I gave up on writing my novel, until God gave my friend a prophetic word that changed everything

Jemimah Wright shares the extraordinary prophetic word that encouraged her to keep going with her debut novel.

I thought writing a novel would be straightforward, perhaps even easy… after all, I am a journalist, I write stories for a living, and I have written four biographies. Surely, a novel couldn’t be so different? Little did I know I was going to need a prophetic word to keep me at it, as I wanted to throw in the towel many times.

To give you some background - people say write about what you love, and I love Hawaii. I went there when I was 18, fresh out of school, and only having experienced the chilly waters of the North Sea. I got to Honolulu and felt as if I had landed in paradise. I joined a six month discipleship course with Youth with a Mission, and had a profound experience of God whilst there, which added to my love of the islands.