Conflict-conflict-conflict. If you plan to write a scene without it, stop. We avoid conflict in real life. In fiction,...
Editing & Writing Advice
Tactical Tuesdays: Advice for Self-Editing
Clichés. We’ve all heard about them. Most writers cringe when an editor or critique partner points out a cliché line like “a penny saved is a penny earned.” Sometimes it’s best to delete a cliché from a manuscript, but sometimes just the right line will allow an...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Conflict-conflict-conflict. If you plan to write a scene without it, stop. We avoid conflict in real life. In fiction, conflict is the one element that has your readers turning the pages of a novel. Some authors mistakenly believe that conflict has to be physical....
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
You’ve read the stories where the characters have repetitive actions. They’re described in different ways, but in the end, they mean the same. Harold glanced at Audrey. “Are you okay?” Audrey peered through the darkness at him. “Scared is all? Harold narrowed his...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
You’ve read the stories where the characters have repetitive actions. They’re described in different ways, but in the...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Lately, a case of style versus aggravation has cropped up in a few pieces of work I have viewed: the "verbless"...
Editing tip: Keeping track of POV
A year or so ago I wrote up a little article that gave some tips on how to spot errors in your manuscript during the...
Consider Your Reader
One of the hardest issues confronting writers today is our audience. They are, at the same time, our biggest fans, and...
Creating a Realistically Flawed Christian Hero
This week, Senior Editor Jamie West, gave some wonderful insight into creating characters. Today, I want to take that...
Character & Destiny
Proverbs 23:7 - "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he."The verse above is a powerful statement of the mind. What...
Cadence: The Rhythm of a Story
Have you ever heard someone sing or play a song using the wrong timing or using some wrong notes? You recognize the...
What A WRP Story Is…And What It Is Not…
Rejections are difficult—for the author to receive, and also for the editor to write. Many times, an author will write...
Whose Head are We in, Anyway?
Our poll “Hero, Heroine or Both? Whose Point-of-View do you prefer?” has come to a close. We asked the following...
The Story In You
I tend to wax long about the components that make a good story. I’ve written on the subject at length in several...
Codependent Independence
Here in the United States, we’re gearing up to celebrate the Fourth of July this weekend. With a holiday celebrating...