By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills A reader asked me how I discover the antagonist when I write a story. The short answer is: discovering the bad guy or guys is as much a surprise to me as the characters and the reader. For those of you who know me … and…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Our characters experience life, and that means they can be wronged or they wrong someone else. Forgiveness can be a difficult task either for someone else or ourselves. It’s an intentional and conscious decision to get rid of resentment, hatred, or desire for revenge.  When a…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Genesis 1:26 tells us we are created in the image of God. To grasp what this means to writers, I would like to  explore three critical points why the gift of writing is critical to reflecting a Christian worldview. This will help define the joy and…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Phobias are an abnormal or irrational fear that a writer can use to enhance characterization and add conflict to plot. The fear is linked to something that results from a negative experience, shoving the character into obsessive behavior resulting in dread, horror, or sheer terror. To…

Tonight is Awards Night! The finalist have been chosen for the Selah and the Director's Choice Awards. Now it's time for the winners to be revealed. The winners of the Foundation Awards will also be revealed.   You can watch a live steam of the awards ceremony HERE.  Share the…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Writers have a plethora of writing projects from which to choose. Life is full of words and ideas that refuse to let us go—overheard conversations, history, local and worldwide events, movies, and other publications. Even when we dream, we are filling our imagination with ways to…