by Brad Pauquette | Oct 11, 2022 | Writing Tips
So you don’t want to use profanity in your writing? I understand, and that may be an admirable goal. But it also means you have a really big problem. In real life, people use profanity. You are putting a rule around your writing that will almost always diverge your...
by Brad Pauquette | May 31, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Time Management, Writing Tips
One of the most important questions I ask applicants to our Arche Year Cohorts at the School of Kingdom Writers is “This program takes ten hours per week. What are you going to give up?” Their answer to this question is probably the best indicator of their success in...
by Brad Pauquette | Mar 25, 2022 | School of Kingdom Writers, Writing Tips
Becoming a writer is hard. Statistically, it’s just as difficult as becoming an Olympic athlete or a professional musician. Yet as writers, we tend to believe that that anyone can do it and all it takes is a laptop. Even worse, we believe that we can do it all on our...
by Brad Pauquette | Mar 2, 2022 | Writing Tips
My oldest son wants to be a YouTube star. Not to brag, but he’s good at it. For twelve years old, he blows me away. He takes it seriously. He studies the craft of other YouTubers, reads book about it, and tries new things. What he’s producing is way beyond...
by Brad Pauquette | Aug 4, 2021 | Writing Tips
There are about six words that are ever-present in the real world, but taboo within Christian culture. How do we, as Christian writers, tell good stories about the real world without these six words? Is it OK for Christian writers to include profanity in their...
by Brad Pauquette | Jul 21, 2021 | Writing Tips
I met with an author yesterday to review her developmental edit. Like many first-time authors, she was struggling to make enough bad things happen to her protagonist, especially things that might be perceived as the character’s fault. Understandably, she wants her...
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