A Step in the Write Direction
October 14,
2013
Update: What
a good week (except for the Tigers’ 2nd game Sunday night)! While I
have one publisher for whom I proofread about 50 books a year, I’ve been praying
for one more. After my interview appeared in the local paper, a writer called me
to edit a book for her, being published by a Phoenix publisher. I sent that
publisher my resume and, so far, have had four proofreading jobs!...I also
completed 2 of 3 big jobs on my to-do list: sent out 135 letters/brochures to area churches
for speaking, and sorted out 16 trays of
slides. Threw away a bunch and now have only 10 trays. I also updated my
slide index…Yet to do: I sent 2
(lengthy) Easter poems to a program publisher who requested 4 more, so need to
finish those and take to my critique group Tuesday.
Confession:
For some reason I’ve been dreading Sundays. I love church (once I get there),
but seems like the thought of getting dressed and going somewhere wears me out.
This morning when I woke up, I prayed for those who would be there, for the song
leader, for the preacher—and for me. (P.S. It worked!) Once there, I looked
around at those nearest me and prayed for them too: A friend who lost her
husband with lung cancer after being married just 21 years; a woman whose
husband left her after 40-some years of marriage; a lady who had to move into
assisted living, a friend whose mother-in-law has cancer. And I’m sure they all
agreed with the words of my favorite chorus sung today, which will be the—
Song
for the Day:
For
all that You’ve done I will thank You, For all that You're going to do
For all that You've promised And all that You are
Is all that has carried me through, Jesus, I thank You
And I thank You, Thank You Lord
And I thank You, Thank You Lord
Thank You for loving and setting me free
Thank You for giving Your life just for me
How I thank You; Jesus, I thank You
Gratefully thank You. Thank You (Dennis Jernigan, performed by Mercy Me)
For all that You've promised And all that You are
Is all that has carried me through, Jesus, I thank You
And I thank You, Thank You Lord
And I thank You, Thank You Lord
Thank You for loving and setting me free
Thank You for giving Your life just for me
How I thank You; Jesus, I thank You
Gratefully thank You. Thank You (Dennis Jernigan, performed by Mercy Me)
Thought for the
Day:
If
you want to put across a thought (an idea, a moral) in your story, don’t begin
with that.
Before
you can reach your reader and make him come over to your side in his beliefs,
you
must
reach him though his emotions. You must make him feel. In order to make him
feel, let
him
experience a sensation or emotion with one of the characters (Phyllis
A. Whitney).
Laugh for the
Day:
A
minister was making a pastoral call.
Just before he left, he said he wished to read the Bible and have
prayer. The father turned to one of his
children and sanctimoniously said, "Go bring that book your father's always
reading." Soon, to the deacon's delight
and the father's embarrassment, the son returned bringing a copy of the swimsuit
issue of Sports Illustrated.
Writer’s Tips:
The following is a little long,
but it is a great way to study a magazine and its needs. Would be helpful to
fill out one of these for each sample magazine you’re considering as a market.
(I’ll be going into more detail on this at the Arizona conference November 1.)
If you’d like this sent as a separate sheet, email me at: dgood648@aol.com
PERIODICAL
ANALYSIS SHEET
Name
of Publication
_______________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________________________________
Email:
_____________________________ Web site _____________________________
Submissions
Editor
________________________________________________________
Frequency
of Publication _______________________Denomination
_________________
Audience
_________________________________________________________________
Taboos
___________________________________________________________________
Rights
Purchased _______________ Reprints?____________ Simultaneous
____________
Payment:
How much? ________________ When
__________________________________
Table
of Contents: % Staff written?_____________ %
Freelance?_____________________
Check
photos, illustrations, ads.
Read
Letters to the Editor? Reactions? Like to see article on?
Yes/No
Length
Articles
Fillers
Fiction
Columns
Puzzles
Poetry
Book
Reviews
Other
(Personal Experience, etc.)
Have a good week spreading
the
gospel
through the printed page.
Donna
Clark Goodrich
dgood648@aol.com
www.thewritersfriend.net
http://donna-goodrich.blogspot.com
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