2014-05-08T11:14:32-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/writing/ 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://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/a-paper-bridge-6654 2012-07-18T11:21:07-05:00 Give God a chance to take that relationship and mend it again, using that letter as a beginning, because that relationship's going to be a part of you wherever you go. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8390 2012-06-11T17:54:51-05:00 We are wired for visual imagery. An image can express – in a fraction of a second – a mood, a truth, or just an enticement to keep reading a text article. Use them constantly! Creative commons (i.e. broadly free to use) images can be found through an advanced image search at Google or Flickr. There are also many other sources of free photos, graphics and icons, including Bible images. 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/8048 2012-05-01T09:56:49-05:00 If you are a blogger, writer, speaker or storyteller, you may sometimes get stuck for ideas and inspiration. Copyblogger’s infographic could help you... 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...