Into the Fire

Whether you use a pen or pencil, a keyboard, tablet, or recording device, if you're writing fiction, you better write it from the heart. No matter if you're a planner, organizer, legalistic outliner, or you fly by the seat of your pants as "they" say, if you're not writing something from your heart, you can follow all the rules, can compose a story, but can you make the reader feel your passion if, in fact, you don't have any?

You might not like my style, my "skills", my stories, or my characters, but one thing you can never say about my writing is it lacks passion. Or you can say it, but it won't be true.

Write from your heart and don't be fooled or misdirected by instructions. Rules and instructions must be learned. Once learned, let your style flow, your voice be established, your passion felt.

Passion comes from the heart. It can be imitated but not duplicated. It's original according to who you are at your core. Whether you sizzle or silently strut your stuff, passion is inherent in good writing.

Write your heart out. 

Father, thank you for the passions of our hearts – especially when directed by your careful, loving artistry. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.