Ask the Author: Marc Swift
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Marc Swift
Jesus has paid the price so we could all be invited to be a part of our Heavenly Father's happy family in heaven. To refuse the invitation would lead to the horror of annihilating all relationship connections of recognition , communication, affection and love between that person and his loved ones and being separated from Love and Life and all that's good forever and ever.
Marc Swift
I could do a seminar on that! To start with I would say, just write. Write. Don't think ahead of time. Just write. Make time and do it. Your passion will energize you, and it will overflow into your whole life. Keep a small notebook in your pocket and a pen and write down ideas when they come to you right away, using the precise words--not just the general thought. You need an angle. You are at an arena. What entrance are you entering by? AA, AB, CC, FF, RR? You need a tone, a rhythm, a cadence. Sometimes starting off in the style of a writer you like can set your pace and off you go. You need a purpose: ultimately you are writing to...heal, to guide, to encourage...Be very honest with yourself on this one, because unless it is very personal you are trying to write instead of writing and discovering and being surprised by the power of something you've written.
Marc Swift
To be able to articulate something well is the most amazing thing to me. Whether it is to describe something, teach something, create dialogue or argue a point it is satisfying to me. I feel connected with my purpose. I feel that I am in Christ and co-creating with him cuz he is helping me get in touch with the best of who I am. I always recognize me, the very best of me and it makes me feel great and alive and connected. Some people use the word, "Download" as if they are the recipients of a dictation from heaven. For me it has always been very personal in the sense that it is a discovery, a revelation and an expression that comes from inside me 'in Christ' and makes me feel more whole and more alive.
Marc Swift
If I get away from my writing for whatever reason and time goes by then there's a distance and that feels like writer's block for me. The truth is it's more stretched out then blocked. Getting back into reading what I wrote really helps. I Feel The Wonder of it all again and the excitement and the reason I wrote to start with. That helps me get back into the flow.
If it is a certain Passage that I can't seem to write I say to myself, "When one door closes, another one opens." I usually end up working on another part of the book. By the time I am done, I am very grateful that I was 'blocked,' because I wrote something really good that needed to be there in that spot.
If it is a certain Passage that I can't seem to write I say to myself, "When one door closes, another one opens." I usually end up working on another part of the book. By the time I am done, I am very grateful that I was 'blocked,' because I wrote something really good that needed to be there in that spot.
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