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How to Grow Your Readership: Top Strategies of 9 Authors
When I first heard the word “platform” in the context of writerly steps, I had a vague notion of social media followers, email subscribers, and speaking engagements. And I sort of shunned the idea. I didn’t really know what it meant, why it was important, or how to start and grow my platform. A platform […]
How to Structure Your Novel: 3 Story Structures You Need To Know
Writing a novel may seem hard. But what’s even harder is when you put in all the hours of brainstorming, outlining, and finally writing, only to give your novel to beta readers and have them say something like this: “The story didn’t make sense.” “It felt all over the place.” “The pacing felt rushed—or too […]
Glorify God in Your Writing: 7 Authors Show You How
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). Christian writers have existed ever since Christianity, from the gospel writers to modern-day novelist Chuck Black. Christian artists in general have striven to center their work right around the Lord, like Johann Sebastian Bach, […]
8 Common Writing Problems (and How To Overcome Them)
Twice a week after school in second grade, I would put on cleats and shin guards, fill up my water jug, and go to soccer practice. First, we’d do conditioning. Laps, suicide, and high knees got us warmed up before we moved on to drills. We learned passing and shooting. We learned spacing and defending. […]
The Secret To Crafting Intriguing Characters
You have a brilliant novel idea. You have an epic plot and a compelling cast of characters. But everyone who reads your writing says the same thing… “Your characters are boring.” “I just can’t relate to them.” “They don’t really interest me.” Don’t worry. This is a common problem for beginning writers and it comes […]
Content, Copy, and Line, Oh My! The Different Types of Professional Editing
You’ve finished your novel, and you’re one step closer to your dream of publishing it. But there’s a problem. Because even though you believe in your story, you know it has problems. Something about the plot isn’t lining up, your prose isn’t as tight as it should be, and you just don’t know how to […]
How to Write Realistic Horses in Fiction
Horses are legends of fiction. Novels such as Black Beauty and movies such as Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron have graced the storytelling market for years. And horses are almost always the preferred mode of transportation when it comes to fantasy novels (except, of course, when there are dragons). But over the years, something began […]