Writer’s Wisdom

Mom paused to admire the photos placed neatly in her scrapbook. Each one brought back memories and told an important story. Johnny on his bike—he had learned it was okay…

Suzanne wanted others to share her victory, but she couldn’t find the right words. Other writers seemed always to say it much better. Thinking she was doing her audience a…

In 2003, the book Blind Sight. by James Pence, was published by Tyndale. Although it was well-written, with great characters and a wonderful plot, sales were less than spectacular. For…

Tom had season tickets to the TCU home football games, but he didn’t always go. This week, Bill, his coworker in the next cubicle, invited him to see a movie…

Johnny ran outside, looked at the petunias, then went into the kitchen. Outside again, he played with Spot for a minute, then went for a cookie. When the screen door…

The young generation sees a button and immediately wants to push it and find out what it does. The older generation, hands trembling, is not about to push anything without…

At a national conference one year, Jack pitched his book to a long-standing acquisitions editor for a major publisher. “This is interesting,” the editor said, wanting Jack to send him…

Early on Sunday morning, Matthew Jeffers saddled his horse and rode into town. This time he didn’t stop at the saloon but tied up at the old church, which had…

One teacher said to Becky, “Put a comma wherever you would naturally pause.” She tried that, but another teacher said, “You have commas where you don’t need them.” Becky didn’t…

After Willis Gramwell finished teaching his last-period English class, he stopped at the furniture store to buy chairs and a table for his dining room. He recognized the young clerk…