Inspiration strikes in the strangest ways
Last Sunday I was flipping to the scripture for the sermon when a phrase jumped out at me from 2 Kings which read: "sold for one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver." The idea of measuring bird poop in order to sell it really got my attention. I was thus completely distracted reading this section of the Bible. The story here is FASCINATING! Within a few chapters you have women eating babies, chariots of fire, very expensive bird poop and a cadre of lepers that belong in a slapstick comedy. My first thought was that this should be a movie. However, after thinking about how I would want to construct the story, I really think I want to write this as a book.

The plan
In a couple weeks I am going on a self-imposed 5 day retreat from everything that's normal in my life. After my Sunday revelation, I have decided spend this time constructing a book around this text. I'm really excited about it! Now, it is probably ludicrous to expect that one could write a book in 5 days, but I'm only expecting a rough draft and the basic story is already created. Mainly I have to decide how I want to construct the book.

Questions I Have
1. When should I set this story? Should I modernize it in anyway?
2. Who's point of view? Omniscient narrator? Changing between characters?
3. How much God is in it? Will it be a clearly religious text or simply call for the supernatural?
4. Not really a question, but some research is needed.

Your Input
I invite your input! Next month I'm going to let you know how this self-imposed writing retreat goes.