Hey folks! If you’re just now hoping on the tour my name is Kaytlin Phillips and I am the founder of Writers’ Vision: A Christian Creative Community. When not over there you can find me on the blog I share with my sisters called Sisters Three or more often than not creating or getting lost in a made-up world. That’s a little about me and now it’s on to my guest post!

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Serving God in all we write…

What does that mean? What does it look like for you?

For me that means I hope everything I write echoes back to the truths that God has given us. That every word I write is one He can use to change someone’s heart or rock their world. I long for every word to be His and every story to be something He would be proud of.

Does that mean I have to mention God in my story?

Does that mean that I need to have a redemption arch?

Does that mean if I don’t have God in my story I’m not glorifying Him?

No, no, and no. You want to know why? Well, God is the God of everything, we can base a story on biblical values and it might have just as much impact and part in leading someone to Christ as a book that has God in it. Or we could write a fantasy that had a God figure such as the Creator, Master, or Maker (to name a few examples). But the most important thing is to ask God to guide your words.

My book, World of Silence does not mention God a single time. True, when I first wrote the book it was about rabbits and I wasn’t sure how to work that in. Also, I didn’t feel up to the task. But, I based my story on biblical principles and thank God for the story He had given me to share.

Serving God with our writing isn’t about bringing Him up every three paragraphs, though that’s fine if that’s how you want to write. It’s not about the redemption archs, though I dearly love those. It’s about pointing our readers back to the truths of His Word. Pointing them back toward God with everything we write.

Whether we come out directly and say it or not is not the issue, it’s how we represent Him that is. Are we following what God has told us to do or are we doing what we are comfortable with? Are we not mentioning Him because we feel He’s laid a story of biblical principles on our heart or are we not mentioning Him because we are afraid?

Afraid of what others will think, say, or type up in a review. Because if we are trying to adhere to the standards of the world then you are adhering to the wrong standards. God’s standards are the only ones that matter. And if we run from His standards and yet claim to write for His glory then we are hypocrites.

See, serving God with our writing means we surrender our pen to do His will. We bow our heads and ask him to lead our pen, guide our worlds, and let us tell the story He has for us. Seeking His guidance along every step of the way, that is how we serve Him.

It doesn’t have to be big. Doesn’t have to be mentioning His name at all. It’s simple praying and asking Him to lead us to the story He wishes us to write and writing that. Trusting our stories in His almighty hands. Trusting that He knows what is best.

Surrendering our most prized possessions to His reign and bowing low before the throne as we strive to serve Him in all we write and with all that we are.

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Writers’ Vision is…

Our Community space where we share bits of our stories is open to a wide variety of genres and is for making your manuscript what you envisioned it could be.

The Community is a place where authors and bloggers can receive Beta reading services from readers and fellow authors. But it’s not just another critique group, it is a friendship, a coming together for the benefit of all involved.

Writing to Awaken Hope

The Official Blog of Writer’s Vision

Writing to Awaken Hope is the official blog of Writers’ Vision and is full of encouraging posts, interviews, stories, and even useful skills and resources for authors and bloggers alike.

Our Writing Challenges

Writers’ Vision host a writing challenge/competition every three months! The prompts range from sentences, word count restrictions, picture prompts, and even collages!

The challenge winner has their story posted on the Writers’ Vision blog and, of course, given bragging rights.

You don’t have to be a member of the Community to enter or even be subscribed to the blog.

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I first discovered a love for writing at the age of seven when I plagiarized a Roy Roger’s film into my own book. Since then I’ve become more creative and write books of my own invention, which are usually stories of hope, purpose, and redemption.  More often than not you can find me with my nose in a book, whisked away to some fictional setting.

Through my stories I long to present the Savior and His overwhelming love for us, I want everyone to know they are never too far gone for God to save them and that everyone has a purpose!

Links!

Writers’ Vision: Home | Writers’ Vision (sistersthree3.wixsite.com)

Kaytlin Phillips: Kaytlin Phillips | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

Tour Schedule

Monday, Jan 16th

Writers’ Vision – Kick-Off Post

Vanessa Hall – Spotlight

Louise Taylor – Spotlight

Tuesday, Jan 17th

Pearl Christine – Spotlight

Sisters Three – Spotlight

Wednesday, Jan 18th

Louise Taylor – Guest Post

A.J. Syngraféas – Interview

Allyson Jamison – Interview

Thursday, Jan 19th

Lorelei Angelino – Spotlight

Madisyn Carlin – Spotlight & Guest Post

Lillian Keith – Spotlight & Interview

Friday, Jan 20th

Kristina Hall – Interview

Vanessa Hall – Interview

Annabelle Batie – Spotlight & Guest Post

Abbigail Befus – Interview

A.J. Syngraféas – Guest Post

Weekend Off….

Monday, Jan 23rd

Joelle Stone – Guest Post

Louise Taylor – Interview

Writers’ Vision – Mid-Tour Recap

Tuesday, Jan 24th

Abbigail Befus – Guest Post

Issabelle Perry – Guest Post

Wednesday, Jan 25th

Saraina Whitney – Guest Post (you’re here!)

Grace A. Johnson – Spotlight

Allyson Jamison – Guest Post

Thursday, Jan 26th

Grace A. Johnson – Interview

Sisters Three – About Writers’ Vision

Friday, Jan 27th

Grace A. Johnson – Guest Post

Annabelle Batie – Interview

Writers’ Vision – Wrap-Up Post

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Wasn’t that SO encouraging? Do you try to pray before writing? How do you surrender your words to God and let Him guide you? What does that look like for you? Have you seen a difference in when you write without letting God be a part of the process versus when you give it up to Him? Thank you for writing that guest post, Kaytlin!