We’ve all been there: those days when, no matter how many cups of coffee you drink or hopeful-sounding songs you blast, you just can’t seem to write anything good. Maybe your plot is dragging, or your dialogue feels stilted, or… Read More ›
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How to Write Compelling Characters – Guest Post by Pamela Collazos
We writers often section ourselves off into camps. Plot-first writers go in one camp, and character-first writers in the other. But the truth is that, whether you start with the plot or characters, you must create compelling characters to organically… Read More ›
Developing Realistic Characters Part 2 – Guest Post by Pamela Collazos
Your characters are still giving you the cold shoulder, huh? Or worse, they’re only concepts floating around, ghost-like, too intangible to give you anything like a shoulder. Don’t worry! Try to flesh them out with these four functions before giving… Read More ›
Developing Realistic Characters Part 1 – Guest Post by Pamela Collazos
Characters can be tricky to develop. Unless inspiration suddenly hits you like a truck, you probably find it difficult to create characters out of thin air. So don’t try! Choose something more concrete to work with. The thoughts in your… Read More ›
Amazing Review of Two Reapers Books
Authors like getting good reviews, but every once in a while I see a review that truly shines and makes me feel fulfilled as an author. A recent review by Tracey Dyck (Photo at left) of two of my Reapers books… Read More ›
Does Fiction Give Us Unrealistic Expectations? – Guest Post by Olivia Hofer
She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. In Louisa May Alcott’s novel, Work: A Story of Experience, the heroine Christie falls asleep while reading and drops the book, tipping over a candle and setting the… Read More ›
Why You Shouldn’t Fear Making Your Hero Like Jesus – Guest Post by Natasha Sapienza
Yup, I have a hero who is like Christ in character, and unwittingly in power—for now. I’ve heard it often, “don’t make your characters perfect or your audience won’t relate!” This can be true I guess, but then what about… Read More ›
The Editing Game – Guest Post by Kaci Hill
From a discussion about Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman came a brief discussion on how much drafts change from start to finish. Ask Bryan, and he’ll tell you that the original version of Raising Dragons did not include Bonnie…. Read More ›
How to Develop a Good Character – Guest Post by Rebecca LuElla Miller
Fundamental to any good novel is a good character, but what makes a character “good”? When I first started writing, I had a story in mind, and my characters were almost incidentals. Since then, I’ve learned how flat such a… Read More ›
Dragons and Wizards and Magic! Oh My!
Dragons and wizards and magic! Oh my! For some Christians, the “Oh my!” is a shout of joy. For others, it is a cry of anxiety or even disdain. Fantasy in stories generates a variety of responses from Christian readers… Read More ›