M. L. Bull 💙
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· Jul 3
Check out my latest novel, "The Pact of Freedom."
"A gripping and emotional tale of courage, betrayal, and the quest for freedom..."— 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤
Get your copy and go on an adventure! 🧭📙🚂
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Thanks & God bless 🙏🏽
"A gripping and emotional tale of courage, betrayal, and the quest for freedom..."— 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤
Get your copy and go on an adventure! 🧭📙🚂
Link: books2read.com/b/ThePactofF...
Thanks & God bless 🙏🏽
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November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Please support my Pangobooks Shop. It would be much appreciated. Thank you and God bless! 😇🙏🏽https://open.substack.com/pub/mlbullbooksandblogs/p/my-pangobooks-shop?r=52oxxn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false #substack #substackposts #substackwriters #bookshop
Hey, Christian fiction writers!
Come and join the Psalm 45 Writing Challenge live write-ins starting this Saturday. I'll be hosting four livestreams during November 2025.
Follow the lives on my “Journey of a Christian Writer” writing channel here: youtube.com/@JOCWseries
Happy writing! 😇
Come and join the Psalm 45 Writing Challenge live write-ins starting this Saturday. I'll be hosting four livestreams during November 2025.
Follow the lives on my “Journey of a Christian Writer” writing channel here: youtube.com/@JOCWseries
Happy writing! 😇
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hey, Christian fiction writers!
Come and join the Psalm 45 Writing Challenge live write-ins starting this Saturday. I'll be hosting four livestreams during November 2025.
Follow the lives on my “Journey of a Christian Writer” writing channel here: youtube.com/@JOCWseries
Happy writing! 😇
Come and join the Psalm 45 Writing Challenge live write-ins starting this Saturday. I'll be hosting four livestreams during November 2025.
Follow the lives on my “Journey of a Christian Writer” writing channel here: youtube.com/@JOCWseries
Happy writing! 😇
THE MAKING OF THE HALLELUJAH PRAISE SERIES // Ep 2: Prepping for 1st Draft of Book 3, Pt. 1 youtu.be/P6swqt2c3Ig?... #WritingCommunity #christian #urban #trilogy #book #series
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Join the Psalm 45 Writing Challenge - Starts November 2025!
A Writing Challenge for Christian Fiction Writers
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Join the Psalm 45 Writing Challenge - Starts November 2025! open.substack.com/pub/mlbullbo... #substack #substackposts #substackwriters #writingcommunity #christianwriters
Hey, Christian fiction writers!
Come and join the Psalm 45 Writing Challenge live write-ins starting this Saturday. I'll be hosting four livestreams during November 2025.
Follow the lives on my “Journey of a Christian Writer” writing channel here: youtube.com/@JOCWseries
Happy writing! 😇
Come and join the Psalm 45 Writing Challenge live write-ins starting this Saturday. I'll be hosting four livestreams during November 2025.
Follow the lives on my “Journey of a Christian Writer” writing channel here: youtube.com/@JOCWseries
Happy writing! 😇
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Hey, Christian fiction writers!
Come and join the Psalm 45 Writing Challenge live write-ins starting this Saturday. I'll be hosting four livestreams during November 2025.
Follow the lives on my “Journey of a Christian Writer” writing channel here: youtube.com/@JOCWseries
Happy writing! 😇
Come and join the Psalm 45 Writing Challenge live write-ins starting this Saturday. I'll be hosting four livestreams during November 2025.
Follow the lives on my “Journey of a Christian Writer” writing channel here: youtube.com/@JOCWseries
Happy writing! 😇
Evocative images are powerful story elements that can work wonders for the chapters and short stories or novels of writers. Watch this tutorial to find out key points when using them and how they can be helpful in the craft of writing. youtu.be/5l7C8CMvFgs?... #writingcommunity #writingtips
TUTORIALS // Lesson 33: Evocative Images | Writing Exercise 16 #writingtips
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November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Evocative images are powerful story elements that can work wonders for the chapters and short stories or novels of writers. Watch this tutorial to find out key points when using them and how they can be helpful in the craft of writing. youtu.be/5l7C8CMvFgs?... #writingcommunity #writingtips
The Emotional Landscape: Creating Impact for Readers to Feel the Story wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #storyelements #literarydevices #emotional #landscape #writing #plotting #drafting #imagery #themes #storyworld #evocative #external #conflict #writingcommunity #writingtips
The Emotional Landscape: Creating Impact for Readers to Feel the Story
Whether through paintings, novels and books, news and journalism, or music, different types of creative stories can be powerful works of art and have emotional impact on the seer, reader, or listener....
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October 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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In a previous episode, I've discussed six outside forces that characters could face in their story world. Watch this next episode about the seven main types of story conflicts and their differences. youtu.be/MQCQCl7emSQ?... #writingcommunity #wriitngtips
JOCW // S2E33: External Conflict: 7 Main Types of Story Conflict #writingtips
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October 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
In a previous episode, I've discussed six outside forces that characters could face in their story world. Watch this next episode about the seven main types of story conflicts and their differences. youtu.be/MQCQCl7emSQ?... #writingcommunity #wriitngtips
The 4 Conditions for Building Character Arcs in a Book Series wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #characters #arcs #plotting #characterdevelopment #outlining #conditions #fiction #novels #bookseries #movies #writingcommunity #writingtips
The 4 Conditions for Building Character Arcs in a Book Series
Writing a standalone novel is one thing, but completing a whole book series is another and much more challenging. On the flip side, writing book series can be beneficial to authors, allowing them the ...
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October 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The 4 Conditions for Building Character Arcs in a Book Series wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #characters #arcs #plotting #characterdevelopment #outlining #conditions #fiction #novels #bookseries #movies #writingcommunity #writingtips
The 5 Phases of a Transitional Character Arc: My Character Arc Method wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #character #arcs #positive #negative #storyelements #literarydevices #stasis #turningpoint #resolve #normal #thewizardofoz #dorothy #plotting #writingcommunity #writingtips
The 5 Phases of a Transitional Character Arc: My Character Arc Method
Character arcs are important to show the internal, mental, emotional, and or spiritual development of characters in a story.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Internal conflict is everything that happens within characters, but that's not the only conflict that our characters face. They also have to deal with their surroundings in the story world. Check out this episode about six outside forces in a story world. youtu.be/r8tiOQMFrnY?... #writingcommunity
JOCW // S2E32: External Conflict: 6 Outside Forces in a Story World #writingtips
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October 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Internal conflict is everything that happens within characters, but that's not the only conflict that our characters face. They also have to deal with their surroundings in the story world. Check out this episode about six outside forces in a story world. youtu.be/r8tiOQMFrnY?... #writingcommunity
The Stages of Writing: Stage 3: Plotting and Outlining wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #plotting #outlining #characterarcs #storyworld #settings #storybible #sublocations #fiction #book #series #writingcommunity #writingtips
The Stages of Writing: Stage 3: Plotting and Outlining
Plotting and outlining together are the third stage of writing. These two forms of writing are sometimes used interchangeably; but overall, this stage is the preparation that is made before authors wr...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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SETTINGS - Part 2: Interior vs. Exterior Settings and Subtle Details wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #settings #showdonttell #setthescene #interior #exterior #settings #subtle #details #natural #elements #sound #effects #writing #examples #writingcommunity #writingtips
SETTINGS - Part 2: Interior vs. Exterior Settings and Subtle Details
Interior and exterior are the two different types of settings within story writing. As I mentioned in my previous post of worldbuilding, interior settings are settings inside different places or build...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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The Inner World is the "meat and potatoes" of internal conflict. Watch to find out important components that make up the inner world of characters and what each of these elements are used for when outlining the inner journey of characters. youtu.be/EKSjVDt0Sjs?... #writingcommunity #writingtips
JOCW // S2E31: Internal Conflict: The Inner World of Characters #writingtips
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October 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Inner World is the "meat and potatoes" of internal conflict. Watch to find out important components that make up the inner world of characters and what each of these elements are used for when outlining the inner journey of characters. youtu.be/EKSjVDt0Sjs?... #writingcommunity #writingtips
Internal Conflict: The Inner Word of Characters wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #internal #conflict #backstory #emotionalwounds #motivation #emotions #monologue #personality #worldviews #plotting #outlining #storyworld #writingcommunity #writingtips
Internal Conflict: The Inner World of Characters
In previous blog posts, I've discussed the four operations in characters, and the generic and complex emotions characters feel when dealing with internal conflict. Now we get to the "meat and potatoes...
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September 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Took a chance for something I never did before. If this changes green and to "ACCEPTED*, I'll be so glad. Guess I'll see Lord-willing later in December or early next year. 🙏😇✉️ #WritingCommunity #writerslife
September 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Took a chance for something I never did before. If this changes green and to "ACCEPTED*, I'll be so glad. Guess I'll see Lord-willing later in December or early next year. 🙏😇✉️ #WritingCommunity #writerslife
Theme: What's Your Story's Idea? wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #theme #storyelements #shortstories #novels #books #ideas #writing #examples #writingcommunity #writingtips
Theme: What's Your Story's Idea?
Theme is many times associated with the message of stories based on the terminology we're familiar with from writing essay and research papers in high school and college. However, theme in the world o...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Theme: What's Your Story's Idea? wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #theme #storyelements #shortstories #novels #books #ideas #writing #examples #writingcommunity #writingtips
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The Stages of Writing: Stage 1: Prewriting wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #prewriting #writing #themes #topics #overview #mindmap #shortstories #novels #fiction #writingcommunity #writingtips
The Stages of Writing: Stage 1: Prewriting
Just as there are steps for a recipe, there are different stages of writing. Knowing the stages of writing can be beneficial in breaking down large book projects into smaller tasks. The first stage of...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Christian Fiction: 7 Common Subgenres of Christian Fiction wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #christianfiction #christianauthors #amish #biblical #fantasy #romance #suspense #historical #contemporary #writingcommunity #writingtips
Christian Fiction: 7 Common Subgenres of Christian Fiction
Christian fiction is a main, broad category of Christian books that incorporates a Christ worldview, emphasizing themes of faith, morality, and redemption. Although some Christian fiction is very piou...
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Internal Conflict: The Emotions Characters Feel & How to Show Them wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #characters #internalconflict #emotions #externalconflict #actionsbeats #dialogue #monologue #descriptions #storyworld #writingcommunity #writingtips
Internal Conflict: The Emotions Characters Feel & How to Show Them
Internal conflict is the inner battle within characters when they collide with external forces. Character emotion is one of the most important aspects of all fictional characters whether they're human...
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September 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Internal Conflict: The 4 Inner Operations in Characters wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #internalconflict #characters #writing #drafting #motivation #development #externalconflict #mind #heart #body #soul #writingcommunity #writingtips
Internal Conflict: The 4 Inner Operations in Characters
Let's say you're a hiker lost in a national park while being on a camping trip. You're troubled and concerned about your safety; but thankfully, you've brought a compass with you to help you find your...
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September 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Character emotion is one of the most important aspects of fiction characters. Check out this latest episode about the emotions characters feel, seven generic emotions, and four specific ways how writers can show their characters' emotions in their stories www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou80... #writingtips
JOCW // S2E30: Internal Conflict: The Emotions Characters Feel & How to Show Them #writingtips
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September 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Character emotion is one of the most important aspects of fiction characters. Check out this latest episode about the emotions characters feel, seven generic emotions, and four specific ways how writers can show their characters' emotions in their stories www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou80... #writingtips
Internal Conflict vs. External Conflict: How They Differ & How to Use Them Effectively wr8ter3.wixsite.com/mlbullbooks/... #brainstorm #plotting #writing #drafting #5Wquestions #storyscenarios #internal #external #conflict #writingcommunity #writingtips
Internal Conflict vs. External Conflict: How They Differ and How to Use Them Effectively
Imagine you're a firefighter that rushes to an emergency house fire. The burning flames and suffocating smoke of the house fire is the external conflict. Startled, you look on at the house fire and fe...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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