Today begins our fourth month in our 10-month training program for nonfiction writers! Get a quick refresher on “I Know I Can” Write Nonfiction in November’s unique program en route to November’s month-long challenge. For today’s prompt, your job is to define social media. Social Media Basics, Week #1 If you’ve been following along since January, you’ll notice this heading…
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Group Prayer Friday Today is our last writing prompt in the month of March. We began March with a question regarding the departure of Pope Benedict, and we end March with a totally different question regarding Pope Francis’ recent actions. Yesterday marked a day of observance for Roman Catholics. Holy Thursday is celebrated by mass goers who witness reenactments of…
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You may have heard about your Inner Child. Maybe you’ve even heard of your Inner Parent. Did you know you also have an Inner Editor? Sometimes also called the Inner Critic, the name you give this “other self” makes no difference; its function remains the same. It finds mistakes in what you write and pushes you to fix them—NOW—before you…
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Approach to Prayer Wednesday In the beginning of March, we discussed form prayers. Today, we discuss the opposite of form prayers, which is spontaneous prayer. There are many schools of thought associated with the benefits of one form of prayer versus the other. Today, I will not just ask you to reflect upon your current prayer habits. I will be bold…
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This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. Most aspiring authors think they know exactly what their book is about and why someone would want to read it, which means buy it. In truth, they often don’t. Typically, they have just a general idea. When…
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Prayer Definitions Monday This may be perhaps the easiest writing prompt I’ll ask you to do. I want you to look at your lifestyle and surroundings and carefully compose a list of 100 things to be thankful for. That is basically what a thanksgiving prayer is – – a prayer expressing gratitude. Irrespective of any religion we practice or choose…
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Group Prayer Friday The act of worshipping the creator of the universe takes many forms, as we have already seen. Two distinct ways people may choose to worship is in private or as part of a community. These two forms of prayer are uniquely tied to a person’s choice of affiliation or nonaffiliation to a specific religion or place or…
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