Scripture & Writing Series: Week 2

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Just posted our newest writing group lesson over at 1st Writes: Scripture & Writing Series: Week 2. This week's lesson looks at Jude 1:3 and the importance of the letter writing genre.  

Stop on over!

Ugghhh!

I'm working on a devotion. It's only 250 words. I've been working on it every spare minute for three days straight.  Why is it so hard to find the right words?

I know what I want to say, but...

IT WON'T COME OUT RIGHT!

It's so frustrating!

Spilling Ink - for Young Writers

I picked up a writing book for young writer's (hey, I'm young at heart!) called Spilling Ink by Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter. The book looks like a lot of fun. First of all, it is written like a MG book (bigger font, easy to read sections, etc.) and second, the cover is bright yellow with a huge ink spill on it. How could I NOT buy it? I can relate to ink splotches and scribbles and scratch-outs and....well, you get the picture.

Has anyone read this book or bought it for a young writer?  If so, what are your thoughts?

Also, I found the author's website Spilling Ink, which is packed with great posts! A recent one is about writing creative non-fiction. This site is an encouragement to children and teen writers (and me too!).  

A Bad Case of Revision Fatigue

I didn't know that the "blah" I've been feeling lately had a name, but after reading Nathan Bradford's post How to Deal with Revision Fatigue, I now know exactly what I've got.

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A bad case of Revision Fatigue...dum dum dum!

My symptoms:

--Disgust when looking at "the pile"

--Feelings of self-doubt

--avoidance of "the pile" 

--filling time with anything else, but "the pile"

 --general blah feeling within 10 ft of "the pile"

As you can see, most of the symptoms are related to "the pile" -- that partially finished stack of scratched out, added in, and completely rewritten words, that resembles a garbage dump. Someday, that horrid mess will be a book. And, it will be a better book for undergoing major surgery.

But, the natural consequence of doing a book revision is fatigue. The only cure is to complete the surgery, as painful as it might be.     

So, if you too are in the throws of this dreaded disease, like I am, make sure you read Nathan's post. It's encouraging and there is a cure.

Just finish the dang thing!

Scripture & Writing Bible Study

Looking for a Writing Bible Study? 

Our writing group is posting an eight session study called Scripture & Writing over at 1st Writes.

Please join us!