It’s incredible how God uses little scribbles on a page to bring about His work in the world. Scot gives ten excellent ways that you can improve on the challenging task of writing.
Here are Scot’s 10 tips:
1)Write and write often.
2)Read good writers.
3)Revise, revise, and revise some more.
4)Know your audience.
5)Get good feedback.
6)Finish your writing day by starting the next day. Write first sentence or paragraph for the next day as the last thing you do for your day.
7)Shorter is better.
8)Be yourself! Find your voice and lean into it.
9)Write for the Church in accessible prose.
10)Read aloud what you’ve written.
Want to learn more about and be mentored by Scot McKnight on your writing? Check out the Master’s of Arts in New Testament at Northern Seminary. Learn more at http://seminary.edu/mant or email Chaz at crobbins@seminary.edu
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The Kingdom Roots Podcast with Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett facilitates conversations about how the Kingdom took root 'then' and how it takes root 'now.'
Scot McKnight (PhD, University of Nottingham) is a world-renowned speaker, writer, professor, and equipper of the Church. He is a recognized authority on the historical Jesus, early Christianity, and the New Testament. His books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Portuguese. He is the author of The Jesus Creed, The Blue Parakeet, The King Jesus Gospel, Revelation for the Rest of Us, numerous commentaries, and is now writing a sixteen-volume series of reflections called The Everyday Bible Study.
Cody Matchett is a pastor, professor, and writer from Calgary Alberta Canada. He is a PhD candidate at Ridley College (Australian College of Theology) exploring portrayals of human character in the Graeco-Roman World, the co-author of Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call To Follow Jesus As A Dissident Disciple (Zondervan Reflective), and co-host of Kingdom Roots Podcast with Dr. Scot McKnight. Cody is passionate about bible literacy and engagement, psychology and philosophy, and all things coffee. He lives in Calgary with his wife Brianna, a counselling-therapist (Garden Counselling Services), his daughter Aletheia Theodora and his son Atticus Ignatius.