Good Writing Means Good Reading

If you are a writer, there's a pretty good chance that you love to read. When you start writing, you may be tempted to put your reading on hold. But reading time is not something you should sacrifice. The most effective writers are avid readers. Reading is one of the best ways to inspire your …

Bible Time for Them, Bible Time for You

As a Christian writer, you probably love spending time reading your Bible. Writers are attracted to words and books. The Bible is the ultimate book and the biblical words are filled with the life of the Holy Spirit. There is no other book like it. There are no other literal words of life. The problem …

Use Your Writing Gift for Prayer Cards

Prayer cards are a wonderful way to use your writing gift. While prayer doesn't always require words - some of the most powerful times of prayer are done in silence - we use words in prayer for several reasons. One is to express what's in our hearts for confession, repentance, forgiveness. Another is to get …

The Blessing of Prayer Writing

One of the most powerful ways to grow as a Christian writer is to write prayers. How amazing it would be to see the internet covered with prayers. How powerful too - prayers written on the internet literally speak out over the airwaves, affecting the atmosphere all around us. Prayers are helpful to people who …

Devotional Writing Basics

I love writing devotionals. They are a wonderful way to stay focused on scripture in your writing. Devotionals are a powerful way to reflect on what God is doing in your life. They offer a testimony to your daily encounters with God. Devotionals also make it easy to share those experiences with others. Sometimes when …

Write from Your Heart

One of the first things I teach new writers is to write from your heart. How else will you get your heart on paper? Growing up in school, we are often taught to edit as we write, and to always be thinking through our words. The problem is that our minds often filter out what's …

First Steps on Your Christian Writing Path

So you're just starting out as a Christian writer? Or wanting to hear God more deeply in your writing? Maybe you already have a sense of what you want to write. In a writing workshop I taught years ago, a new student said he knew he wanted to write novels like Ted Dekker's. Another student …

Why the World Needs Christian Writers

The Bible shows us how God works through the written word. Proverbs tells us that the tongue carries the power of life and death (Proverbs 18:21). You have probably experienced the healing or hurtful impact of words. It shouldn't surprise us that God calls people to write. He puts the desire to write in a …

Your Writing Journey Begins with God

When you begin the journey of Christian writing, or even if you've been writing for a while, it's easy to become overwhelmed. It seems like there are mountains of things to learn: writing voice, structure, editing techniques, how to get published, blogs, which conferences to attend, pitching an agent, devotional writing, freelance writing ... or …