WRITING FOR A CHANGE: SUSTAINING THE FLOW

I would like to start by saying Thank You! This year’s Writing for a Change has been an enlightening experience. Sharon Ajao kicked us off with PUTTING FIRST THINGS FIRST  where she discussed the importance of placing Christ above anything and indeed everything. Catherine helped us understand what it means to write words that inspire and transform people in PENNING WORDS THAT GIVE LIFE . Then, last week, Victor James Wahab, a writer who passes his message across with ease and humour shared on SPICING YOUR STORY . Today, we consider a theme that is dear to my heart. Here goes:

About two years ago, I wanted to start a blog. This blog. There were so many questions in my mind: questions about who would read and how I would handle the technical part of blogging. However, one main fear I had was how I would keep writing. From a random sampling exercise, I discovered several blogs that were started a while back that had become inactive. I didn’t want my blog to be one of such.

WRITING FOR A CHANGE – SPICING YOUR STORY by Victor James Wahab

I think the unwritten rule about a good story is to actually not tell the story- but to show it. That sounds paradoxical, right? What it simply means is that you allow people, readers and audience, get their own stories. All you need to do is narrate what exactly happened, the mind of your reader will conceive the rest.

WRITING FOR A CHANGE – PENNING WORDS THAT GIVE LIFE BY CATHERINE EZENWAMMADU

Let’s date back to the nineties, eighties and even the seventies. Can you think of popular hymns that were written in such times? and also think of how they are still such a huge blessing to people?

I’ll tell you one, “Amazing Grace” by John Newton which was written in 1779. Let’s sing a little,

“Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
T’was blind but now I see

WRITING FOR A CHANGE – PUTTING FIRST THINGS FIRST BY SHARON AJAO

A writer, even if he might not be a person of many words in speech, is a person of many words in his heart and a lot of times, he comes under pressure to release the matters in his heart through his pen. Sometimes, regardless of whether or not his life reflects what he writes about. People write for different courses and different reasons, but a Christian writer writes for the cause of God and his kingdom.

WRITING FOR A CHANGE 2018 – THE INTRODUCTION

There is something about writing that thrills me. The act of bringing imagination to life. The fact that our words have the impact to alter the course of history. The fact that we can speak even after we cease to be. These things excite me.

Last year, there was a series titled Writing for a Change which ran here. A few weeks ago, I read through the four posts and it was a learning experience for me. After last year’s series, I felt a slight nudge to run the series this year, but I didn’t want to do it just out of routine. If there was going to be WFAC2018, it would be because I believe there are things to be written and read.