Writing your classic

Writing your classic  

                   Guest author today - Sean A. Scott

West Palm Beach, FL - Proprietor, Habatat Coffee Company

  

We get lost in the moment often- good or bad. The season we're walking through can seem endless. We can't see beyond it. It suffocates some while invigorating others.

We get lost sometimes . . .

But each season is a chapter in the story, it's not the story in itself. The characters may change, maybe even the writing style or how much you enjoy "reading" it but will you give up on the book? Will you put it down because it's shifted from a romantic novel to a bleary character drama? I hope not. Why?

Because it's about the WHOLE story not just the pages or chapters you enjoy. 

I'm sure we've all read books that we've wanted to give up on halfway, but after pushing through, we realize how that would have been such a mistake because those chapters set up an unexpected ending. Or the character you despised but eventually come to love because of a few heroic choices he makes along the way.

You get what I'm saying?
Your life is a novel. You're a character, among many, but also the author.
How are you treating your own book?
Are you committed to it even when what's coming out on paper isn't exactly what you had hoped for?
KEEP WRITING! Don't give into the temptation to roll it into a ball and throw it in the recycle bin! You're in a special place- author and character.

If you've ever taken the time to do a retrospective on your life, I'm sure you see many bumps along your road but can also see that when you made it through,everything makes sense oddly. . . or maybe it doesn't! Maybe you see a lot of dead ends due to bad choices; you see re-starts and scars, not redemption and complex beauty. But why is that? Because you or someone who was along side you quit writing the story or rushed through the writing process to achieve cheap results! They gave up- Maybe your co-author decided to go write his own novel. That's tragic because now your left with fractured content and undeveloped characters. What once was a classic is now a crappy teen fiction.

So even if your novel has more tear-soaked pages than epic sunsets, keep writing! Keep pouring into those who are making your tale as great as it is. Keep writing your classic!
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"Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. ... you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised."  (Hebrews 10:32-36, NIV)