2014-05-08T11:14:32-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/write/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12302 2014-05-08T11:14:32-05:00 There’s a magazine from my childhood which has hugely influenced my thinking since. And it wasn’t Superman comic! It was WHICH?, the magazine of the pioneering UK consumer group CA. In what is now a common worldwide concept, they buy and exhaustively test various consumer products, and choose a 'best buy', or a range of recommendations based on various criteria. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/10676 2013-04-24T11:32:13-05:00 Many people still seem to feel that storytelling and humor are, if even used at all, minor elements to bolt onto the beginning or end of the 'real' message we are trying to communicate. In reality, these should be integral to all communication, embedded and inseparable. This applies equally whether it is evangelism, teaching, or advocating a nonprofit or ministry. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/10191 2013-01-17T14:46:38-05:00 Two journalism professors from Christian universities have teamed up to make a short iPad-only book that uses interactive content to help new writers snag a byline. "'A One-Step Guide to a Byline' is designed for new writers who want to know the bare minimum for writing an article for the popular press and it uses roll-over features, an interactive quiz and eight videos to help writers succeed," says Michael Ray Smith, project director and professor from Campbell University in Buies Creek. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9086 2012-08-28T16:29:16-05:00 "Oh, no, how did I miss that?" Unfortunately, in the eyes of many people, that grammatical error will rob your piece of writing of credibility. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8896 2012-08-08T12:51:18-05:00 Britain has fallen in love. The object of our affection? Jessica Ennis, UK's heptathlon gold medal winner. Before each Olympic games, UK chooses someone to be 'the face of the Olympics'. Their picture becomes a tangible shorthand that sums up our Olympic team and hopes. Picture choice is vital, both online and offline. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8252 2012-06-08T04:58:38-05:00 Communication only happens when the recipient understands the message clearly. Daily Writing Tips encourages all writers to put their copy through a readability tester. This provides a Flesch-Kincaid Grade level and a Reading Ease score. Readers Digest built its huge readership with a style that specifies an English level of the average 13-year-old. They also wisely communicate everything with storytelling. You may perhaps recall personalized non-fiction such as 'I am John's heart'. Wesley would run all his sermons past his maidservant, and simplify the stuff she did not understand. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7929 2012-04-20T10:46:08-05:00 John Cleese, creative writer, actor and comedian, has produced much memorable comedy. The classic TV series Fawlty Towers (1975-9) is widely regarded as one of the best television comedies of all time. It has dated little in nearly 40 years, and is available as a remastered DVD set. So you might think Cleese could teach us something about creativity – and you'd be right. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7781 2012-04-10T10:16:51-05:00 Bad grammar and spelling are key factors that rob a website or blog of credibility (see infographic below). So says Professor Fogg, author of Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do in the Stanford Credibility Project where you can read chapters 6-7 of his book. Web writing must also... http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/5783 2011-09-29T18:52:01-05:00 The flags are surely at half-mast in Walmington-on-Sea, the quintessentially-English south-coast town of Dad's Army. Farewell to its co-creator David Croft, who has just died. But what can we learn about effective writing from this show? http://internetevangelismday.com/larkin.php 2010-08-14T08:05:55-05:00 “Did I believe it? Did I care?” Poet and writer Philip Larkin made some valuable comments when explaining his criteria for judging the 1977 Booker Prize – a UK award for best fiction. His comments are a challenge to any Christian writer. If we write testimonies, the reader should find the story believable. Exaggeration, gushing, preachiness, will detract from the story.