Spirituality and Your Writing

Yes, terilee79720, you understood the question correctly. I didn't want to ask if writers wrote about spiritual things, whether I wanted to focus on writers using their spiritual energy or base (whatever you call it) to allow them to flourish when putting words to page. I think you should keep writing. I think writing is the essence of the human spirit, because it allows you to say what cannot be spoken. You can always get paid more for writing, but you could always get paid less. Hey, MyLot provides you with a house and a car, I'm sure. And besides, if you want that "one" work, it won't come if you just want that "one" work. You have to put together a body of work that allows your agents and/or others to see who you are and the definition of what you want to say, how you want to say it and why you're saying it. I do hope that you find a work that makes you popular among the hoi polloi, I hope that for all writers, because we know how hard it is for most Americans to get engaged in literature. By the way, terilee79720, what kind of work do you write?

Thanks for the encouragement. I currently freelance. I do content for web designers, SEO articles, and some editing for various clients. I write articles and submit to AC as well, and I do okay there, writing on various topics. On my own, I enjoy creative writing mostly. I like expressive movement in whatever piece I'm working on. I like fiction, romance, historical non-fiction, and prose. I have written a historical non-fiction piece associated with a genealogy manuscript. I've also written a cookbook. Both have been published and are in print. (Yea me). I'm working on what is considered a 'women's fiction' novel currently. It is based on a true story. (Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent). I love to take the reader on a journey, building the emotion as I go, leading them into either becoming a part of the story itself or becoming a character in it, watching the lead character's life unfold. I would describe my work as emotionally charged creative fiction taken from true life exerience.

Spirituality amongst ourselves and our base allows us to develop characters, realistic plots, and make the work that people want to read. Writing to help others is always a benevolent goal, and if your writing does that, even if you never become as wealthy as Stephen King or Toni Morrison, you will be successful.