By Jodi Clark We all want our heroes to succeed. We want them to have their moment of glory, their finest hour, the...
Theme Articles
What it Takes to Have Faith in Your Historical Fiction
By Grace A. JohnsonYou’ve finally done it! After hours of scouring the internet and perusing the library’s...
3 Things C.S. Lewis Can Teach Us About Theme
By Sandrina de KlerkHave you ever read a book (Christian or non-Christian) that was right out bad? Maybe the dialogue...
Five Questions to Ask Yourself When Your Story’s Theme Lacks Subtlety
By Josiah DeGraafFew flaws can kill a story’s theme and message as much as blatancy.We’ve all read books that...
Five Overused Clichés in Christian Fiction (and How to Avoid Them)
By Josiah DeGraafI have a love-hate relationship with Christian fiction.On the one hand, the genre has immense...
Three Ways Gender Differences Should Impact Your Story’s Character Arc
By Josiah DeGraafA character arc is the process by which your protagonist grows and changes over the course of a...
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...
The Secret to Writing a Unique Conversion Scene
Sometimes it’s not just the secular market that has problems with conversion scenes. Many conversions in...
Three Ways to Write Christian Fiction for a Secular Audience
By Brandon MillerAn enduring problem faces Christian writers who want to share their faith through their novels: if...
How to Write Christian Stories without Annoying Your Readers
By Sierra Ret“Do I need to make my story Christian?”This is often one of the...
Three Ways to Use Death in Storytelling
By Josiah DeGraafOur theme for this month was death, which might seem like an...
True Courage
“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s the courage that counts.” While this...