Beth is also a Christy Award winner, an ACFW Carol Award winner, and a RITA® finalist. Published by Tyndale House, the series includes Things I Never Told You, which won the 2019 AWSA Award for Contemporary Novel of the Year, Moments We Forget, and The Best We’ve Been. Beth transitioned to women’s fiction with her Thatcher Sister Series, which she calls “a Little Women gone wrong” collection of books highlighting complicated sister relationships. Vogt believes God’s best often waits behind the doors marked “Never.” She started out in fiction writing award-winning contemporary romances, including Somebody Like You, which was selected as one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2014. Most important: Remember to submit your idea to our Creator-God in prayer, asking Him to inspire you too.īeth K. That’s like tossing too much heavy wood on a campfire and putting out the flames. Brainstorm with one or two other writer-friends, but don’t talk the idea to death. Give the story spark the needed creative air to breathe. Don’t rush the process or you could overwhelm the story idea and walk away from it in frustration.īe willing to work the process – and yes, as I write these words, I’m reminding both you and me about this vital part of the writing process. The initial “what if” needs to catch hold of your imagination and grow into a strong, viable story with all the right elements. You need time and patience, to allow the story idea grow. Just like a campfire, a novel idea starts out small. After the tinder, you add kindling and then, slowly, you add larger pieces of wood so the fire catches and burns. If you add too much wood to the fire right away, you’ll snuff it out. It takes time and patience to build a good fire. You touch a lit match to the small pile of tinder and SPARK! You’ve got the beginning of a fire – but just the beginning.
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