Simplified: every novel is a risk. Will readers like the protagonist and the other characters? Will the story have appeal to the audience you hope to reach? Enough conflict? Enough drama? Enough resolution? Good dialogue? Will it?
In my last novel, I told you it was a risk creating that hero. Because he was a heroic man. Maybe not his entire life, but he couldn't help himself when the time came for him to step up whether in love or the pursuit and defeat of evil, he did. In many ways he was near perfect – but not quite. A protagonist like that is a risk. "Too perfect", but he wasn't. He was just the right man for the part.
My current novel takes another risk. Mostly dialogue either spoken or internal. A love story told by the man who's experiencing it. A bestselling author no less.
They are all risks. Authors must take them. And hope for the desired result.
Father, you are the supplier of inspirations. Apart from you, I can do nothing. Thank you is never enough. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
Into the Fire 
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