The more I’ve promoted Write Right’s Emergency Hope Kit, the more Dean Young’s words come to mind. He’s speaking of writing, but he says it’s the “horrible work necessary to do to get to writing well, that is so difficult one may just not be willing to do it.”
Launching Satellites
A newly released film is like a satellite. It might transmit or not. I’m on the ground and have to find something else to do. – Keith Maitland
Work with Purpose
The Christian life asks for mind’s attention and heart’s affection. – Justin Cofield, The Austin Stone
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Video: Write Right’s Emergency Hope Kit
Today, I thought I’d let you hear me talk about the Emergency Hope Kit. I did say part of being a better writer is talking about projects, didn’t I?
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How to be a Better Writer: Talk about Your Projects
Writers tend to keep details about their upcoming work close to their vests, which isn’t surprising. Their ideas may not yet be fully formed. They may have been told to remain quiet about the “particulars” by their publisher or publicist. Even so, they should talk about their upcoming projects. [Read more…] about How to be a Better Writer: Talk about Your Projects
On Writing: Loaves and Fishes
Writing is like giving away the few loaves and fishes one has, trusting that they will multiply in the giving. – Henri Nouwen, from his Reflections on Theological Education
Writing – perhaps all art forms – dwell within the habitudes of uncertainty and bewilderment. I enter into the act of creating not knowing if I’ll create anything. A doubt underlies the thought: perhaps I’ve drawn my last drawing already, perhaps I have no more words to write. [Read more…] about On Writing: Loaves and Fishes