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A GPS Lesson for Writers
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. — Lewis Carroll Writers love shortcuts—quick formulas, clever tools, and simple hacks that promise to…
Weakness and Writing: Turning Struggles into Strength
There is great freedom in surrender, because when you surrender you’ve moved past the struggle and can see what's on the other side.
Striving for Excellence
The world does not need more copy-paste Christianity. It needs your voice—anchored in Scripture, seasoned with grace, and flowing with authenticity.
Wasteland Moments
Every life will have some bit of wasteland, some empty lot where daydreams come to be. Learn to spend time there.
Making Room for What Matters
Rejected manuscripts fill agents’ and editors’ trashcans and deleted folders because the author didn’t provide a story in which the characters captured their hearts.
The Writer’s Edge: Cultivating Sensitivity in Storytelling
If you find yourself having trouble getting into a story you want to tell, it is always a good idea to get up very close and start using your senses.
Beyond Ignorance: Why Choice Shapes Great Storytelling
To make an impact as a writer, you need to do more than make statements that are logical, well supported, and consistent.
Dependency and the Writer’s Journey
Getting help is effective only when we are willing to stop looking for magic and participate fully in solving our own problems with the help of our helper.
Asking the Write Way
Prayer is like the turning on of an electric switch. It does not create the current. It simply provides a channel through which the electric current may flow.
The Writer’s Joy
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.
God’s Voice as your Guide
A novel is a living breathing organism. It has the power to entertain, shape, and inspire lives, but a Christian novel does even more.
Unleashing your God-Given Creativity
Creativity is often a casualty when an author is in a hurry. The very thing that captures the heart and mind of a reader is a well-crafted story, told with a captivating…