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Katie Brown
Oct 1, 2024
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Bethel Creatives Interviews
Bethel Creatives, no. 16: Katie Bracey
Interview conducted by Katie Brown in the The Crossings’s series on creativity and diversity within Bethel University’s student body. The...
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That Glorious Day
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Teagan Risher
Mar 5, 2024
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The Journey from Poetry to Faith
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Anne Clouse
Mar 5, 2024
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Number 35
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Corbin Greenslade
Mar 5, 2024
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Abby Blodgett
Sep 17, 2023
1 min read
Editor's Tips
Experiment with Writing Prompts
As discussed before, writing daily can help improve the overall quality of your writing; one way to help improve your writing, as well as...
Abby Blodgett
Sep 3, 2023
1 min read
Editor's Tips
Writing Tips: Write Daily
Writing daily is a great way to improve your writing as well as help you overcome the infamous "Writer's Block." If you are looking to...
Elijah Bansen
Apr 19, 2023
3 min read
Editor's Tips
Writing Tip: Villains
Have you ever come across a villain in a story who could only be described as cartoonishly evil? Did they at all seem like a force to be...
Elijah Bansen
Apr 12, 2023
4 min read
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Writing Tip: The Narrative Rope
Plotlines are one of the most essential pieces that make up any story. I like to imagine each plotline as its own narrative thread that...
Elijah Bansen
Jan 23, 2023
3 min read
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Writing Tips: God Can Break His Own Rules... and So Can You
One thing I love to see in cleverly written stories is when they maintain a respectful relationship with their own rules. Believe it or...
Elijah Bansen
Oct 27, 2022
2 min read
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Writing Tips: Actions Have Consequences
When attempting to write believable interactions between characters in your story, one of the most important things to keep in mind is...
Elijah Bansen
Oct 20, 2022
1 min read
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Writing Tips: Creating Dynamic Environments
Imagine this: One day, gold suddenly begins to rain from the sky! It fills the streets, covers pathways, and collects everywhere in great...
Taylor Knight
Jan 13, 2021
3 min read
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Knight’s Writing Tips: The Sentence
The inescapable reality every writer must realize is the inevitability of an imperfect sentence. A story is made up of hundreds, if not...
Emily Oliver
Apr 4, 2020
3 min read
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Writing Tips: Building a Fantasy or Science Fiction World
Fantasy and Science Fiction are two of the hardest genres to write, especially if you plan to create an entirely new world. The first...
Michelle Moraitis
Feb 25, 2020
2 min read
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Writing Tips: How to Portray a Character's Emotions
“I’m sad” and “she felt angry” are oversimplified, boring, and clearly not the best choices for emotional descriptions. Sorry if I...
Emily Oliver
Sep 26, 2019
2 min read
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Writing Tips: How to Develop Conflict and Tension
You’ve developed a plot and created your characters. Now, for the hard part: you have to make your readers care. As your characters begin...
Emily Oliver
Sep 10, 2019
2 min read
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Writing Tips: How to Write Backstory
Writing backstory is a delicate balance. Write too much and your readers will get bored waiting for the plot to move forward. Don’t write...
Emily Oliver
Sep 3, 2019
2 min read
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Writing Tips: How to Develop a Plot
Traditional plot development traces the action of the plot through exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution, but...
Emily Oliver
Mar 7, 2019
4 min read
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Writing Tips: How to Write Effective and Convincing Dialogue
Writing dialogue natural and engaging dialogue is tricky. Dialogue between characters should be realistic, but it also needs to advance...
Emily Oliver
Feb 28, 2019
3 min read
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Writing Tips: How to Develop Compelling Characters
Every compelling story needs equally compelling characters, but where do you begin? Author Shawn Smucker, in his workshop “On Finding and...
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