What is Writer’s Block? Merriam-Webster calls Writer’s Block “a psychological inhibition preventing a writer from proceeding with a piece.” While that definition is accurate, we might expand our insight into...
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Rules have changed. At one time, authors were respected for their long sentences and paragraphs that consumed half the page. Not anymore. Today, we want the picture in as few...
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“My writing isn’t good enough.” That thought can take us in any direction. We can try harder, quit, or just be satisfied with the status quo. If we really want...
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Some telling is unavoidable. After all, we are storytellers. The goal of “show, don’t tell” is to move readers from a position of observation to the strongest feel possible of...
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One of the ways Roaring Lambs reaches the world for Christ is through the A Time to Dream radio program on the nation’s first shortwave radio network, WRNO. Executive Director of Roaring...
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Present tense storytelling is challenging. Why? We don’t easily adjust to the every-moment-is-now mentality when our mind is wanting to describe something “as it took place,” not “as it is...
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In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell says ten thousand hours spent in a craft are required to attain a level of excellence. Just a little time and effort will produce...
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The “Flight of the Bumblebee” is an instrumental—no words to be sung—so we wouldn’t expect a choir to do that number. So leave it to Nick Lachey to show us...
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In conversation, we use some words interchangeably, as if they meant the same thing. But if synonyms meant exactly the same thing, we wouldn’t need different words, would we? If...
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Character is a critical key to becoming a person of quality, and it starts in the home!
