The voice of Passion lives in my house. She’s dressed like my teenage daughter (on any given day that might be a pair of jeans, topped with a skirt, with a tank top under a short sleeved sweatshirt, and a pair of what my husband calls, her Wonder Woman arm protectors). Now, to be fair, my daughter has long moments of what I call sanity, where reason prevails, when I can convince her that no, her brothers aren’t trying to drive her crazy, even though they insist on leaving the bathroom…well, you know. And then there are the moments when passion takes over. When, despite our best efforts, life is simply too much, when she must play her music at the top of the allowed decibel levels, when, to put […]
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About Susan May Warren
Former Russian Missionary Susan May Warren is the best-selling author of more than 40 novels and novellas with Tyndale, Barbour and Steeple Hill, and Summerside. A Christy award and RITA winner, and multiple finalist for the RITA, Christy and winner of Inspirational Readers Choice contest, Susan currently has over a million books in print. A seasoned women’s events speaker and writing teacher, she is the founder of http://www.mybooktherapy.com an online community for writers, and runs a fiction editing service teaching writers how to tell a great story. Visit her online at: http://www.susanmaywarren.com.Author Archive | Susan May Warren
REAL Supernatural Aid
I’ll never forget the day my hubby came home from Moody Bible Institute’s Founder’s week, after listening to a sermon by Bruce Wilkinson…no, not a sermon, a challenge to go to Russia, to help the school system (yes!) teach a morals and ethics curriculum, to introduce the gospel to a country that had denied God for 70 years. His enthusiasm swept me away, and I was right there with him, ready to sell every thing we had, to pack up our life, and our two little children (ages newborn and 14 months) and hop a plane for Russia. Thankfully, God gave me a little time to prepare, but a year later, there we were, filling out forms. And I stood at the pinnacle of an incredible journey…and panicked. What if […]
Read the RestThe Big Reveal in Backstory
So you’ve whet your reader’s appetite with just the right amount of bread crumbs to lead them into the story. They knew, basically, that there is a dark secret in your hero’s past, a good reason why he needs to fight the dragon, or climb the mountain. So…when do you reveal the secret? I love HG TV….it’s sort of an addiction, I agree, but HG TV tells me that I CAN fix up my house, I CAN be an interior designer. (regardless of the truth!) I especailly love the show where they go into a really ugly room, and fix it up based on the stuff they have around the house (like Design ReMix). However, every HG TV show is the same…they present the problem, they show how they’ll fix […]
Read the RestDropping Breadcrumbs for effective Backstory
Oh Hansel, I’m so afraid no one will find us! Never fear, Gretel, we will drop breadcrumbs, and someone will follow… Let’s say you’re the woodcutter, now wouldn’t YOU be curious to know what is at the end of those breadcrumbs? (Especially if they were, say, Panera bagel breadcrumbs? So I might be a little hungry this morning….). The key to backstory is dropping just enough crumbs to stir your reader’s hunger for more. You don’t want to give them too much at the beginning, or they’ll get filled up, satisfied, and they won’t have an appetite to finish the journey. How much backstory should you put into a scene? Just enough to give the reader the information he/she needs to understand/accept the current action and decisions. To embrace the […]
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