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Don’t worry, @rolena-hatfield, our name gets misspelled and mispronounced just like that ALL THE TIME. 😛 It is a little bit of an odd name. 😉

Yes, I’m loving this topic too. I can’t believe I didn’t introduce this discussion earlier!

As for the Bible question, there are many different ways you could do that correctly. Just base the scene off…[Read more]

Ho yes. Lots of fun stuff to do with characters. *rubs hands together gleefully*
So, what have you done so far? Do you have the characters and need to develop them, or are we starting from scratch here?
Get down the basics to start out with. Name and/or nicknames. General appearance and personality. Likes and dislikes. That sorta stuff. Finding…[Read more]

Well then I forgive you. 😉 😛

And yes @Daeus, Gandalf does have some absolutely fantastic quotes. And I totally know what you mean about Edmond— and that line ‘wait and hope’… oh man, just thinking about it makes me tear up and get shivers. 😛 It was the perfect way to end the story.

And the point is not so much ‘put as much Christian behavior as you can’ as it is ‘write your story inside out with Christianity at the center, and the Christian behavior will follow.’ It will flow naturally and realistically and characteristically into the story if it is the heart of the story.

Exactly. I probably would have worded it better…[Read more]

@Daeus, yes! Gandalf has so many great quotes. My favorite is probably “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” 🙂

@writefury: Great thoughts! Honestly, I forget to pray. A lot. And that’s not how it should be. But a lot of times, that’s the way people are; they need help, and suddenly they remember that…[Read more]

Absolutely @writefury! And the point is not so much ‘put as much Christian behavior as you can’ as it is ‘write your story inside out with Christianity at the center, and the Christian behavior will follow.’ It will flow naturally and realistically and characteristically into the story if it is the heart of the story.

I think it was @reaganramm…[Read more]

Wow. Gone for a day and I get to come back to this beauty. Seriously, we’ve got some great stuff in this topic already, guys. I might have to keep this open as a reference for my WIP. 😛
The realistic prayer thing is really something I watch myself carefully for. It’s never really a “fold your hands, get on your knees and reverently close your…[Read more]

I think #3 or #2. They’re the clearest when small.
I think the reason it showed up as a link would be that you didn’t put it in the image box. Here let me try…

Excellent thoughts, @Daeus! And yes @gretald, what you said was completely true. @Daeus covered that a little in his reply— Christianity, and Christian themes and messages, shouldn’t just be slipped or fitted in and hoped to be gotten away with. You shouldn’t say ‘Oh boy I have this really cool story! Oh… yeah, I’d better put some element of…[Read more]

Sorry, I just kind of put all my thoughts out there. 😛

The existence of God is a given. Now this one sounds like an absolute no-brainer, but when you think about it it really isn’t. I mean, how easy would it be to assume the person reading your book is a staunch atheist and just dump all the evidence for God’s existence off on them? Very easy.
The thing is, when a reader picks up a piece of fic…

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I’ll have to jot this strategy down. XD

I went to one in October, here: http://www.siwc.ca
That’s in Surrey, BC. Not much of a drive for me, but it probably would be for pretty much everyone else.
It’s not overtly christian, but there was a whole bunch of great stuff there. 🙂

That is totally adorable. Sure, go for it! And name it Rapunzel. That would be so cute. 🙂

Looking up winged cats, I came across this. It’s a bit off topic (though maybe I could name the cat/griffin Rapunzel and work that in…) but this was too cute to not post.

You know, I don’t know if Rapunzel (I’m going to change her name, I think) has been locked in a tower her whole life. I might just have her have long gold hair that reaches her knees or something when braided…

Also, I’m thinking about introducing some fantasy characters. What do you all think about these cute things: 🙂

I like #3

#4