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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, How to Turn Your Message Upside Down to Give Your Story a Unique Perspective 2 months, 1 week ago
Thank you for reading! ☺️ I’m glad my advice was helpful.
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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, How to Turn Your Message Upside Down to Give Your Story a Unique Perspective 2 months, 1 week ago
Thanks for reading! Glad this article was helpful to you. 😊❤️
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Mariposa Aristeo wrote a new post, How to Turn Your Message Upside Down to Give Your Story a Unique Perspective 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Love triumphs over all. Dreams come true. Believe in yourself. These messages and more color the plots of books like a stained glass window, helping us see the world in various shades of the spectrum. When we […]
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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, Yes, Your Writing Really Is a Gift for Others 6 months, 1 week ago
Thanks for reading! Hope you have a Merry Christmas! ☺️❤️🎄
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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, Yes, Your Writing Really Is a Gift for Others 6 months, 1 week ago
Thank you for reading, Lou! ❤️ I’m glad God used my words to encourage you! Hope you have a Merry Christmas. ☺️
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Mariposa Aristeo wrote a new post, Yes, Your Writing Really Is a Gift for Others 6 months, 2 weeks ago
When you think of Christmas shopping, visions of toys, jewelry, clothes, and candy probably dance in your head. That’s if you’re a normal human being. If you’re a little weird and a lot nerdy, you get starr […]
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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, Tired Writers Don’t Need More Sleep, They Need More Spiritual Rest 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks for reading, Glynis! 😀 Glad you found this post helpful! ❤️
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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, Tired Writers Don’t Need More Sleep, They Need More Spiritual Rest 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Wow, I love that, Zachary! That’s a great question to ask ourselves as writers and Christians.
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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, SE Podcast #44: Children’s Fiction 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Yay! So glad to meet another children’s book writer, Lily! What are some of your favorite children’s books?
Ooh, those are some great points! Kids definitely need stories that grab their attention even more so than adults and teens!
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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, Tired Writers Don’t Need More Sleep, They Need More Spiritual Rest 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Thank you for reading, Brian. 😀
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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, Tired Writers Don’t Need More Sleep, They Need More Spiritual Rest 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Thank you, Khylie! ❤️ I’m glad this article came at the right time for you. ☺️
Ooh, yes! Being still and silent is a beautiful way to rest in God (bonus points if you’re resting while under the canopy of His creation!).
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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, Tired Writers Don’t Need More Sleep, They Need More Spiritual Rest 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Thank you for reading, Susan! Will you be participating in NaNo this year? ❤️
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Mariposa Aristeo wrote a new post, Tired Writers Don’t Need More Sleep, They Need More Spiritual Rest 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Rarely does a day pass anymore without a depressing headline hitting the news. Violence, hate, and fear rampage across your screen. Some days you can’t bear it, so you shut off your devices. You’re done. You wan […]
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Lovely reminder, Mariposa, especially with NaNoWriMo upon us, luring us to more stress. Thank you!
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Thank you for reading, Susan! Will you be participating in NaNo this year? ❤️
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A beautiful and well-timed article — thank you! I think this is a topic that Christian writers need to talk about more often. I would also add that simply sitting in silence with God is a fantastic way to “rest in God” as well.
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Thank you, Khylie! ❤️ I’m glad this article came at the right time for you. ☺️
Ooh, yes! Being still and silent is a beautiful way to rest in God (bonus points if you’re resting while under the canopy of His creation!).
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Love this! So important and a very astute distinction is made here.
Amen! Amen! And again I say Amen!
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Thank you for reading, Brian. 😀
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Wow, I love that, Zachary! That’s a great question to ask ourselves as writers and Christians.
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I’m looking forward to this series. And this introductory post has so many great truths in it already! Thank you. I needed this.
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Thanks for reading, Glynis! 😀 Glad you found this post helpful! ❤️
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Mariposa Aristeo wrote a new post, 4 Overlooked Benefits of Writing Articles about Story Craft 9 months, 1 week ago
You probably think that fiction and nonfiction are on opposite sides of the equator—and I would say that you are absolutely correct. Each have different sets of rules, audiences, and goals. One is entertaining a […]
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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, 4 Strategies to Help Honest Writers Craft Believable Lies 11 months, 1 week ago
Yes, it’s so tempting to make our characters perfect!
Thanks so much for reading! 😊
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Mariposa Aristeo commented on the post, How the Book of Job Teaches Writers to Create Realistic Christian Characters 11 months, 1 week ago
Aw, what perfect timing! 😃 Job is a beautiful book.
Thank you for reading! ☺️
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Mariposa Aristeo wrote a new post, How the Book of Job Teaches Writers to Create Realistic Christian Characters 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Some Christian writers believe that their characters should sprout wings—or at least tote a halo throughout the book. Others, taking the negative approach, think their characters should be devils who transform i […]
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I’m studying Job for youth group right now. Thanks for republishing this article!
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Beautiful! I’m actually reading and hand-copying Job right now, so most of the verses and stuff were fresh of the burner. 🙂 You also made me laugh so many times and cleared some stuff up for me. Thanks so much for pouring your time and energy into this!
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Aw, what perfect timing! 😃 Job is a beautiful book.
Thank you for reading! ☺️
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Amen! Mariposa! Very astute and well-written article.
Most people miss a lot of what you pointed out about Job’s internal struggle.
It is interesting when the pivot comes and God reveals His ways are so much higher than man’s reasoning and speculations (Job 38-40:2 & 40:6-41) and Job’s true contrition in 40:3-5 & 42:1-6 comes out. Job 42:7-8 is poetic justice in that the very “friends” who speculatively accused Job, now have to seek God’s favor through Job’s forgiveness of them for their insensitivity.I agree that we cannot make characters too virtuous, or too vile because we will lose the ability to relate and empathize with them from within our own flawed humanity. God uses broken vessels so that when He does something miraculous through their lives, He receives the glory for it, and justly so.
God does not share worship. He humbles and amazes us with His Gracy and Mercy, and His undeserved Love transforms a heart yielded to His forgiveness.
Readers need relatable characters that are accessible to them emotionally and to some degree in situations.
The character and story arc of “good writing” should appeal to the reader’s more noble desires imprinted upon their conscience by God.*
* They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right. [Romans 2:15 NLT]
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I love this. I love Job. I cling to it.
In fact, my love of Job (for a lot of the reasons in this article) is deeply entwined in my current WiP. An important scene (not even scene really, more like paragraph) I have planned for the yet-unwritten denouement involves my main character reading Job start to finish in one sitting. The epigraph – and my signature on the forums here – is Job 32:8. And my main supporting character, serving as foil to my MC, is Ethan Jobeson.
(…too heavy handed on that last one? I promised myself to let it lie and reassess during revisions haha)
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Mariposa Aristeo wrote a new post, 4 Strategies to Help Honest Writers Craft Believable Lies 1 year ago
Writers are liars. We spend hours trying to make imaginary people and places seem realistic enough that the line between fact and fiction blurs inside readers’ heads. We want the sensory details to be so t […]
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Loved this so much! And I agree. Thanks, Mariposa.
Thank you for reading! ☺️ I’m glad my advice was helpful.
This is brilliant! Will definitely be incorporating into my stories.
Thanks for reading! Glad this article was helpful to you. 😊❤️