Ah, Me
Ah, the Wonderful Smell of...
Crows and Critters
E-mails From My Characters
Halloween 1931
How I Got Here: My Journey to Publication
How My Family Went to Pot
Kauai and Tomatoes
Last Week in Paradise
My Recent Tale of Woe
Seeds of Faith
The Care and Feeding of Editors
World's Worst Dental Patient
Action Scene Edit
Art and Fear
Author Voice
Backstory
Bestseller List—Take 2
@Brandilyn: Ten-Point Twittequette
Character Arcs
Character Arc Within a Series
Creating Character Empathy
Creating a Pitch for Your Book
Description/Setting
Designing a Book Cover
Dream Sequences
Editing for Tighter Writing
Emotion Memory
Keepin' the Story Moving (Tension in
Scenes)
Marketing
My Take on Endorsements
Plotting
Plotting Twists
Point of View
Prologues
Questions on Bestseller List
Reviews
Sta Akra
Story Resolutions
Subplots
Subtexting
Suspense Elements in Story
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations
Third Person POV
Today's Word List
Word of Mouth Marketing
Writing Rules, Rules & More Rules
2 comments:
Thanks for taking the time to answer yesterday's FITOQ (fly-in-the-ointment question--your love of initials is rubbing off on me! ; D).
You said: " I am happiest when my books not ONLY entertain, but also MEAN something to the reader's life. But as the interview states, I can't achieve the "meaning something" part without the entertainment value. Because readers don't pick up a novel primarily to learn about God. They pick it up to be entertained. So I have to make that my first goal in order to ultimately achieve the second."
That may be the best explanation I've ever heard (read) for WHY a Christian writer should pay attention to craft--should write the best, most entertaining story we are capable of writing. Thanks.
Becky
Brandilynn, you are such an inspiration. I only hope than I can come close to the impact that you've made on Christian suspense! Great second part to the interview.
And I think I was so excited about the interview that I forgot to say Happy Blog Birthday yesterday!
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