Writing tips Write down a question While arriving at the edge of what’s obvious can be terrifying (often we’re overly eager to label it “writer’s block”), it is in fact a rich opportunity. If we can…
Writing tips Spiritual writing is hopeful. A writer of spiritual work believes that life is worth writing about. He or she believes that reflection and exploration will reap benefits. The spiritual writer communicates for the sake…
Writing tips The Thesis Opening Having a clear statement of your main point is an obvious and legitimate way to begin. The danger is that it can become convoluted and abstract. One solution is to…
Writing tips What Does It Mean to Be Creative? In a general sense, every human being is creative. This trait is not always flashy. Often it’s not called by its true name. But when you take the stuff of…
Marketing tips, Writing tips What’s the Gift? by David duChemin, from The Audience Academy, a bi-weekly email for artists, creatives and makers. I think the reason so many creative people get hung up on marketing is because…
Writing tips For now, my hands are full. No one owns God. God alone knows what is good. For reasons that will never be entirely clear, God has a soft spot for religious strangers, both as agents of…
Writing tips Spiritual writing is courageous. Otherwise it could never deal with the truth. Were spiritual writing not courageous, it would be impossible to do the hard work that makes the writing worthy of the label…
Marketing tips, Writing tips The Story Is Not About Us The larger point here is simple: the day we stop losing sleep over the success of our business and start losing sleep over the success of our customers is the…
Writing tips Spiritual writing is true. It compels us to see the truth and worry over the truth and allow the truth to change us. Sometimes we must reassess what we have seen as truth and…
Writing tips On Revision Writing for writing’s sake is marvelous so long as the writer isn’t in denial about his or her dreams. Most writers, whether we admit it or not, want our creations…
