Month: June 2019

  I’ve got to admit it. I really just write what I want to write. There’s a lot of discussion out there about exactly where Christian authors should draw the line in content. There’s a lot of disagreement. I’m not going to give you a do/don’t list for this. Instead, I wanted to focus on… Continue reading Writing for Christ: The Content Question

  I won’t judge people who accidentally make their Christian characters too homogenous too harshly. I see why it happens. But because of my upbringing and experience, I wouldn’t excuse myself so quickly. I spent the first 20 years of my life attending a Presbyterian church—but before you assume anything, know that the pastor is… Continue reading Writing for Christ: Writing a Variety of Christian Characters

My series on writing Christian fiction continues today with a very important and too often neglected subject. We’re here to discuss the non-Christian characters that appear in the stories we write. If you write enough books and stories, some time or another you’re going to want to include a character who is a non-believer. You… Continue reading Writing for Christ: Writing Non-Christian Characters

  We now continue with our series on writing Christian fiction. Welcome back. I hope you got something out of the first post on how to write a realistic conversion arc. This post is about how and when to insert the whole Gospel into a story. As we’ll see, there’s a right and a wrong… Continue reading Writing for Christ: Including the Gospel