A Step in
the Write Direction
February 24, 2013
Update: Not much to report this
week. Finished the 306 page editing job; now have an assignment of 7 devotionals
to complete before March 1 (which sure is coming faster than I expected, with
the short month of February)…I look at our hometown paper online every day and
suffer with those still experiencing snow and below-zero temperatures. But I
guess you appreciate the spring more after a winter like this….Did you enjoy the
Olympics? I especially liked the skiing and couples figure skating, but missed
the closing ceremony. When I think how many years those athletics have worked to
get to that place, it shows me that we, as writers spreading the Good News, must
also do our best to reach those looking for an answer. Our pastor spoke on
witnessing yesterday. One of the verses he used was “Come and see,” which
reminded me of a song my nephew wrote: “Come and See…Go and Tell.” Good
thought!
Thought for the Day: "God created the world out of nothing,
and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us." Martin
Luther
Laugh for the Day: One new
computer user chose the password MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouie DeweyDonald
GoofySacramento.” When asked why she had such a long password, she replied,
“They said it has to be at least 8 characters and one capital.”
Song for the Day:
Pressing
more closely to Him who is leading,
When
we are tempted to turn from the way;
Trusting
the arm that is strong to defend us,
Happy,
how happy, our praises each day!
—Eliza E. Hewitt, “Stepping in the
Light”
100-Plus Motivational Moments for
Writers and Speakers
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Writer’s Tips:
What Do Your Characters Look Like?
* Someone once said, “Describe your
characters so vividly that you would recognize them if you met them walking down
the street. As a teen, reading the Grace Livingston Hill books, I could
visualize one of the characters so clearly, she reminded me a lady at our
church.
* Christian novelist Carole Gift Page
shared at a workshop that she cuts out pictures of little girls and boys,
teenagers, parents, grandparents; houses—inside and out; yards; automobiles;
buildings in town—library, mall, etc. Then she selects those she will use in her
current project and hangs those pictures on a clothesline in her office,
referring to them often. This way her
main character who is blonde and five foot two doesn’t suddenly become a five
foot six redhead.
* Another author, while struggling with
characterization, was looking for a job and filling out an application blank.
“They sure want to know a lot about me,” she thought. Suddenly an idea came to
her, and she sat down and made out an application for each of her characters:
Name (different in different countries and different eras), Address (setting of
story), Objective (one-sentence theme of book), Education, Job History,
References (other characters in book). And, in the past, applications also asked
for height and weight.
Have a good week spreading
the
gospel through the printed page.
Donna Clark
Goodrich
www.thewritersfriend.net
"A Step in the Write Direction--the Complete How-to Guide for Christian Writers"
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