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Flawed Goodies?

Just a quick writing tip this week, but nonetheless it makes an important point.

How good are your main characters? You need to make them good enough for us to be rooting for them, but not so …

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Fiction is Fiction

Fiction is fiction – well of course it is! But as writers-for-a-reason, we have to remember that the main reason young people pick up and read a story, is to …

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Understanding

To feel understood by those close to you is a great blessing. If you don’t feel understood by family and friends, you feel a kind of isolation. And you know what Mother Teresa said: “Loneliness is the most terrible poverty.”

Do you remember a time in your life when you didn’t feel understood? When no one knew how you were really feeling? If you…

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Time to Be Mean

Hello Christian writers, and welcome to this week’s writing tip. Hope you are well and enjoying your writing!

Today’s writing tip is on the subject of being mean. Brutal, even! We looked at this…

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