Ask the Author: David Devine
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David Devine
I have about 9 writing projects to prioritize...from contributing to a paid online newsletter to an audio book, to screenplays. DD
David Devine
Don't let your Aspiring keep you from Perspiring.
Thoughts come rather easy. Writing is work.
Good writing is both an art and science. To achieve good writing is a "DaVinci" experience because you have used the science of writing to broaden the art of it (or visa versa). DD
Thoughts come rather easy. Writing is work.
Good writing is both an art and science. To achieve good writing is a "DaVinci" experience because you have used the science of writing to broaden the art of it (or visa versa). DD
David Devine
As an author who believes the Bible, I would like to say it was what inspired me to write...but that would be a lie. The true answer is that God works in mysterious ways. In my case, He brought to my mind prose by Benjamin Franklin that goes: “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.”
Paul Gautschi had done something worth writing about, so I purposed to write something worth reading (about him). Yes I was a new author, but he didn't care about that and offered supportive mentorship regarding writing styles he admired as we collaborated along the way. DD
Paul Gautschi had done something worth writing about, so I purposed to write something worth reading (about him). Yes I was a new author, but he didn't care about that and offered supportive mentorship regarding writing styles he admired as we collaborated along the way. DD
David Devine
My understanding of Writer's Block is that it is a (temporary) lack of inspiration.
It can be analogized to a baseball player in a hitting slump: not making well-timed contact with the ball. A deer-in-the-headlights writer is not making contact with their thoughts...their theme(s)...their book's direction.
All inspiration has a source. It could be our minds (intelligence), our hearts (intuition), observing others (motivation), or from the Lord (revelation).
Because Growing Food God's Way is about the Paul Gautschi's relationship with the Lord and how that blessed his orchard and garden, I cannot remember having a bout with writer's block. Early on, I would read the entire manuscript to re-connect with the flow of the book and move on from there. I think Ernest Hemingway used to do that, so it made sense.
Where he & I part company is that I would ask God to show me what to write. After all, it's His book as far as I'm concerned anyway...and you can't be Omniscient and have writer's block at the same time (right?).
So if you're a believer in a writing slump...you can ask the Source. If not, please consider a personal relationship with God, but also review the other sources of inspiration for guidance and the "strong wind" to fill your literary sails. DD
It can be analogized to a baseball player in a hitting slump: not making well-timed contact with the ball. A deer-in-the-headlights writer is not making contact with their thoughts...their theme(s)...their book's direction.
All inspiration has a source. It could be our minds (intelligence), our hearts (intuition), observing others (motivation), or from the Lord (revelation).
Because Growing Food God's Way is about the Paul Gautschi's relationship with the Lord and how that blessed his orchard and garden, I cannot remember having a bout with writer's block. Early on, I would read the entire manuscript to re-connect with the flow of the book and move on from there. I think Ernest Hemingway used to do that, so it made sense.
Where he & I part company is that I would ask God to show me what to write. After all, it's His book as far as I'm concerned anyway...and you can't be Omniscient and have writer's block at the same time (right?).
So if you're a believer in a writing slump...you can ask the Source. If not, please consider a personal relationship with God, but also review the other sources of inspiration for guidance and the "strong wind" to fill your literary sails. DD
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