
Active Characters: How to Make your Story Come Alive
An active character makes things happen. They pursue goals, escalate tension, and create ripple effects with their choices. Even when reacting, they do so with


An active character makes things happen. They pursue goals, escalate tension, and create ripple effects with their choices. Even when reacting, they do so with

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

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. — Elizabeth

The world does not need more copy-paste Christianity. It needs your voice—anchored in Scripture, seasoned with grace, and flowing with authenticity. It needs your faithful

Every life will have some bit of wasteland, some empty lot where daydreams come to be. Learn to spend time there. — Linda McCullough Moore

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. —

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

To make an impact as a writer, you need to do more than make statements that are logical, well supported, and consistent. You must also
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
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
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,
A novel is a living breathing organism. It has the power to entertain, shape, and inspire lives, but a Christian novel does even more. It’s