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Christian Fiction: 7 Common Subgenres of Christian Fiction
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Christian Fiction: 7 Common Subgenres of Christian Fiction
Christian fiction is a main, broad category of Christian books that incorporates a Christ worldview, emphasizing themes of faith, morality, and redemption. Although some Christian fiction is very piou...
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June 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Despite the time between & the #March12,2027 #Releasedate for #TheExorcist:Martyrs there is already a strong wave of #PromotionalArt from this film. what is missing is a lot of #StoryElements that #DirectorMikeFlanagan is hiding from us so they can jump out closer to March... Boo! #Recycling
September 25, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Christian Fiction: Writing For the Heart and Soul wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #Christianfiction #brainstorm #storyelements #writing #drafting #storyelements #theme #JesusChrist #parables #theWordofGod #biblical #fiction #redemption #Christianwriters #WritingCommunity #writingtips
Christian Fiction: Writing For the Heart and Soul
Christian fiction is writing for the heart and soul of readers, and a beacon of light among other genres in the book industry. Although it might not be the most popular, it's a book genre that holds s...
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May 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Christian Fiction: Writing For the Heart and Soul
Christian fiction is writing for the heart and soul of readers, and a beacon of light among other genres in the book industry. Although it might not be the most popular, it's a book genre that holds s...
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June 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Point-of-View: The Eyes of the Story wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #pointofview #viewpoint #characters #narrators #shortstories #novels #fiction #brainstorm #firstperson #secondperson #thirdperson #omniscient #people #writingcommunity #storyelements #writingtips
Point-of-View: The Eyes of the Story
If you previously recall, point-of-view was one of the top story elements that I went over in my six essential story elements blog post. This particular element for short stories or novels is importan...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Literary Devices: Irony wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #storyelements #wit #literarydevices #irony #writing #drafting #fiction #shortstories #novels #writingcommunity #writingtips
Literary Devices: Irony
Irony is a literary device that can add wit and intrigue in one's writing, but it isn't commonly used as much as metaphors or similes. Nonetheless, it can work wonders for writers' stories in both nov...
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May 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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The 5 Phases of a Transitional Character Arc: My Character Arc Method wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #character #arcs #positive #negative #storyelements #literarydevices #stasis #turningpoint #resolve #normal #thewizardofoz #dorothy #plotting #writingcommunity #writingtips
The 5 Phases of a Transitional Character Arc: My Character Arc Method
Character arcs are important to show the internal, mental, emotional, and or spiritual development of characters in a story.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Literary Devices: Adding Color wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #storyelements #literarydevices #brainstorm #similes #metaphors #imagery #personification #hyperboles #alliteration #writing #drafting #characters #settings #fiction #shortstories #novels #writingcommunity #writingtips
Literary Devices: Adding Color
Like artists who paint on canvases, writers can also create beautiful images and pictures by the use of their words. Aside from literary devices that add style and add voice, there are particular lite...
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February 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The Stages of Writing: Stage 3: Plotting and Outlining wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #plotting #outlining #storyelements #characterprofiles #characterarcs #sublocations #settings #fiction #notion #stasis #novels #shortstories #writingcommunity #brainstorm #storyworlds #writingtips
The Stages of Writing: Stage 3: Plotting and Outlining
Plotting and outlining together are the third stage of writing. These two forms of writing are sometimes used interchangeably; but overall, this stage is the preparation that is made before authors wr...
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April 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Theme: What's Your Story's Idea? wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #theme #storyelements #shortstories #novels #books #ideas #writing #examples #writingcommunity #writingtips
Theme: What's Your Story's Idea?
Theme is many times associated with the message of stories based on the terminology we're familiar with from writing essay and research papers in high school and college. However, theme in the world o...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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5 Types of Book Series and Serial Literary Terms wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #bookseries #storyelements #literaryterms #static #dynamic #episodic #chronological #standalone #complexarc #wriitng #drafting #writingcommunity #cliffhangers #storyline #longarc #writingtips
5 Types of Book Series and Serial Literary Terms
One of the great pleasures of writing a book series is the different ways that writers can do them.
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July 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Second-Person Point-of-View: You, Your, & Yours www.mlbullbooks.com/post/second-... #brainstorm #storyelements #pointofview #secondperson #firstperson #thirdperson #omniscient #writing #plotting #outlining #drafting #shortstories #novels #fiction #writingcommunity #writingtips
Second-Person Point-of-View: You, Your, & Yours
Second-person point-of-view is the least common point-of-view used in fiction, and mostly present in poetry, self-help non-fiction books, educational textbooks, instructional writing, or interactive n...
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March 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Literary Devices: Adding Voice wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #storyelements #literarydevices #brainstorm #storyworld #worldviews #diction #tone #mood #dialogue #setting #description #wordchoice #WritingCommunity #writingtips
Literary Devices: Adding Voice
Voice is one of the most distinctive features within fiction and from authors' different writing styles alone. There are certain literary devices that can allow authors and writers express and show ch...
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February 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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The Stages of Writing: Stage 4: Drafting wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #storyelements #shortstories #writing #drafting #typewriters #dictation #wheretowrite #storyworlds #writingcommunity #computers #writingapps #writingmistakes #advice #writingtips
The Stages of Writing: Stage 4: Drafting
Drafting is one of the longest processes when creating novels or books and can take from a couple of weeks and months to even a few years to complete. Nonetheless, it's this stage where life is breath...
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April 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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A few story elements to expect in my debut novel. I'm glad October is here because I can't wait to share the cover!

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October 4, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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CHARACTERS: Creating Character Interviews & Backstories wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #characters #interviews #backstories #writing #drafting #storyelements #writingcommunity #writingtips
CHARACTERS: Creating Character Interviews & Backstories
Before writers write about their cast of characters, it can be extremely helpful to complete character interviews and backstories. Both of these forms of information can allow them to know their chara...
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June 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Literary Devices: Foreshadowing & 5 Techniques wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #storyelements #literarydevices #writing #drafting #foreshadowing #characters #settings #symbolism #literaryterms #dialogue #fiction #novels #books #writingcommunity #writingtips
Literary Devices: Foreshadowing & 5 Techniques
Foreshadowing is probably a common literary device that most seasoned writers have heard of before. It's when writers give hints of future events that are to come or will happen later within a story.
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June 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Theme: What's Your Story's Idea? wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #storyelements #theme #brainstorm #fiction #plotting #prewriting #shortstories #novels #writingexamples #books #literarydevices #WritingCommunity #writingtips
Theme: What's Your Story's Idea?
Theme is many times associated with the message of stories based on the terminology we're familiar with from writing essay and research papers in high school and college. However, theme in the world o...
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March 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Literary Devices: Adding Style wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #storyelements #literarydevices #brainstorm #allusions #foreshadowing #symbolism #flashbacks #flashforwards #thewizardofoz #writing #drafting #juxtaposition #shortstories #novels #writingcommunity #writingtips
Literary Devices: Adding Style
Literary devices are writing tools and techniques that can help writers intrigue their readers more into their short stories, books, or novels. These story elements are like the different flavors and ...
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February 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Third-Person Omniscient Point-of-View: The Invisible Narrator wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #storyelements #literarydevices #thirdperson #omniscient #pointofview #characters #storyworld #shortstories #novels #fiction #writingcommunity #writingtips
Third-Person Omniscient Point-of-View: The Invisible Narrator
Third-person omniscient is the one of the least common point-of-views used by writers within short stories and novels. From my previous blog post, I discussed third-person limited point-of-view and m...
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January 31, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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The Stages of Writing: Stage 1: Prewriting
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The Stages of Writing: Stage 1: Prewriting
Just as there are steps for a recipe, there are different stages of writing. Knowing the stages of writing can be beneficial in breaking down large book projects into smaller tasks. The first stage of...
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March 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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The Emotional Landscape: Creating Impact for Readers to Feel the Story wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #storyelements #literarydevices #emotional #landscape #writing #plotting #drafting #imagery #themes #storyworld #evocative #external #conflict #writingcommunity #writingtips
The Emotional Landscape: Creating Impact for Readers to Feel the Story
Whether through paintings, novels and books, news and journalism, or music, different types of creative stories can be powerful works of art and have emotional impact on the seer, reader, or listener....
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October 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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7 Specific Categories of Book Titles wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #WritingCommunity #brainstorm #books #characters #subtitles #places #objects #symbolism #storyworlds #actions #verbs #writing #drafting #storyelements #literarydevices #shortstories #novels #writingtips
7 Specific Categories of Book Titles
In many ways, books are like people, as each one carries an essence of life, inspiration, and influence of its own. You know what people say, "You shouldn't judge a book by its cover." But let's also ...
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March 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Thematic Significance: What's Your Story's Message?https://wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/post/thematic-significance-what-s-your-story-s-message #WritingCommunity #thematicsignificance #storyelements #brainstorm #shortstories #novels #theme #topics #writing #drafting #characters #writingtips
Thematic Significance: What's Your Story's Message?
Thematic significance is the moral, statement, or universal truth an author is conveying to their readers through their short stories, novels, or plays. It's the actual message a story's theme is abou...
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March 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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My books take place in the 1940s, and it would be strange if my characters never mentioned any celebrities or trends from back then. It was part of their lives.
Where this can get annoying is if the reference is very niche/obscure or if it's being done every five minutes.
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August 1, 2024 at 8:28 PM