A Step in the Write
Direction
October 19, 2015
Update: This has
been an interesting week. One night our son and daughter who own a townhouse
heard helicopters overhead. The next morning their gate was open and the door to
their storage shed open. They’re guessing someone had hidden inside, so they’re
getting a lock for the door….Wednesday while my sister and I were in Walmart
someone broke the front driver’s window of my car. Safelite fixed it ($201),
then the next day I found out I have full glass coverage so insurance will
reimburse me….Our church voted on our new minister yesterday; vote was positive,
he accepted, and will begin November 22. After having our previous pastor for 19
years, it will be quite an adjustment, but looking forward to good days
ahead….Critique group meeting here again tomorrow so need to get house cleaned.
Two of our group are heading out-of-country: one going to Italy this week and
another going to Hong Kong and Australia. (Would love to climb in their
suitcases—either one!)
Thought for
the Day: God only illumines the next
step. not long distances ahead. We would prefer for God to illumine the way a
long distance ahead, but the flickering light of the Word shows only the next
step....It is humbling for the pilgrim not to know what is over the hill. But
this is a part of our spiritual growth: to take small steps without knowing what
is ahead but trusting God to bring good out of evil (Professor Rene Castellano,
Matanzas Seminary, Cuba. Imprisoned by Castro, eventually released. Cited by Tom
Oden, A Change of Heart, 237-238).
Song for
the Day:
In this world of fear and doubt On my knees I ask the
question
Why a lonely heavy cross I must
bear
Then He tells me in my prayer It’s because I am
trustworthy
He gives me strength far more than my
share.
Known only to Him are the great hidden
secrets
I’ll fear not the darkness when my flame shall
dim
I know not what the future holds, But I know Who holds
the future
It’s a secret known only to Him.
“Known
Only to Him,” Stuart Hamblen
Laugh for
the Day: A woman had a habit of associating a person's name with something
familiar in order to remember it. At one gathering she was introduced to a woman
named “Hazel.” Sometime later, they met again. The woman recognized the other
but forgot her name. She did, however, recall associating the name, and
impulsively greeted her new acquaintance with, "I'm so sorry, I can't recall
your name. But I remember you as some kind of nut!"
Writer’s
Tips:
Outlining Your Article/Book
When I first began writing I wrote
mostly short stories and devotionals so didn’t feel I needed an outline. Then I
was hired at a local magazine as a home and garden editor. For two articles each
month, I interviewed three business owners, sending them a list of questions
ahead of time and recording the interviews for more accurate quotations. When I
transcribed the tape, I found the article almost wrote itself. In preparing
these questions before the interview, in essence I was outlining my article. I
knew where I was going, which made the article easier to
write.
In my typing service book, I
outlined the book as far as the chapter headings, but I got bogged down in
writing the chapters. Then I realized I could outline the chapters just as I
outline an article. Later, when I wrote the tax book, I outlined it so
thoroughly ahead of time with headings and subheadings, that when I sat down to
write it, it took only thirty days to complete the entire book. I knew where I
was going.
The following shows an example of
how to outline. One important thing to remember is that there must be at least
two points under each subdivision. For example, if you have an I, you must have
an II; if you have an A, you must have a B. (Of course, you don’t need to have
this many.)
I. Main Topic
A.
Subtopic
B.
Subtopic
II. Main Topic
A.
Subtopic
B.
Subtopic
1. sub
point
a. sub point
b. sub point
1) sub point
2) sub point
a) sub point
b) sub point
Have a good week spreading the
gospel through the printed page.
Donna Clark
Goodrich
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