Nanowrimo begins tomorrow, the day when people across the world will begin to write their book. Some of us got started a few days ago, either way it’s a good season to start writing. I’m posting a little late tonight, but it the day was amazing. We have been at our Church today Point air Mercy, for service and for Trunk Or Treat, it was tremendous. I mention this, not only because it was a wonderful day, but because there was still time to write. There is time to tell your story. It may take longer than you expect, and that’s okay. Every story is different, but your story is…

Tell a story. The simplest truth of writing is that you are telling a story. Historical event, fairy tale, comedy, or mystery novel, they are all stories. It all boils down to how you tell a story. With Nanowrimo starting on Monday, I’d like to touch on some of the basics of storytelling. Some books are famous for their first lines, “Marley was dead to begin with”, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. How you begin is important, at the writing stage it’s also changeable, so don’t stress, just think about how you want to begin. Who is the first person you want to…

Today marks the anniversary of the stock market crash of 1929, which led to the Great Depression. It may sound like an odd beginning to a post on writing, until you consider one of the great American novels, The Grapes Of Wrath, was set during that time period. This novel is considered by some as John Steinbeck’s greatest literary work, and was required reading in school for decades. A writer’s words can take an event, no matter how serious or it’s scope, and make it communicable. Children who read the novel got to see how some thought during one of the most challenging things America had ever faced up to…