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Writing that Starts a Conversation
The extensive utilization of multisyllabic terminology and obfuscatory phraseology, coupled with an overabundance of manufactured verbiage, runs counter to the goals and…
The Godly Way: A Writer’s Pursuit of Truth
Beyond fantasies and wishful thinking, let writers publish stories that let readers experience truth.
Effort: The Writer’s Choice that Shapes the Journey
Effort must rise to the level of the dream, or the dream will fall to the level of the effort.
Before the First Word: Where Great Writing Starts
Ninety-nine percent of what looks like listening in the world is not genuine listening.
The Hidden Engine Behind Powerful Writing
The magic of story is that it allows us to vicariously experience the emotion of the tale and feel it so deeply that it helps us to navigate our own issues.
Patience and Persistence
Slow and steady wins the race. — Aesop (550 BC), The Hare and the Tortoise Patience is difficult for anyone, but for writers, it can feel especially tough.
Writing in Partnership with God
The words may look like clods of dirt on the page. But exercising our creative muscles will pay off. The clunky words will morph into musical phrases. Just keep writing.
Writing Through the Fog
Confusion is confusing because we cannot readily see the discordant parts that comprise it. — Thomas Harris Confusion isn’t loud, dramatic, or obvious.
Writing from the Fire Within
Keep in mind that not everything you write will be best-selling work. Some will not be stellar. No worries. Store those tales away for the future.
Perseverance: The Writer’s Journey of Faith
Rejection is not failure—it is direction. We take a moment to feel the sting … then we return to the calling that first stirred our hearts.
Need for a Co-Author
There’s always a new edge, a new skill you can almost—but not quite—do on your own. And that’s the best part of writing.
Supercalifragilistic Writing
Frequently a great difference exists between the words you need in order to understand yourself and the words you need to make the same thought clear to someone else.