Last week we took a look at writing your final page before you’d written the beginning (or at least, got very far into your novel).

But what if you find yourself going over and over the ending and getting frustrated, because you can’t seem . . .

Do you:

start writing at the beginning of your novel?
write the ending first?

I know it sounds crazy, but there is some merit in having the final page all sown up before you’ve written the bulk of your novel . . .

Good Morning Writer Friends!

Ready for another writing tip? This time you’re going to have to do some work! 🙂

However long ago school was for you, I’m sure you will remember at least some of the novels you studied for English. We dived into Graham Green’s Brighton Rock, amongst others, for O levels (yes, I really am that old!). I read An Inspector Calls when . . .

Good morning Christian writers! How fictional is your fiction? Strange question? 🙂

I would venture to suggest that as regards fictional worlds, there are three types of novel:

1. Those that are firmly rooted . . .

People read novels primarily for entertainment. Young people are particularly discerning – if the book they are reading doesn’t hold their interest, they will put it down. So, especially because we are writing Christian novels for a reason, we need to keep our readers gripped . . .