So I am going through a bible study for writers, and it asked me to read Matthew 1 thru 17. As I was reading through it I kept trying to figure out what this all had to do with writing. I'm pretty new to all this Bible stuff, and although I've read and analyzed a lot of literature, this piece is a toughy. But this book has Parables. Simply defined, a parable is a simple story to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson. Well that's not just in the bible. A lot of stories do this. Fables. Fairy Tales. Children's books. They all use story to illustrate lessons. And isn't that the point of fiction? Not only to tell a good story but to teach....something? Obviously, you don't want to beat people over the head with moral. Readers don't want to be lectured. But they should come out of your story a changed person. Even a little. I write speculative fiction..closer to the horror genre than anything. And even I want people to le...
Scary Ramblings.