Very well said. I am a cradle orthodox and a born storyteller and have always struggled with how faith fits into my writing, or better said how my writing fits into my faith. Now, people will say that there shouldn’t be too much to think about as it is a talent, but my writing has always been dark and weird. My first short story was about the Grim Reaper being unable to kill a young boy on his first day of school. I was 12 at the time. So what do you when your voice is dark and heavy? Do you stop writing? I did that, for 3 years, it doesn’t work. Do you try to write lighter stuff? I burned myself out.
Now, I was privileged to be born in Romania, where Christianity is a bit dark and definitely heavy, as we have a lot of present day martyrs, old monasteries. So I believe that God gave me this dark and heavy voice to bring forth our millennia old struggle.
First, let me say I want to invite you onto a podcast I'm starting where I want to have conversations with people from different faith (or even no faith) backgrounds.
Second, As you will hopefully discover, my voice goes all over the place. I have written things that are SUPER dark (cannibalism/a father who hunts food for his zombified family) to very light (my YA sci fi novels that are safe for middle schoolers on up. I let my voice serve the story if that makes sense.
I have a character, Father Ian, who's an Irish Catholic priest and he's a man who struggles with his faith until he starts to see manifestations of the supernatural. That one deals with suicidal ideation, murder, depression. Ian himself represents me in a lot of ways. While I'm Protestant, I struggle with faith in some of the same ways he does. So it's easy for me to inhabit him.
Well, Scott, I thank you for and humbly accept your invitation. Though, I must make the caveat that I am not very knowledgeable in terms of theology.
I just finished a story that I think captures the heart of what Christianity is for me. It’s called the Man of Hearts and would like to hear the thoughts of a profound and experienced writer such as yourself.
Very well said. I am a cradle orthodox and a born storyteller and have always struggled with how faith fits into my writing, or better said how my writing fits into my faith. Now, people will say that there shouldn’t be too much to think about as it is a talent, but my writing has always been dark and weird. My first short story was about the Grim Reaper being unable to kill a young boy on his first day of school. I was 12 at the time. So what do you when your voice is dark and heavy? Do you stop writing? I did that, for 3 years, it doesn’t work. Do you try to write lighter stuff? I burned myself out.
Now, I was privileged to be born in Romania, where Christianity is a bit dark and definitely heavy, as we have a lot of present day martyrs, old monasteries. So I believe that God gave me this dark and heavy voice to bring forth our millennia old struggle.
First, let me say I want to invite you onto a podcast I'm starting where I want to have conversations with people from different faith (or even no faith) backgrounds.
Second, As you will hopefully discover, my voice goes all over the place. I have written things that are SUPER dark (cannibalism/a father who hunts food for his zombified family) to very light (my YA sci fi novels that are safe for middle schoolers on up. I let my voice serve the story if that makes sense.
I have a character, Father Ian, who's an Irish Catholic priest and he's a man who struggles with his faith until he starts to see manifestations of the supernatural. That one deals with suicidal ideation, murder, depression. Ian himself represents me in a lot of ways. While I'm Protestant, I struggle with faith in some of the same ways he does. So it's easy for me to inhabit him.
Well, Scott, I thank you for and humbly accept your invitation. Though, I must make the caveat that I am not very knowledgeable in terms of theology.
I just finished a story that I think captures the heart of what Christianity is for me. It’s called the Man of Hearts and would like to hear the thoughts of a profound and experienced writer such as yourself.