Evotional.com - Mark Batterson

I have a motto for the next month: write like the wind.

I'm essentially rewriting my entire manuscript--In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day. Just thought I'd blog about some of the writing process. To me, writing is all about rhythm. Some days you can't get any traction and it feels like you're writing upstream.

I'm really trying to bath this book in prayer. When I preach I try to think about that person who is going to come to church for the first time and I may have one shot to make a difference. When I'm writing I try to think about the person that randomly picks up my book at the bookstore. I want to turn it into a divine appointment. I've had divine appointments with authors whose books I have read. That is what I want my books to be.

For what it's worth, the entire book revolves around an obscure ancient hero named Benaiah in II Samuel 23. I prayed last night that God would help me get inside Benaiah's head. I really want to feel what he felt when he was chasing the lion. I want to think what he thought. I want to see what he saw. I really feel like God is giving me new insights. Nothing gets me more energized than thinking things I've never thought of before! That energizes my writing.

Enough writing about writing.

Back to writing!