Overcoming Writer’s Block with Short Stories: An Indie Author’s Journey Back to Creativity Overcoming writer’s block is a common challenge for authors. Discover how short stories can reignite creativity and offer a fresh approach to storytelling. Writer’s block—a phrase that…
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Beat the Block and Write, Write, Write!
Beat the Block and Write, Write, Write! By Marisa Masterson Stuck! Stuck! I know what it is like to be beaten—or nearly so—by writer’s block. Looking at the blank page of a notebook or the white rectangle on the computer…
Three Reasons to Consider Christian Screenwriting
Three Reasons to Consider Christian Screenwriting With people reading less and streaming more, should Christian authors be adapting their novels as screenplays? Three reasons suggest it is time to consider adapting your fiction for the screen: to reach a wider…
Seven Ways to Preach Without Being “Preachy” and Teach Without Being “Teachy”
Seven Ways to Preach Without Being “Preachy” and Teach Without Being “Teachy” Can Christian fiction books teach important truths and historical facts without sounding like school lessons? Can Christian fiction for children incorporate Scripture without putting the reader in “church”? …
Three Ways to Add Drama to Creative Writing
Three Ways to Add Drama to Creative Writing Attending The Well, a conference for Christian Creatives, got me thinking about three ways to add drama to creative writing. It’s good to write what God lays on your heart; it’s better…
How to Build an Effective Writing Routine
How to Build an Effective Writing Routine Everybody thinks writing is easy until they try to do it. From a theoretical standpoint, it sounds easy. You just sit at the keyboard and type. So how hard can it be? Well,…
A Healthy Writer – Caring for Your Body Is Caring for Your Pen
A Healthy Writer – Caring for Your Body Is Caring for Your Pen If I don’t care for my body, writing becomes much more difficult. The outside of the body always affects the inside. What happens to your body works…
Writing from Your Scars and Not Your Wounds: A Guide for Aspiring Memoir Writers
Writing from Your Scars and Not Your Wounds: A Guide for Aspiring Memoir Writers Are you considering writing a memoir or a similar personal narrative? As someone who has navigated the challenging terrain of documenting my family’s story of cancer,…
How to Manage an Anthology
How to Manage an Anthology Compilation books, also called anthology books, seem to be popular these days. Probably because a chapter may not be tied to the next one making a quick read possible similar to a devotional. An anthology…
The Best 8 AI Meeting Notes in 2023
The 8 Best AI Meeting Notes in 2023 Imagine when you’re in a meeting, and you have to do two important things at the same time. First, you need to listen carefully to what the speaker is saying, and second,…
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