In the "literary" model the Holy Spirit inspires the prophet to
express his or her intimate feelings and emotions through the means of poetry
and prose, as in the psalms.
Ellen White was not a poet; nevertheless, she expressed her intimate
sentiments and emotions in thousands of handwritten diary pages. In those pages
the believer finds [p. 26] inspiration, instruction, correction, and comfort, as
in any other portion of the inspired writings.