When winter cold freezes the water trapped in cracks in the road, the ice expands the cracks and breaks up the pavement. In the spring thaw, new words come to…
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Two may make company, three a crowd, but we, as a group, can produce unrivaled excellence when we combine our talents. This is what a writer’s group is all about.
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Your exciting research and inspiration has produced a 3,000-word article. Now you’re ready to post a wealth of information on your website page or blog. Everybody will want to read…
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Some writers wait for inspiration, and others have learned where to find it. We might paraphrase Matthew 13:52 like this: Writers in the Kingdom of Heaven bring forth treasured stories…
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Outside the church environment, our Christian language can bring a response like a German nodding to someone speaking Chinese. Herr Schultz might give a courteous smile, but he isn’t grasping…
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Anybody can sweeten sour lemons to make lemonade, but only God can use what we might think is worthless, changing lives, saving souls. A paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 1:27 might…
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Our stories are the most life-changing when readers feel like they’re in the middle of a desperate struggle, with obstacles that put the outcome in serious doubt. If we only…
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If you were raised among college graduates who only spoke grammatically correct English at home, you have an advantage above the majority of us, who grew up speaking local slang.…
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Yuja Wang may be the most gifted pianist in the world today, but it didn’t happen by accident. She grew up in a musical family, began her piano studies at…
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Sometimes we want a comma before the subordinate conjunction because, and at other times, we don’t. If we're not careful, the presence or absence of a comma can result in…
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