Sep 25 2006
Athol Dickson on Evil in Christian Fiction
“We must decide what we mean by ‘realistic’ fiction. Here we move into the practice of good writing. The job of a serious novelist is to show truth, not true-life, which is a different thing. True-life lies on the surface, but the truth lies deeper down, beneath superficial preconceptions.”
An excellent post, on a great blog. Read it here, at the Charis Connection.
I wrote on the topic myself some time ago. The article, “Beauty and the Beast: Good, Evil, and the Art of Writing” was published in “The Sword Review.” Read it here.
