Good fiction must be entertaining, but what makes fiction special - and True - is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a larger message.

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People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading,...

People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading,...

Tim sends me a fairly ambitious workup in notebook form noting the passages we're going...

Tim sends me a fairly ambitious workup in notebook form noting the passages we're going...

My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and...

My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and...

As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase.

As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase.

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be...

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be...

I fear it's because religion is man's attempt to reach God, and when he feels...

I fear it's because religion is man's attempt to reach God, and when he feels...

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the...

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the...

Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday.

Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday.

In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus...

In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus...

Fiction has a unique role in conveying Truth. In fact, only fiction that is Truth...

Fiction has a unique role in conveying Truth. In fact, only fiction that is Truth...

Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to...

Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to...

The Christian market has less competition and lower standards.

The Christian market has less competition and lower standards.

The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea...

The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea...

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes.

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and...

Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and...

SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters...

SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters...

I think all fiction should be fair game for the Christian market, except porn, of...

I think all fiction should be fair game for the Christian market, except porn, of...

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself...

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself...