Comments on: How to not sound so preachy in Christian fiction? http://languageisavirus.com/questions/how-to-not-sound-so-preachy-in-christian-fiction creative writing questions and answers Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:27:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: twinkletoes http://languageisavirus.com/questions/how-to-not-sound-so-preachy-in-christian-fiction/comment-page-1#comment-8737 twinkletoes Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:52:34 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/how-to-not-sound-so-preachy-in-christian-fiction#comment-8737 You should try to exemplify Christian ideals in characters without mentioning God and Christianity on every page. Also, have some characters that are still good, morally sound people who aren't Christian because it comes across as very preachy when it is only Christian people that are complex characters. You should try to exemplify Christian ideals in characters without mentioning God and Christianity on every page. Also, have some characters that are still good, morally sound people who aren’t Christian because it comes across as very preachy when it is only Christian people that are complex characters.

]]> By: cathrl69 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/how-to-not-sound-so-preachy-in-christian-fiction/comment-page-1#comment-8736 cathrl69 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:19:39 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/how-to-not-sound-so-preachy-in-christian-fiction#comment-8736 Don't have Christianity be the answer to every problem, and don't have all Christians as nice people and all non-Christians as not so nice people (some of whom become nice when they are converted to Christianity). Just have it be an important and positive part of your character's life. Don’t have Christianity be the answer to every problem, and don’t have all Christians as nice people and all non-Christians as not so nice people (some of whom become nice when they are converted to Christianity).

Just have it be an important and positive part of your character’s life.

]]> By: reignofcheese http://languageisavirus.com/questions/how-to-not-sound-so-preachy-in-christian-fiction/comment-page-1#comment-8735 reignofcheese Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:17:06 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/how-to-not-sound-so-preachy-in-christian-fiction#comment-8735 one idea is not telling the reader, but showing them. Don't state your intentions bluntly and thoughtlessly (which will repel the reader), but by expressing it throughout the entire book through ideas. Make the book about something interesting that anyone can relate to, that has nothing directly to do with religion or god, and make the religious part more of a general theme that is taken in more subtly over the whole read. one idea is not telling the reader, but showing them. Don’t state your intentions bluntly and thoughtlessly (which will repel the reader), but by expressing it throughout the entire book through ideas. Make the book about something interesting that anyone can relate to, that has nothing directly to do with religion or god, and make the religious part more of a general theme that is taken in more subtly over the whole read.

]]> By: BeautyBlitz http://languageisavirus.com/questions/how-to-not-sound-so-preachy-in-christian-fiction/comment-page-1#comment-8734 BeautyBlitz Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:32:43 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/how-to-not-sound-so-preachy-in-christian-fiction#comment-8734 Don't talk about God or religion in general in the story. Christians do more than walk around talking about "what would Jesus do" all day. Let the story be about NORMAL people who just happen to be religious and apply their beliefs to how they live their life. Don’t talk about God or religion in general in the story. Christians do more than walk around talking about “what would Jesus do” all day. Let the story be about NORMAL people who just happen to be religious and apply their beliefs to how they live their life.

]]> By: red city riot http://languageisavirus.com/questions/how-to-not-sound-so-preachy-in-christian-fiction/comment-page-1#comment-8733 red city riot Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:35:24 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/how-to-not-sound-so-preachy-in-christian-fiction#comment-8733 just don't do the usual "bad things happen, girl/boy falls away from god, gets mixed up in the wrong crowd, finally comes back to christ and everything is perfect." Make it real, make it where God doesn't really make your life into some big happily ever after marathon, he just makes the person better, not necessarily the circumstances. Teens want truth, the dirty, gritty, ugly parts too. So just make it real, and don't try to over spiritualize everything and you should be fine. just don’t do the usual “bad things happen, girl/boy falls away from god, gets mixed up in the wrong crowd, finally comes back to christ and everything is perfect.” Make it real, make it where God doesn’t really make your life into some big happily ever after marathon, he just makes the person better, not necessarily the circumstances. Teens want truth, the dirty, gritty, ugly parts too. So just make it real, and don’t try to over spiritualize everything and you should be fine.

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