By Sandrina de KlerkYou may love them, you may hate them. Fallen heroes. Perhaps you love reading them, but...
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4 Fail-Safe Steps for Writing a Truly Terrifying Villain
By Allison Grace You’ve done everything you can think of: your villain has an ancient castle with lots of gargoyles...
3 Easy Steps to Developing a Villain Redemption Arc
By Grace A. JohnsonI don’t know about you, but I’m one of those writers who has to have a happy ending. I love to see...
Five Overused Clichés about Family in Writing (and How to Avoid Them)
By Brandon MillerName a Disney film. Name both of the hero’s parents.Not easy, right? Usually at least one of the...
How to Write Strong Women in Fiction without Making Them Feminists
Writing Christian fiction involves much more than mentioning God a few times or...
How Advice from a Chess Grandmaster Can Transform Your Writing
One of my favorite classes that I took at a homeschool co-op during high school was a chess...
Five Myths about Writing Strong Female Characters
By Sierra RetOf all the overdone stereotypes currently at loose in literature...
Can You Keep a Pure Mind While Reading about Darkness in Literature?
In my article, “All Art is Christian Art,” I proposed that any beauty in art must by necessity...
Why Theme Is the Key to Unlocking Your First Chapter’s Potential
First chapters are hard to pull off. You need to introduce your protagonist, your story’s...
Set Your Novel Up for Success by Sharing Your Outline
It’s January, the month of new beginnings. You’ve made your New Year’s resolutions, and maybe,...
How to Write the First Page of Your Novel
There are no set rules for an opening line of a novel. Nearly anything goes—be it description, dialogue, or a...
How to Give a Terrific First Impression as an Author
By Hope Ann“You will never get a second chance to make a first impression.” No...