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When Creativity Dries Up

April 20, 2017
Student Contributor
Guest posts, Push Your Imagination, Stuck? Discouraged?, The Writing Life, Writing Tips and Tools
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By Hannah McManus, Guest Contributor I have always been creating stories. I thought I always would. So I was blindsided when my seemingly endless stream of creativity dried up, leaving me in a creative dry spell that lasted nearly three years.

How To Weave the Gospel into Your Stories—Hint: Don’t Try

April 13, 2017
Student Contributor
Guest posts, The Writing Life, Writing Tips and Tools
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By Ryan Robidoux, Guest Contributor If you’re a One Year Adventure Novel student and a Christian, you are not unusual. Many “OYANers” write faith-informed stories. As Christian writers, we know stories are powerful, and we want to impact people with our stories. Indeed, that’s our calling, isn’t it? To share the Gospel?

Why a College Grad Chose to Start His Next Chapter with Our Writing Workshop

March 30, 2017
Student Contributor
Guest posts, The Writing Life, Workshops
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By Jim Viebke, Guest Contributor My journey to the 2017 Winter Workshop began seven years earlier when I first started using The One Year Adventure Novel (or “OYAN”). This is not just a story about the Winter Workshop, but also a story about how the workshop played an important part in my journey as a writer.

How to Write Battle Scenes When You’re Not into Battles

February 9, 2017
Student Contributor
Guest posts, Push Your Imagination, Stuck? Discouraged?, Writing Tips and Tools
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By Avrie Roberts, Guest Contributor If you’re non-military minded, like me, the thought of writing battle scenes makes you inwardly groan. Maybe also like me, you hate every attempt you’ve made at writing those scenes. You can get away with not including warfare in some stories, but what happens when you can’t avoid it any longer?

The Case for Religion in Your Novel

February 3, 2017
Student Contributor
Culture, Guest posts, Push Your Imagination, World building
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By Jerah Miller, Guest Contributer Decisions are a necessary evil when it comes to writing fiction. There’s one choice, though, that is passed over with very little thought; it’s this very decision, however, that I would argue needs to be one of the hardest to make. To write religion or not to write religion, that is the question.