Saturday, Dec. 7
10:00 - 12:00
High Mountain Church
681 High Mountain Rd., No. Haledon, NJ 07508
We will share a light Christmas brunch
We have one week to complete our assignment: Write the all-important opening paragraph of a Christmas piece, fiction or non. Read up on Cecil Murphy's posts about Beginnings at http://
November's Focus was Choose your Verb
During the meeting Susan encouraged us to use strong, descriptive verbs. Prior to that, our devotional challenged us to create writing habits that can be described with active, not passive verbs.
It
is easy for us to substitute action with intention. Good intentions, careful lists and stated goals
can make us feel as if we're actually doing something when, in reality, little is being accomplished.
James knew how
readily we fall into this deception about our Christian life. He wrote, “Do
not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says" (James 1:22). He
knew that mental exercise is not enough in our Christian walk, physical effort
is also required.
The same
applies to our writing. Are we active or passive in our writing?
If you are active,
what verb describes your writing activity since we last met? Did you type or
edit? Stumble or soar? Research or outline? Submit or query? Limp or progress?
Whatever your writing
verb is, let it be a powerful action verb.
Take-home thought: Don’t merely entertain good ideas or inspired thoughts.
Act. Write. Research. Edit. Submit.
