My second most favorite thing about writing is the freedom.
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Maybe freedom is the wrong word. I think what I like is the
control. The freedom to be in control, maybe? There is so much in my life over
which I have little to no control. It’s just plain fun to dig into the
adventures of someone else, even if it is someone I made up.
When it comes to my stories I have complete control. I have
control of my characters’ actions, their words and what happens to them in the
end. In my stories I can always have the bad guy get his or her comeuppance, as
it should be.
I can even control the kind of world they live in. If I want
a world with purple cows that produce green milk that tastes like cherries, I
can do that. Although I don’t think I ever would. That’s very strange, even for
me.
Anyway, I think I’ve made my point – writing gives the
writer the freedom to do and create whatever he or she wants. And yet… there
are still rules, aren’t there? Without them we wouldn’t know what freedom is or
isn’t.
Strangely I don’t find rules constraining in my writing,
annoying, yes, but not defeating. I find they make me more creative. Without
something to overcome, there is no opportunity to become stronger. It’s in the conflict
that we find the story, whether it’s ours or a character’s that we have
created.
It kind of sounds like I’m confident in myself and my ability as a
writer, a creator, but I’m not really. It is only in Jesus that I am truly
confident, and for that matter, free. In Christ, I am free from the fears and
insecurities that would prevent me from even trying to write. Without Him I can
do nothing. With Him I am free to be all He made me to be, and you can too. How cool is that?
Humbly submitted by H.T. Lord
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