CHRISTIAN or INSPIRATIONAL or Church Chick lit NOVELS:
CHARACTERISTICS:
- describes the heroine's spiritual journey
- the hero can be a pastor
- one character has lost faith
- one character is a believer
- the heroes find courage and strength in themselves to solve their problems
- no curse word
- deals with dating, love, work, dieting, but through a religious filter, in accordance with (usually) Christian beliefs.
- 50,000 to 100,000 words
EXAMPLES:
FICTION:
The Book of Jane by Anne Dayton & May Vanderbilt
Back to Life by Kristin Billerbeck
The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out by Neta Jackson
MOVIES:
"The Shunning"
"Healed by Grace"
"Fireproof"
"No Greater Love"
CHARACTERISTICS:
- describes the heroine's spiritual journey
- the hero can be a pastor
- one character has lost faith
- one character is a believer
- the heroes find courage and strength in themselves to solve their problems
- no curse word
- deals with dating, love, work, dieting, but through a religious filter, in accordance with (usually) Christian beliefs.
- 50,000 to 100,000 words
EXAMPLES:
FICTION:
The Book of Jane by Anne Dayton & May Vanderbilt
Back to Life by Kristin Billerbeck
The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out by Neta Jackson
MOVIES:
"The Shunning"
"Healed by Grace"
"Fireproof"
"No Greater Love"