What is your best time of day for writing? Is it first thing in the morning, later on when the children are at school, in the evenings, or after everyone …
If your characters are going on a journey to reach a destination and final victory, think about how long the journey should take, and how many crises they are going to have to face on the way. Here are three questions you will need to ask yourself for your journey . . .
If we are going to write engaging and relevant Christian stores for children and teens, we need to be able to express deep emotions in the characters we create. Some …
As Christians writing stories for children and teens, we can be tempted to think that the reason we write is for the sake of our target audience . . . so they may hear the message of the good news of Jesus . . . but is not the greatest reason we write . . .
As Christian writers we can easily fall into the trap of being so caught up in the theme of our story that we forget to use our imagination. We could …
So, Christian writers, what is your next step? If you need a door to open for you, maybe one of the following keys might help! Here are five keys for …
If we want to share the good news through story, we must do so in a way our readers will understand, or all our efforts will be wasted. So in this week’s post I’ve put together seven random thoughts that I hope might help . . .
Do you apologise for writing? My guess is that around half of you are happy to write and tell everyone you do, with no thought of apologising for this noble …
Reading your work aloud is a really good idea, not just when you have finished your story, but along the way. Here are seven great reasons for reading your work …
In a report in 2012 it was found that 53% of nine-year-old children read just about every day for pleasure, and another 23% read once or twice a week . …
