I began writing in childhood, long before becoming a Christian. When I did become a Chrisitan, I found my writing full of things that made me cringe before the eyes of Jesus. I destroyed much of what I wrote because it was based in paganism (my pre-Christian beliefs).
Since then I have found...
This is a great direction to take your world building in. What you've described, however, does not sound like a story. It sounds like a context for a story. To be a story, there must be a character with something to gain or lose, and a chronology of events showing that gain or loss. I realize...
Hi All,
I feel very strongly about my Christian faith, and I'm open to answering questions about what Christianity is and what it isn't. I often see it very poorly represented (in both good and bad ways) on TV and in books. Even if you're just interested in doing research on the Christian faith...
The form a story takes is important, but the content is more important. Do you have a solid story structure or just an outline of a story in your mind? I would say the first thing to do would be to put the story in some tangiable form, then go from there. Before anyone can provide any...
I believe the plot-driven versus character-driven debate is one of those things which can only be seen about a story in retrospect. It allows people to discuss a story after it has been written, but I'm not certain it aids in actually creating the story.
In the story I'm creating now, my main...
I have to confess I'm a little disturbed by seeing the phrase "adopted-son and lover" in the same sentence. Is there anyway you could elaborate? Cause, honestly, I'm picturing a little kid with a couple of sexual predators. Very disturbing image.
That being said, I know it was custom in some...