Okay, writers…so you’ve just ploughed through at full throttle writing your story! The characters came to life, the plot thickened, the ending turned out even better than you planned, making you truly wonder if maybe these characters are real and deciding their own destinies! Then with a heavy sigh you realize it’s time to go back to the beginning…

Jesus- the author and finisher of our faith! Isn’t it comforting to know the One who knows the end of the story from the beginning? As writers, we may struggle knowing how the story we’re creating is going to end- we want the course our characters have been on to lead somewhere…somewhere pivotal and momentous.

Sometimes you just know. The idea comes to you as if it has been mailed it to you from a divine source. The setting, the characters, even the plot and sub plots seem to rise out of the alcoves of your mind. You write effortlessly for hours, days, weeks, maybe months and then...the flow comes to an abrupt or gradual halt.

The characters you create are real (at least to you and to the readers of your story) so spending time creating them even before you get to know them better in your writing process is very important!