One Sentence Started a Story

A Guest Post by Alexis A. Goring

My new novella Love in Pictures started with one sentence.

I wrote the sentence in response to Cheryl Wyatt’s TOTW (Topic of the Week) writing prompt on Jan. 3, 2017. Cheryl is the TOTW Coordinator for ACFW. She asked us to share the opening to our latest work in progress. Since I don’t like to share what I’m working on publicly but still wanted to participate, I made up an opening line. One sentence that read:

"Michelle Hadley stared at the Adobe Photoshop editing screen on her computer and sighed, lost in her thoughts and bemused by the fact that she was an award-winning wedding photographer who’d never been in love." ~Opening line for my latest story/work in progress, "Love in Pictures."

Within minutes, I’d made a new friend who responded to my e-mail. She said: Love that your character is a wedding photographer! So am I!!!! Here is my website: http://www.jessicamaephoto.com - if I can ever help with any photo questions, don't hesitate to ask!!!! :)

I took it as a sign from God that I was onto something and needed to keep writing the story. So I did and that one sentence turned into a paragraph then that paragraph turned into a scene and the scene continued into a chapter. Long story short, I finished writing this story in September 2017.

Writing this story was not smooth sailing. There were plenty of moments where it felt like writer’s block and other real-world struggles were suffocating my creativity but thanks to the help of God-fearing friends, God helped me see my story through to completion.

I hope and pray that Love in Pictures inspires your heart and teaches you that there are no limits to God’s love for you!

Check out Love in Pictures on Amazon!

About the Author:

Alexis A. Goring is a writer at heart who loves the arts and the color blue because of its serenity and soulful beauty.
She’s an established author, blogger, editor, writer, and photographer who enjoys exploring matters of the heart.

As a freelance writer, she covered President Barack Obama, wrote the Growing Up column for Collegiate Quarterly (CQ), which reached readers around the world, and served as the editor of a county newspaper. Blogging is one of her favorite pastimes, and she founded the mission-focused blog God is Love.

Love in Pictures is her second book published by Forget Me Not Romances. Alexis hopes that her writing will connect readers with the forever love of Jesus Christ.

When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending quality time with loved ones, shopping, dining in her favorite restaurants, reading, listening to music, and baking for her church.

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