Simple spiritual writing can reach all ages
Recently, I was invited to be a guest contributor to the blog Spiritually Speaking, which I didn’t even know existed. It’s produced through the Times Colonist in Victoria, BC. I decided to write about my children’s book and the challenges of expressing spiritual concepts in simple, concrete terms that will be meaningful to kids.
If you’d like to read my post, please click here. I invite you to leave a comment on this blog and/or the Spiritually Speaking one.
In the adult realm, I wrote an essay several years ago called Dharma by the Dozen: The Art of Spiritual Writing. Whether writing fiction or nonfiction, here are a few suggestions for tackling this genre, in particular:
- Embrace metaphors and similes that relate to the natural world.
- Apply a light touch.
- Use simple language.
- Draw from personal experience.
- Create images of beauty and resonance.
- Write to inspire.
February 11, 2012 at 2:45 pm