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Monday, September 22, 2025

The Writer’s Well: How to Store and Use Emotions for Transformational Fiction

From Edie: Discover how Christian writers can draw from life’s emotions—both pain and joy—to create transformational fiction that touches hearts and deepens faith.


The Writer’s Well: How to Store and Use Emotions for Transformational Fiction
by Ane Mulligan @AneMulligan

When life slaps the humor out of you, pray. Then use the experience and emotions in your writing.

I love laughter and live to make others laugh. However, this week has knocked the funny right out of me—first with the death of a baby moments before the mother began to push, and then with the murder of Charlie Kirk. Both were personal and hit my heart hard.

How do I move ahead? By allowing God to redeem the hurt.