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So excited!!! because last week as I was editing one of my short stories for SPA I got a massive writing download. I realized that my story was actually a full length novel. In about thirty minutes I had thirteen unique characters. I knew the general plot. I knew the crisis moment. I knew the hero and heroine. I knew almost everything that it would take to make it a full story.
THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. Although I have dreamed about writing novels for a long time, I have never been able to see an almost complete story unfold so quickly. The story is about a sixteen yr old Vietnamese girl named Thien who is sent to San Francisco by her mother to work at her aunt's nail salon in order to get her away from the persecution of Christians in Vietnam. When Thien arrives in San Francisco she is sold by her aunt to a brothel. And so the story begins... a story about a radical Christian girl who is facing unimaginable pain..
There are several characters I am also so excited about, including a gay college student who is also a backslidden Christian, a feminist police officer who is out to prove herself, a journalist who believes his writing dreams are dead, and a corrupt political figure.
It is a big step of faith for me to finally start working on a full length novel. But I believe God's hand is all over this story. I started writing it today and I am going to continue writing a little bit every day. Honestly, I have no clue how to go about writing a novel. But who cares! God is all the help that I need.
So far the working title of my novel is "Untouchable"
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Yay Em! This is awesome. It really is a God thing.. about a year ago, maybe more, God downloaded a story to me as well(I probably told you about it) So far it has gone really well, but I haven't worked on it for about a year! I guess it's just important to keep writing! You inspire me! Lets write some books! Yeah!
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