33. How Does Portraying Fantastical Characters Develop Christian Character? | with Julie Novak

How Fantastical Stories Explore Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Beyond

Read “deleted scenes” from an early manuscript for The Pop Culture Parent, which had more to say about specifically fantasy fiction! —E. Stephen Burnett in September 2020

Love Transforms the Beloved in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Stories

This fairy tale famously shows true beauty conquering a beastly form, but the original story worked a little differently. —Elijah David in August 2020

Fiction Friday: Daniel And The Serpent’s Abyss

Daniel and the Sun Sword, Daniel and the Triune Quest, and Daniel and the Serpent’s Abyss are young adult, Christian fantasy novels exploring forgiveness, faith, spiritual warfare, and the reality of divine sonship. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in August 2020

Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone Newest Season Executes like Modern Day Parables

Season Two of Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone executes well the tradition of multi-layered storytelling. Still, these modern-day stories lack the solution-oriented parables of Christ. —Parker J. Cole in August 2020

Why Can a Book’s Movie Be So Bad? When an Adaptation Goes Astray

Why do adaptations of books to movies and other media sometimes fail? It isn’t always because they didn’t follow the book closely enough. —Heather M. Elliott in July 2020

From The Writers’ Toolbox: Developing Fresh Story Concepts

Take romance for example. Everyone knows that the traditional plot form of a romance is boy meets girl and they fall in love, but Things happen to keep them apart. In the end, however, they conquer, or their love conquers, and they get together. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2020

There and Beowulf Again: Providence and Plot in Tolkien’s Hobbit

Beowulf is known as a pagan myth, but it was penned by a Christian writer. The Hobbit borrows from Beowulf and shows how Tolkien used mythology to show forth Christian truths. —Anthony G. Cirilla in July 2020

Terraform Comics: Changing the Landscape of Comics

Terraform comics seeks to produce high quality stories that are mostly stand-alone and are not limited to superheroes. They treat contributors well and are accepting submissions! —Cindy Koepp in July 2020

The Female Don Quixote and Heroism for our Times

Arabella, The Female Don Quixote, shows us something about why we need a world with heroes. —Jill Domschot in July 2020

How Do the Fishmen and Pirates of ‘One Piece’ Subvert Systemic Racism?

The popular anime’s Fishman Island arc dove deep into pro–racial harmony: “If you hurt somebody, or if somebody hurts you, the same red blood will be shed.” —L. Jagi Lamplighter in July 2020

Looking Forward to Re-Creation in Eternity

Will heaven be a renovation of what we know or a re-creation? I don’t know, but realize what I hope for has more to do with my heart than my head… —Travis Perry in July 2020

The Crux of the Tragedy

All my adult life, I had intended to never read Romeo and Juliet. —Shannon McDermott in July 2020

The Chosen’s Speculation Meets a True Savior

Discerning the ‘Girls with Swords’ Trope

Free Original Storyworld Ideas, Part 9: Black Box Interchangeable Brain

What if technology advances so much that a brain could be saved in black boxes? Made interchangeable or modular? What if you could literally live as someone else? —Travis Perry in June 2020

What Jordan Peele’s New ‘The Twilight Zone’ Teaches about God and Imagination

Unlike Rod Serling’s narrator, who shows a problem and only observes the story’s end, God chose to step into the Twilight Zone with us. —Parker J. Cole in June 2020

Free Original Storyworld Ideas, Part 8: Magical Technology (A Little Problem with the Dilithium Stone)

What about magic in a story that would otherwise be technological? A Little Problem with the Dilithium Stone shows an example. —Travis Perry in June 2020

Free (Not) Original Storyworld Ideas, Part 7: Mine the Public Domain (Worlds of Weinbaum)

So maybe you’re interested in a free story idea that ISN’T original–there’s some great opportunities in the public domain. Example, Worlds of Weinbaum… —Travis Perry in June 2020

Free Original Storyworld Ideas, Part 6: Nanites in Space Weapons and Aliens

Nanites could easily be part of any science fiction future and probably should be featured in stories much more than they are. Here’s some cool ideas that relate to nanites–even a few for fantasy writers! —Travis Perry in May 2020
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