Overcoming the RESISTANCE
What is this naysayer within?” Have you encountered the Resistance in writing or in any creative endeavor? I bet you have. I’ve recently read The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your...
View ArticleMind Mapping For Writing
Let’s say you’re writing a non-fiction book. You have a great message that you feel will help your readers. And you’re in touch with a lot of what you want to say. You’re feeling somewhat...
View ArticleOne Minute
Inspired by Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington of the Civil War era … mentor of Martin Luther King … Benjamin E. Mays lived with a conviction about the sacredness of time – even one minute of...
View ArticleYour Mess Is Killing Your Art
Clutter is a merciless killer. More often than not, writers, like other creatives, tend to be disorganized. We’re surrounded by too much clutter. Are you writing or do you want to? Do a 360 and take...
View ArticleUncover Your Signature Writing Voice
Voice is one of the most important elements in successful writing. If readers do not pick up our unique voice through the words we write, they will tune us out and we’ll lose them. But if readers lock...
View ArticleWords, Language, and Writers
A word … a sound or combination of sounds filled with meaning. In essence, words are energetic and hold power: “Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Prov. 18:21 NKJV). They are creative,...
View ArticleFar Too Easily Pleased
“Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak....
View ArticleAppreciating Your Life as Art … a Beautiful Story
This is Nigerian writer, Ben Okri. He lives in London. Note his pauses in this short segment – he clearly values precise thoughts and well-chosen language as he relates his views as a writer. What do...
View ArticleHow to Make Your eBook a Run-Away Success
The world’s largest bookseller, Amazon, is now selling more eBooks than paperbacks and hardbacks combined. Successful communicators and business people see trends coming. They anticipate change and...
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