I try to write from a point of view with my faith being always present and always there. don't want to write characters where everyone is saved. So this Madea character for me is not saved.
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Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God's grace.
The writer has two kinds of faith: actual writing and sitting openly. Have faith in your personal effort or sweat. And faith in God, or whatever you want to call it. Then the voices will come. Faith is the big deal.
Faith in God... produces character; character will produce courage, courage to face the challenges of the day.
Writing reminds you of how much there is in your life that stands outside your explanations. In that way, it's almost a journey into faith and doubt at once.
I think I've been very lucky all my life because the writing and the faith seem to go together.
I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me.
When I write a book, characters come to life for me somewhere at the back of my head. I strive to make them flesh and blood in an abstract way, in words.
For me, having characters who are part of a faith then allows me to talk about how that faith either works or fails them without having to attack the institution.
I spent some time, six months or so, ruminating about the characters before I sat down to write 'Faith'.
Writing is my salvation. If I didn't write, what would I do?
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