Don’t you hate it when you start writing a blog post you think is going to be absolutely brilliant, and then about 5 brutal self-edits later it’s going nowhere and you don’t really remember what your point was in the first place? Ugh.
I’m trying to write a post about my husband and me re-reading the book “Love & Respect” but it just kind of keeps rambling all over the place and I can’t seem to make it behave.
Yes, writing can “misbehave”. Believe it.
Writing, to me, is practically as good as a living, breathing organism. In order for a story to really take off, it has to live. The characters and situations have to feel real, even the most outrageous situations. One of the traits I admire most in professional writers is the ability to take what would otherwise be an absolutely ridiculous situation and make it believable.
The thing about a story becoming real, too, is the characters have to take on a life of their own. I remember one day I was sort of chatting with my husband about the story I have percolating in my brain and I said “I’m mad because one of my characters decided to do such-and-such.” It’s hard to describe – it wasn’t what I was originally planning, but one day that was just where the story went and I thought “That’s what’s supposed to happen.” It was bizarre, but at the same time it felt like the most natural thing in the world.
So back to what I was originally talking about – how to make my writing “behave”? I don’t think I really can. And I don’t think I really want to. Because ultimately, I know what I write comes from God, and the day I make my writing “behave” is the day I start thinking I can do it all by myself and stop relying on God. And then whatever I write wouldn’t be for His glory, and it wouldn’t be blessed by Him.
So what I try to do when a post or a story or whatever I’m writing doesn’t behave is put it on the proverbial back burner for a while. Someday, I know the rest of it will come along and then I’ll go back to it.
Which means someday you’ll get that “Love & Respect” post. Just not today. 
It’s so true! If I try to force a blog post that isn’t inspired, it just rambles and makes no sense to anyone or anything. But if I’m inspired by the Lord, then it flows beautifully and the story or post goes where it should. It behaves the way it’s supposed to behave.