Good morning Christian writers, and welcome to this week’s writing tip! As you know, sometimes these writing tips are for encouragement to keep going (I know from experience how hard it is to stay focused); sometimes they are tips for better writing. This is one of the latter, because . . .
And on to today’s writing tip: I’ve said this before, but I’ve seen it again more than once recently – unless you have a really good reason not to, introduce us to your protagonist/s straight away. We don’t need to know everything about them at the beginning, but it’s helpful (and intriguing) if you give us a feel for who they are; a hint of character. You might like to give . . .
I shared this on our facebook page a few days ago, but it’s such a good quote, I thought I would share it with you, too, in case you missed it!
“Read. Everything you can get your hands on. Read until words become your friends. Then when you need to find one, they will jump into your mind, waving their hands for you to pick them. And you can . . .
Happy New Year, writer friends! 2017 already – wow! Where did the last few years go? 🙂 Can it really be 17 years since the turn of the century? Incredible!
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At the beginning of another year many of us take time to reflect on the year just gone and to look ahead at the one that has just started. Every day God’s mercies are new, and every day we can start afresh, but it is useful . . .
Hello once again Christian writer friends! Christmas has crept up on us again, so here’s an idea for the festive season:
Why not take a break from your novel, and write a short story set at Christmas?
How about a story to draw young readers into what Christmas is really all about? The awesome fact of Emmanuel, God with us, who came to serve not to be served, in the humblest of circumstances . . . apparently 36% of children don’t know whose birthday is celebrated at Christmas . . .
Language evolves over time – it’s a fact of life. That’s why many of us don’t usually read the King James Version of the Bible . . . the language we use today has changed considerably since it was translated from the original Greek and Hebrew in the early 1600s. Modern translations tend to . . .
