How to Find Your Writer's Voice

I like to control my words. I’m a writer after all. 

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When I work on a piece, I edit and revise until it’s neat and tidy, contained and cozy. This piece is going to change the world, I think. And perhaps it touches one or two souls, but the globe spins round, mostly untouched by my creation.

Yet, I'm learning God often uses my weakest pieces for His glory. It's the sloppy, short, or less appealing ones which uplift and encourage others. For often it is the authentic, messy stories that reach the inner recesses of the soul. That connect to humanity.

When I focus on myself—on my eloquence, creative ability, or skill—my words often fall short. But when I let God speak—write—through me, He transforms and multiplies my words. For the Creator God who spoke the world into existence, breathes life into my work.

Every artist knows only the creator can speak creation, and when I allow God to write through a weak vessel, such as myself, I find my writer's voice.

Do you have a story of God using a piece or novel you thought was one of your weaker ones?

Melanie N. Brasher is a full time mama of two boys and wife to an incredible husband who understands her bicultural background. She moonlights as a fiction and freelance writer, crafting stories and articles toward justice and change. She's a member of American Christian Fiction writers and a contributing blogger for Ungrind. Though she's an aspiring author, she'll never quit her day job.