Patrick E. Craig

Patrick E. Craig is an award-winning author with twenty-two published novels. He has won seven CIBA Book Awards, a Selah Award and a Word Guild Book Award. His work includes three Amish mysteries, six Amish novels, three World War II historical novels with a short story sequel, two anthologies of Amish stories, a standalone novel and a memoir, two YA paranormal books, and a redemptive romance. He lives in Idaho with his wife Judy.

Workshops–

𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭!

How do we write for a market that will not read “Christian” books? Here’s what we will discuss. 1. Building a base with General Market readers through relationship. 2. Crossing cultural lines. 3. “Literary-izing” instead of “sanitizing.” 4. Writing in “general-ese” instead of “Christian-ese.” 5. Writing with authenticity instead of religiosity. 6. Writing the best story you can to carry you across cultural divides. 7. Discovering the part of spirituality that the general market is interested in and putting it in your story. 8. Stop “preaching to the choir” and start reaching out to a world that desperately needs Christ. 9. Abandoning your comfort zone.

𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜. (𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 #𝟏)

One of the best themes to weave into your story is the theme of redemption. To give the reader this theme, you need a well-crafted redemption arc. A redemption arc is a type of character development that starts with your character or characters being a bad guy and ends with them becoming good or at least better at the end of the story. This workshop takes the author through the several steps necessary to craft a working, believable arc that will leave the reader riveted and enthralled.