The idea for the short story Tiffany Jesus was a gift. I wanted to write something last night but could not think of anything. When I woke up this morning, the image of a small church in Vermont where I had spent the night flashed into my head. From that point, I fleshed the story out in my head. I told my wife the idea and she agreed I was on to something. But I couldn’t nail down how was I going to end it. I didn’t want it to be “It’s a Wonderful Life, Part 2.” so I just decided to leave his body on the floor of the church. When I sat down to write it, the idea of him finding redemption through finally feeling empathy for the horrible sh*t he had done in his life was the final piece to the puzzle.
I got chills at the end of the story. That just shows me that the idea came from somewhere else. Or Someone else.
Where all good ideas come from.
Marshall
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The month of October has been about Creativity in our children’s Sunday School. God is THE Creator. He also created us in His Own image. That means we’re given creativity as part of who we are. We’re not all artists or writers or singers. But that’s just the medium of creativity, not creativity itself. The medium must be exercised. And I see yours is building up some muscle.
Amen and AWESOME!!!!!
I got chills when I read it, too. I couldn’t share it on fb from work today, but am about to do so now.