Family. The mere word has the power to create a multitude of feelings—hope, excitement, frustration, love, anger, and a whole barrage of memories and mixed emotions. And this is exactly the power that writing strong family relationships can have. The characters that you weave together and craft are influential, sparking emotion in your readers and […]
Imagine your best friend. The person that makes you laugh and cry and do crazy things that you wouldn’t do with anyone else. The person who had the most influence on you as a person. The person who impacted your life most, or who you would be totally different without. And now imagine your life […]
Writing romance is one of those big writing topics that everyone talks about. And yet actually writing it well isn’t so easy. If writing Jane Austen-worthy romance and relationships that leave fandoms squealing about it for years was easy, everyone would be doing it. And writing strong romantic relationships is so much more than just […]
If anyone has ever said to you, “writing is easy,” I can bet without a doubt that you quickly and clearly corrected them. Writing is not easy. Just like life is not easy and trusting is not easy and being a Christian is not easy. Writing a twenty-five thousand-word outline is not easy. Writing a […]
To have a solid story, your writing has to be full of all kinds of characters—from protagonists to quirky side characters to the love interest to the villain. But one character specifically is missing from a lot of modern writing—a character that is vitally important to your story and your impact on readers. Who is […]
Wanda is, debatably, the most powerful Avenger. Or. . . ex-Avenger, depending on how you look at Multiverse of Madness. But what if I told you that you can be just as powerful—actually, more powerful, because it won’t be all just special effects and acting and fancy new tech. You have the power to change […]
