The imagination is a wonderful thing! Remember when you were a child and someone read you a story? The story was simply words printed on pages, perhaps with a few illustrations. But your mind grasped the storyline and filled in the details and probably even added a few interesting elements that weren't in the story. (I learned this while reading to my young grandchildren.) As you grew up and read books for yourself, you not only grasped the storyline but mulled over the author's perspective in telling the story. If the story touched you as poignantly as the author hoped, you probably had a new viewpoint to consider when you finished reading. Novels, though not written with the factual accuracy of non-fiction, have challenged our consciences, lifted our spirits, and transported us into our neighbor's shoes.
I believe creativity comes from...our Creator. Reading the stories of the Bible opened, to me, an understanding of the baseness of human nature as well as the assurance that God transforms the vilest of men if they allow Him. To this day, when I read the life of David, I want to weep with him over his failures and rejoice with him over his victories. God, Himself, inspired the story-telling not sparing the ugly parts so that we might gain His perspective.
My fingers are tripping over each other in their eagerness to finish my next two books - one set in the Southwest and the other in Mexico. Are the stories based on real people? I think you will know when you turn the pages.
I believe creativity comes from...our Creator. Reading the stories of the Bible opened, to me, an understanding of the baseness of human nature as well as the assurance that God transforms the vilest of men if they allow Him. To this day, when I read the life of David, I want to weep with him over his failures and rejoice with him over his victories. God, Himself, inspired the story-telling not sparing the ugly parts so that we might gain His perspective.
My fingers are tripping over each other in their eagerness to finish my next two books - one set in the Southwest and the other in Mexico. Are the stories based on real people? I think you will know when you turn the pages.
