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by Chris Fabry Writing is losing yourself. When you are into the story, the essay, whatever you’re creating, you lose yourself. At least, that’s supposed to happen. I had heard that concept from many writers—that they get into the writing and don’t realize they’re writing. Was there something wrong with me? How could I get to that point? Here’s a tip that can help you move into the hard …

Congratulations to all the 2018 Cascade Award Winners!   UNPUBLISHED   Children’s Picture/Chapter Book Jennifer Bingham, Nothing Changes Everything: A Simple Retelling of the Truth   Contemporary Fiction Book Michelle Aleckson, Riptide   Historical Fiction Book Tanya Eavenson, The Rescue   Memoir Jessica Domagala, Abstract Love   Middle-Grade Book J.D. Rempel, Melanie on the Move   Nonfiction Book Marlys Johnson, …

by Donald Maass   Wonderful. Wouldn’t it be marvelous if readers used that adjective to describe your current novel? Or your every novel? Is that possible? Let’s start by breaking down the experience of wonder. What does it feel like to undergo wonder? Dictionary definitions say that the feeling of wonder is excited by: a) what is strange, and b) …

  August/September Prayer Time by Lynn Hare Prayer Team Member  Lord, thank You for creative words that flow into the orchards of our manuscripts. For the seed of every rejected word that falls to the compost heap, we celebrate rich soil that bears Kingdom fruit. Some of Your best fruit grows in unlikely places! Thank You for the new friends …

By Susan May Warren No STAKES! Your character must have something at STAKE that makes the reader care and want to read more. Authors often start with backstory or creating the storyworld instead of getting to the character’s immediate problem, creating a sympathetic situation where we see him interacting with his world, setting him up for the inciting incident (or …