Hear me out on this. With the NFL in full swing, I, along with millions of others around the world, have plunged into the uncertain waters of fantasy football. For those not familiar with this “sport”, fantasy football is a competition in which participants draft “teams” from among the players in the NFL and...
Certain novels are like good friends, and just like good friends, you want to visit them more than once. Here are the top ten novels I read again and again: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Like many of the entries on this list, Robinson Crusoe is a widely recognized classic. Aside from the compelling story...
Character vs. Plot. This seems to be the most difficult choice for fiction writers at times. Do you devote your time and energy to developing the characters, or the plot? Who’s in charge? Does character serve plot or does plot serve character? This is a dilemma for many, and I really don’t believe there is...
I’ve been writing since I was about ten years old. Originally, I played by all of the rules and wrote a book as you’re “supposed to write it”, ie in chronological order going from Chapter 1 to Chapter 2 etc. Over the years however, I noticed a certain trait in my writing: rushing through...
Anyone who has driven a car knows that a clunky sound in the engine is bad news. There are any number of problems this could be attributed to, but the bottom line is that we as humans are sensitive to rhythm. When we don’t feel proper rhythm, or worse yet, we hear a “clunk”, we...
I’ve been interested to notice how this topic has caused so much debate amongst Christian writers. Undoubtedly, it is a fairly controversial issue, and I respect each individual’s own convictions on it. That being said, this issue for me is fairly straightforward: I do not include curse words in my writing. From a...
