in terms of our writing output, but too often we fail to consider what our inputs are.
Take the Dead Sea, for example.
It is highly mineralized and very valuable for being so, but it is called The Dead Sea because it has no outflow. It merely receives the flow of the rivers that feed it, but there is no pass-through.
Sometimes we writers can feel a little stagnated or even drained because we are either only taking in, or only flowing out and the content of what we take in, may affect what flows out of us.
One thing that is most important, is making sure you are spending some daily, quality time in fellowship with The Creator, and are ingesting His Story so that it can breathe life through your story.
God wants to bring you into intimacy with Him so that your outflow is life-giving to others who will read your works.
Also, I am just wondering why you feel anxious about publishing your work. Sometimes the very thing that ministers to us and grows us and stretches us, is also beneficial to others. We don’t live in silos, and neither were we created to.
A seed must be planted and released from the hand of the sower, to produce fruit that returns nourishment to those who reap its diligent watering and planting.
Every story told is a seed planted. Allow a little “Son-light” to express Himself through your gifts.
Another thing to consider is are you varying what you intake from time to time. If you tend to consume the same old stuff, it may make you feel plateaued, because you are not exploring paths that renew, expand and revitalize your circles of interests.
Those are just a few thoughts to consider.
I would love to know what you think.
Brian Stansell (aka O'Brian of the Surface World)
I was born in war.
Fighting from my first breath.
