SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters and an idea and write as a process of discovery. Like working without a net.

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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...

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

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...

While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc.,...

While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc.,...

It's made me more expectant of the imminent return of Jesus, and also more sensitive...

It's made me more expectant of the imminent return of Jesus, and also more sensitive...

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...

I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got...

I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got...

Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family.

Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family.

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,...

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...

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

He just kind of talks them through, and then I get the fun part cause...

He just kind of talks them through, and then I get the fun part cause...

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...

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...

The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear...

The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear...

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.

People are scared to death and they're looking for something beyond themselves.

People are scared to death and they're looking for something beyond themselves.

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...

Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is...

Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is...

In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the...

In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the...