A Step in the Write Direction
October 5,
2015
Update: I’ve been a little under the weather the last couple of
days. The wind and rain hasn’t helped the COPD, but I think part of it is just
the last few months catching up with me. It has been busy!...I want to share a
story our interim pastor told last week, and that I found on the Internet. Food
for thought! “During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, there was a shortage of
currency in the British Empire. Representatives carefully searched the nation in
hopes of finding silver to meet the emergency. After one month, the committee
returned with its report. “We have searched the Empire in vain seeking to find
silver. To our dismay, we found none anywhere except in the cathedrals where the
statues of the saints are made of choice silver.” To this, Oliver Cromwell
eloquently answered, “Let’s melt down the saints and put them into circulation.”
(https://bible.org/illustration/melt-down-saints)
Thought for
Today: You have permission to rest.
You are not responsible for fixing everything that is broken. You do not have to
try and make everyone happy. For now take time for you. It’s time to replenish.
(Author unknown.)
Song for
Today:
I stand on the mountain of blessing at
last,
No cloud in the heavens a shadow to
cast,
His smile is upon me, the valley is
past,
For He is so precious to me.
Charles
H. Gabriel, “He Is So Precious to Me”
Laugh for
Today: Bob forgot his wedding
anniversary and his wife was mad. She told him, “Tomorrow morning I expect to
find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds AND IT BETTER
BE THERE!” The next morning when his wife woke up, she looked out the window to find a gift wrapped box in the
middle of the driveway. She opened it and found—a brand-new bathroom scale. Bob
hasn’t been seen since Friday!
Grammar
note (something I just
learned):
“Ever so
often” means “a great many times”
“Every so
often” means “now and then, once in a while”
Writer’s Tips: Ideas for Nonfiction
Articles
One
way to get ideas for nonfiction articles is to think of something you’re now
going through or have gone through in the past. Following are other
hints.
·
Use
the five senses.
·
Be
a people watcher.
·
Tell
stories your readers can relate to.
·
Think
back to the “good ol’ days.”
·
Go
through your photo album.
·
Share
an experience that makes your readers laugh or cry.
·
Look
for anniversaries of local businesses and churches. Go through old newspapers
and see what happened twenty-five or fifty years ago.
·
Walk
through cemeteries.
·
Look
up old city or state laws.
·
Visit
landmarks
·
How-to
articles. These are very popular. If someone has asked you how to do something,
you have the making of an article. Do you like to work on cars, fix computers,
do needlework, crafts? By sharing what you’ve learned through trial and error,
you can help others reach their dream.
·
Social
issues. What upsets you? What can you do about it? Would you like to help others
see the problem from a different point of view through your
writing?
Have a good week spreading
the
gospel
through the printed page.
Donna
Clark Goodrich
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