I feel you. I really do. Once upon a time, I despised plotting. I was a die-hard seat-of-your-pants writer. If a story idea came to mind, I immediately set to work and began drafting. I wrote a middle-grade fantasy rip-off of Narnia this way. However, as I grew and matured as a writer, I began to realizeContinue reading “How to Plot Your Novel When You Hate Plotting”
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9 Unusual Ways To Motivate Yourself To Write Your First Draft
For non-writers November means football and Thanksgiving (and possibly Christmas decorating). But for many others, November means the event where thousands of writers gather around their word processing units to lose their minds—aka NaNoWrimo. NanoWriMo is an international creative writing event in which participants attempt to write a 50,000-word manuscript during the month of November.Continue reading “9 Unusual Ways To Motivate Yourself To Write Your First Draft”
Writing as a Ministry: Can Our Books Make an Eternal Difference?
I was thirteen years old when God placed it on my heart to write Christian stories for teenagers. At the time, though, I wasn’t even aware that the Christian fiction market existed. I grew up reading books that every elementary school kid read. So why did I feel so compelled to write faith-based stories forContinue reading “Writing as a Ministry: Can Our Books Make an Eternal Difference?”
Glorify God & Enjoy Him
When I graduated high school, my family threw a graduation ceremony at the little brick church I grew up attending. If you were homeschooled like I was, maybe you can visualize the scene. It was at that ceremony where my dad gave a tear-jerking speech that had everyone talking for weeks. I suppose I getContinue reading “Glorify God & Enjoy Him”
7 CONSTRUCTIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO AFTER PUBLISHING A BOOK
The Glory Writers has tackled the topic of publishing quite a bit, so let’s take a moment to talk about what happens AFTER publishing a book. Post publication blues: it’s a thing. After years of writing and editing, months of prep, and the whirlwind of release day, it’s not unusual to experience a subsequent slump.Continue reading “7 CONSTRUCTIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO AFTER PUBLISHING A BOOK”
Why Christian Authors Should Stop Joking About Torturing Their Characters
I’ve never liked it when authors joke about torturing their characters, and the other day I saw something that made me realize why. In a Facebook group I lurk in, someone had posted a meme that went something like this: AUTHORS: “Look at my character, I love them so much.” ALSO AUTHORS: “Now watch meContinue reading “Why Christian Authors Should Stop Joking About Torturing Their Characters”
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