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Keep Casting
The only way we can fail as writers is to quit. So keep writing—when you’re scared, exhausted, and discouraged. Let the act of writing be the encouragement you need to fulfill your calling and once again recapture the joy. — Edie Melson
Words That Carry God’s Light
If God is at work in the world of your novel, then you have a chance at giving your readers an experience that is humbling, joyful, and maybe even transforming. — Donald Maass
Good Writing Defined
God gives each of us unique voice, tone, and storytelling instincts. But excellence requires practice—and humility to improve. — Edie Melson
Training the Writer’s Mind
We need to train our minds to recognize inspiration in even the most ordinary details in our lives, and we need to give ourselves the license to just play with our…
Achievement by the Right Measure
Writing is a journey, not a destination. When we get started on the writing road, we mistake milestones for destinations.
The Angry Writer at His Desk
It is emotion, rather than logic, that telegraphs meaning. Thus emotion is what your novel must be wired to transmit, straight from the protagonist to us.
Writing in the Awareness of God’s Presence
What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. — A. W. Tozer Every writer works from a place of presence. Some write from fear.
Walking the Narrow Road with God
When you commit to a practice, you will certainly have days when you don’t feel like it, when you believe it’s not your best work, when the muse deserts you.
Possibility, Impossibility, and the Writer’s Journey with God
Place your time in God’s hands. Rather than to-do’s, write out God-do’s. What does God want me to do today? How does he want me to spend my time?
The Quickened Writer: When God Breathes Life into Your Words
The best hook or idea in the world won’t sway me if the sentences and the storytelling don’t inspire.
Writing from Connection, Not Just Creativity
A writer may write a book in solitude, but making a book and helping it find its market is very much a group effort.
Writing with God: The Power of Inner Discussion
Even the best plot won’t hold a reader’s interest if the writer lacks the ability to create good dialogue.