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Thursday, February 09, 2006
Day 2 of Interview
Please follow me on over to Chris Well's blog for day 2 of my interview with him. You can leave your comments over there.
Thanks for taking the time to answer yesterday's FITOQ (fly-in-the-ointment question--your love of initials is rubbing off on me! ; D).
You said: " I am happiest when my books not ONLY entertain, but also MEAN something to the reader's life. But as the interview states, I can't achieve the "meaning something" part without the entertainment value. Because readers don't pick up a novel primarily to learn about God. They pick it up to be entertained. So I have to make that my first goal in order to ultimately achieve the second."
That may be the best explanation I've ever heard (read) for WHY a Christian writer should pay attention to craft--should write the best, most entertaining story we are capable of writing. Thanks.
Brandilynn, you are such an inspiration. I only hope than I can come close to the impact that you've made on Christian suspense! Great second part to the interview.
And I think I was so excited about the interview that I forgot to say Happy Blog Birthday yesterday!
Thanks for taking the time to answer yesterday's FITOQ (fly-in-the-ointment question--your love of initials is rubbing off on me! ; D).
ReplyDeleteYou said: " I am happiest when my books not ONLY entertain, but also MEAN something to the reader's life. But as the interview states, I can't achieve the "meaning something" part without the entertainment value. Because readers don't pick up a novel primarily to learn about God. They pick it up to be entertained. So I have to make that my first goal in order to ultimately achieve the second."
That may be the best explanation I've ever heard (read) for WHY a Christian writer should pay attention to craft--should write the best, most entertaining story we are capable of writing. Thanks.
Becky
Brandilynn, you are such an inspiration. I only hope than I can come close to the impact that you've made on Christian suspense! Great second part to the interview.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think I was so excited about the interview that I forgot to say Happy Blog Birthday yesterday!