Is there a story?

Many times in my mind I feel like I have a story to tell. I want to be an author and I want famous authors to read my work and want more of it. Yet when I sit down with a pen and piece of paper, all I can do sometimes is doodle. I write "I wish I could think of something to write." I just get stuck for some reason.

So I wonder if there really is a story in there or if there are just so many things blocking it that I cannot find it. I've been writing a fiction story with my young cousin so that helps me keep a little writing going on the creative side. I've got lots of starts of stories, but I think what I keep noticing is that I feel like I've got the "Great American Novel" inside just waiting to come and meet itself on the paper, but I haven't the foggiest idea what the novel will look like.

I want to write about my faith journey and have put together some things for that. Maybe I will put it together and chip away at the novel through this blog. We'll see what happens. Maybe someone can give me ideas on what to write. Any ideas?!