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A Novel Idea: Best Advice on Writing Inspirational Fiction Paperback – November 1, 2009

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Best-selling Christian fiction writers have teamed together to contribute articles on the craft of writing. A Novel Idea contains tips on brainstorming ideas and crafting and marketing a novel. It explains what makes a Christian novel “Christian” and offers tips on how to approach tough topics. Contributors include Jerry B. Jenkins, Karen Kingsbury, Francine Rivers, and many other beloved authors. All proceeds will benefit MAI, an organization that teaches writing internationally to help provide literature that is culturally relevant.
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    Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
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    November 1, 2009
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    1414329946
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (November 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1414329946
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1414329949
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches
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  1. Robin Jones Gunn

    Robin Jones Gunn

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    ROBIN JONES GUNN is the best-selling author of over 100 books, including the timeless Christy Miller series for teens. The characters continue in Christy & Todd: The College Years, The Married Years, The Baby Years and Haven Maker series.

    Her multi-award-winning Christian fiction includes the Glenbrooke and Sisterchicks series. Four of her novels have been made into Hallmark Christmas movies. The Father Christmas movies broke records for the network by becoming the most watched and highest rated movies in 2016 and 2017.

    Robin's popular non-fiction includes, "Victim of Grace" along with "Before You Meet Your Future Husband" and "Praying for Your Future Husband" both co-authored with Tricia Goyer.

    Robin is a frequent speaker at international and local events. She and her husband have two grown children and live in California. She co-hosts the "Women Worth Knowing" podcast with Cheryl Brodersen.

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    Writing fiction is Melanie Dobson's excuse to explore abandoned houses, travel to unique places, and spend hours reading old books and journals. The award-winning author of almost thirty books, Melanie enjoys stitching together both time-slip and historical stories including The Wings of Poppy Pendleton, The Winter Rose, Catching the Wind, Memories of Glass, and the Legacy of Love series. Five of her novels have received a Carol Award, Catching the Wind's audiobook won the 2018 Audie for Inspirational Novel, and The Black Cloister was ForeWord's Book of the Year for Religious Fiction.

    Melanie and her husband, Jon, have two daughters. After moving numerous times with Jon's work, the Dobson family has finally settled near Portland, Oregon, and they love to travel and hike in both the mountains and the cliffs above the Pacific. When Melanie isn't writing, she enjoys exploring dusty back roads, dancing, and reading stories with her girls.

    More information about Melanie and her books is available on her author website.

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Mrs. L
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 'how-to' for fiction writers!
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2014
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This 'how-to' type book is filled with lots of good information and tips from successful authors. It covers the basic fundamentals any author needs to incorporate into fiction works. This book covers topics from planning and mapping your novel to writing and crafting your voice to eventually preparing it for publishing (manuscript formatting and even writing the proposal and synopsis). This is definitely a reference book to have handy while writing! I have referred to it many times!
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Belac
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantabulios!!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2012
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This book was sooooooo great! Some of my favorite authors took part in it. So far, it's the best book on writing I have yet to read. And towards the back it has a list of other great books on writing. That's if you want to continue reading on the subject. I would recommend this to any writer at any level!!!
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Rita Stella Galieh
5.0 out of 5 stars A Novel Idea
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2010
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I'm still in the process of browsing through this book and know it'll be used for some time to come. A great reference on every facet of the writing game, this will surely stand the test of time & publishers demands. The opinions of its multi-published contributors gives the reader a host of well-researched insights! Wonderful. Kudos to these authors for sharing from their rich experiences!
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Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for the beginning writer like me
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2015
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This is the book that made me start writing. After reading the first chapter I started mapping out my story. A great book for the beginning writer like me.
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Jack E. Wetherbee
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2015
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Generally it is worth the read. It is oriented toward writers of Christian fiction,
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource!
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2015
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This a great resource for authors who aspire to write Christian fiction. It is loaded with amazing advice that will help out in every aspect.
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Chad Estes
4.0 out of 5 stars A Novel Idea - Help for Christian-fiction Authors
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2009
Tyndale has recently published a great reference book for those inclined to write Christian fiction. If you've perused the sections in a Christian bookstore you will find many shelves devoted to this writing. If you venture into a mainstream bookstore you even will find many of the same books in stock. Unfortunately, if you've picked them up you may have been disappointed with the story telling. Just because someone has added God content to their pages doesn't mean that the book is worth reading. Honestly, some of the worst books I've ever read fit into this genre. It seems too easy to give an author an easy pass on their writing just because their characters go to church, make good decisions, and don't have premarital relations or affairs. Maybe Tyndale published this book hoping to get a better quality of writing into the field. If so, good for them!

A Novel Idea is a collection of advice from "Top Selling, Inspirational Authors" including Francine Rivers, Karen Kingsbury, Randy Alcorn, Terri Blackstock, Robin Jones Gunn, Jerry Jenkins, and Angela Hunt. There are other Christian fiction writers that I wish had been included in this book based on their quality of writing, but I digress.

Part one of the book covers the "Fundamentals of Fiction" with chapters on plot, characters, dialogue, point of view, pacing, setting, and descriptions.

Part two covers, "Developing Your Craft" with chapters on preparation, the discipline of writing, finding your voice, writing with expression, and handling rejection.

The third section specifically covers the areas of discerning your calling and the distinctives of Christian fiction.

The last section covers networking and marketing with chapters on breaking into publishing and specific areas of marketing like blogging and promotion through social networks.

This book was extremely valuable to read through and instead of going to my "have read" book shelves, this resource will stay within arms reach for its insight into these areas of writing. If you are interested in writing, or you are a mediocre Christian-fiction author, please read this book.
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Sandi Garcia
5.0 out of 5 stars Title of book is well suited
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2013
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Remarkably well written book to guide God-centered authors with their writing craft. Very practical and actionable. Loved reading it, highlighting it, and learning from it.
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Hazel LUCAS
5.0 out of 5 stars A very useful book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2015
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I think this is a most helpful book. As a practising Christian, I have frequently wondered how to write good fiction without compromising my faith, and also allowing the spiritual side of my characters to appear, without being unbelievably clunky or sermonizing the readers. This book does address these issues and has given me lots of useful pointers. Writing a novel is still very difficult but at least I have more of an idea!!
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Cinnamon Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2016
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great book easy to read and very useful
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