Have your hero make a choice with the greatest story potential. Forcing her to choose between values she holds dear is an exceptional and meaningful way to add tension and conflict to the story.
Recent Blog Posts
How Will Your Hero Die?
Today I want to discuss how to add more depth and suspense to our stories. It doesn’t matter what genre you write; this title question applies to all of them.
When Envy Strikes
And yet, there are times—way too many times—when jealousy and envy clench my heart.
Dealing with the Coronavirus
The caronavirus affects all of us. The critical question is, how are we dealing with it? I’ve done several Zoom and Skype meetings recently, and I hear the fear in people’s voices. The virus is scary, especially the way our modern media catastrophizes and distorts everything to suit their own …
Do Our Words Edify?
Never lose sight of the power of our words to minister to hurting, frightened people even in the midst of a pandemic.
Proverbs for Writers
There is so much wisdom and wise counsel in the book of Proverbs. Like many believers, I spend time in this book every day. Sometimes a single verse or a few verses grab my attention. Other times, I’ll read an entire chapter. Often, what I read will speak to a …
Millstones or Milestones
Birthdays can be millstones or milestones. It depends on our perspective and on where and how we see ourselves in this life. My seventy-second birthday passed recently. OK, it’s more like it flew by—a blur of the calendar page spinning. More and more, birthdays are a time of reflection, of …
Stewarding Our Time
Over the last year or so, I’ve been periodically sharing on stewardship. As you can tell by now, being a faithful steward over all God has given me is very important. Especially when I consider that he owns it all. My job or purpose is to manage well everything he …
Declutter
We’ve been in our home for over twenty years, and stuff accumulates. Lots of stuff. Overwhelming amounts of stuff.
Writing Quotes
Many of us have writing quotes to inspire us or nag us.