There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic and is very challenging to describe.

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I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to...

I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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,...

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.,...

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.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.