Saturday Soirée - A Writer's Prayer

The following prayer highlights writing fiction but whatever your heart calls you to write - fiction or non-fiction in all its forms, the essence of this prayer will inspire you every day to believe that you can achieve your writing dreams - lofty or simple.

The Writer's Prayer
~ Sandy Tritt

Open my mind Lord. Grant me the talent to write with clarity and style, so my words go down rich and smooth, like fine wine and leave my reader thirsty for more.

Open my heart Lord. Grant me the sensitivity to understand my characters - their hopes ,their wants, their dreams - and help me to confer that empathy to my reader.

Open my soul Lord, so I may be a channel to wisdom and creativity from beyond myself. Stoke my imagination with vivid imagery and vibrant perception.

But most of all lord, help me to know the Truth, so my fiction is more honest than actuality and reaches the depths of my reader's soul.

Wrap these gifts with opportunity, perseverance and the strength to resist those who insist it can't be done.

Amen

Now, open your journal, your notebook or a word document and write with confidence and passion.