by Josiah DeGraaf | Nov 21, 2019 | Articles |
“Bad books are a myth because the only measuring stick is people’s whims.” I ended my first article in this mini series with that provocative and troubling conclusion. But hopefully you followed my reasoning. Since even literary-minded readers occasionally...
by Josiah DeGraaf | Nov 18, 2019 | Articles |
Have you ever ordered a popular book and eagerly dove into it the day it arrived, only to discover it isn’t as amazing as it’s chalked up to be? It’s riddled with cardboard characters, confusing pacing, and a contrived climax. You can’t fathom why anyone would endorse...
by Martin Detwiler | Jul 22, 2019 | Articles |
Editor’s Note: This is the sequel to another article we published a couple weeks earlier. Click here to view the first installment in this two-part series before reading on. Have you ever set down a book, startled that the author turned your outlook upside down...
by Martin Detwiler | Jun 24, 2019 | Articles |
As I stared at the blank page beneath the title of this article, my mind revisited all the stories that have given me a transformative experience. I love when my heart skips a beat and I pause to process the exhilarating symphony that the words are orchestrating in my...
by Josiah DeGraaf | Jun 10, 2019 | Articles |
At a conference I attended last summer, a New York Times best-selling Christian author taught a session on why people read fiction. During it, the speaker made an interesting claim: while most Christian authors are passionate about their stories’ messages, readers...
by Martin Detwiler | Apr 26, 2019 | Articles |
How is fiction useful? Is devoting our lives and careers to it appropriate? Most of us have wrestled with these questions. For some, concern has been posed by parents, who want to ensure that their children spend their time constructively and seeking truth....
by Gabrielle Pollack | Feb 18, 2019 | Articles |
Have you ever wished you could skip to publication? Waiting can be discouraging, especially when a dream is involved. Writers at all stages have felt that their stories would never appear in a bookstore. But being forced to let years pass between writing...
by Mariposa Aristeo | Feb 4, 2019 | Articles |
At intervals throughout your journey, you’ve probably wondered whether you’re a good writer. Unfortunately, I can’t sympathize because that thought hasn’t occasionally crossed my mind. It’s crossed my mind dozens, hundreds, thousands of times. Yearly, weekly,...
