1.  Everyone Writes

2. Life is a piece of paper white Whereon each one of us may write his word or two, And then comes night. Greatly begin! Though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime – Not failure, but low aim, is crime. James Russell Lowell

3. Where do your ideas come from?  My reading

6. Where do your ideas come from?  My reading  My living

8. Where do your ideas come from?  My reading  My living  My interactions with others

9. How do you tackle the art of revision?

10. It’s never done until it has been revised

11. How do you tackle the art of revision? The difference between the right word and the almost right word is really a large matter — it's the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning. Mark Twain

12. How do you tackle the art of revision? I listen to my editors

13.  Feedback is the breakfast of champions. Rick Warren

14. My editors

15. How do you handle “less than positive" comments from your readers? ?

16.  Listen

17. Proverbs 12:15 The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. Listen to our critics!

18. Proverbs 19:20 Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. Listen to our critics!

19. How do you handle “less than positive" comments from your readers? ?  Listen  Look for the kernel of truth.

20. How do you handle less than positive" comments from your readers? ?  Listen  Look for the kernel of truth.  Keep on writing. Stephen King

21. What happens if you get "writer's block"?

22. 1.Pray

23. What happens if you get "writer's block"? 1.Pray 2.Change my place and my pace

24. What happens if you get "writer's block"? 1.Pray 2.Change my place and my pace 3.Don’t quit

25. How do you know when God is prompting you to write about a specific subject?

26.  5 Things I Have Learned About Writing

27. 1. Writing is hard work

28. Writing is hard work The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis. Art is hard. Selling is hard. Writing is hard. Making a difference is hard.

29. Choosing the right word is hard work The difference between the right word and the almost right word is really a large matter — it's the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning. Mark Twain

30. How long does it take to write one post?

31. All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. Proverbs 14:23 NIV God honors hard work

32. 2. Writing takes discipline

33. Isaac Asimov wrote and published more Than 400 (!) books by typing non-stop from 6 am to noon, every day for forty years. (Poke The Box)

34. 2. Writing takes discipline

35. 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! 7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6:6-8 God honors discipline

36. 3. Writing takes deliberate practice How many hours?

37. 3. Writing takes deliberate practice 10,000 hours

38. 4. Writing is rewarding work

43. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground. Genesis 1:28 Cultural Mandate

44. 5. Write about what you love ?

45.  Everyone Writes