ject.Then I posted it around on the ezine articles and on my site. AsI re-read it this article, I could sense the warmth of a memorycoming back. You know those don't you? When you settle back andthen all of a sudden a warm memory strikes you. It starts at theback of your mind and works it way out. That's the way memoriesdo at times. They get stuck in the back of your mind, shelvedfor some reason or another. Maybe you are too busy, wham; youend up pushing that memory back because there's no time for itnow. This memory came up like a lump in my throat and a tearstinging in my eye. It actually brought me back to a time in mylife during junior high. Out of this inspiration I wrote "Tears,Thanksgiving, and Mom". You see, many people operate on thiskind of inspiration. Others write out of boundless research theyhave done. After this the author puts all the material intocon...

...cise and proper order. I have written both of these ways foryears. The best method for me is to research a topic. Forinstance, I write a lot about biblical topics relevant totoday's society. When doing this I first write the main sentenceabout what I am writing. For instance, I might want to writeabout "The courtroom of God". Then I immediately go to my biblestudy software. I have a number of these, which I recommend tohave on hand. Theophilos is a good one. I take the noun, in thiscase God, and put in other nouns referring to the courtroom.This would be God judge and search for it in the software searchengine. Perhaps I would put judge in and follow all the searchitems for this. I do this when searching a topic, then puttingthe information into order following a outline. Moreover, thismethod works for virtually anything you want to write about. Ifyou were writing on Thanksgivings in the south, for instance,your search item would be southern thanksgiving. Now for thissearch we would search the internet, encyclopedias, and evensouthern cooking magazines. In following this method, I like to have inspiration to go withmy research. This inspiration usually comes quickly as I followa line of investigation. Sometimes I end up in places where Idid not think it would lead. That is the fun of it. When theinspiration is flowing, I have literally written thousands andthousands of words until I am finished. Then when I am done, Isave it and wait for a day or two. By doing that, I allow allpreconceived ideas about the article to lapse somewhat. Then, Igo and review it. After this I rewrite and correct, then repeatthe procedure. For articles on the internet I publish to my own sitehttp://wingswatchman.org and also to my blog athttp://wingswatchman.org/WordPress . I then have a number ofarticle websites where I put the finished product. I dorecommend, though, that you find a good article submission site.These can be very helpful to you as they automatically have theconnections to thousands of other people that would beinterested in your article. You want people to read your article. By getting peopleinterested in your article, you can have thousands of back linksfrom your articles that are posted on other sites. This ishelpful in the google page rank system. It also gets yourarticle into the hands of editors that would actually pay youfor your work. The doors can also be opened for free lance workas more people come to know you and how you write. The last thing I must say, if you want to be a writer, thenwrite and write some more. Do this on a daily basis by puttingdown your thoughts on paper if nothing else comes to mind....