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7/13/2019 0 Comments

The Writer’s Paraphrase of 2 Peter 1:5-8

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Now for this very reason
…in your writing…
     …apply all diligence
     …supply moral excellence
     …knowledge
     …self-control
     …perseverance
     …godliness
     …brotherly kindness
     …Christian love
 
Diligence – steady application to one’s occupation or studies, persistent effort
  • Learning your craft
  • Doing research faithfully
  • Doing your best
  • Rewriting
  • Researching the marketplace
  • Willingness to keep learning
 
Excellence – state of going beyond a standard, performing at a higher level
  • Accuracy in statistics, facts, quotes
  • Not sending unidentified multiple submissions
  • Honesty and truthfulness with editors
  • Only sending what fits a market
  • Proofreading carefully
  • Never plagiarizing
  • Working to improve your writing
 
Knowledge – familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study
  • Knowing your category and genre
  • Knowing the marketplace
  • Knowing the specific magazine or publishing house
  • Knowing the basic rules of writing
 
Self-control – control of one’s emotions, desires, or actions by one’s own will
  • Not sending out a story when it is hot off the fingertips
  • Not buttonholing or monopolizing an editor or agent to talk about your manuscript(s)
  • Not arguing with a critique
  • Not monologuing in a class or workshop, but letting others talk, too
 
Perseverance – the holding to a course of action, belief, or purpose without giving way; steadfastness
  • Writing
  • Getting feedback and rewriting
  • Submitting
  • Not giving up, unless God tells you to
  • Commitment to a schedule of writing or to writing goals
 
Godliness – resembling or of the nature of God
  • Trusting our Heavenly Father, even if it means you are never “published”
  • Conforming to His will, even if it includes doing something besides writing
 
Brotherly kindness – being generous, warmhearted, charitable, helpful, showing sympathy or understanding, considerate
  • Viewing other writers as co-workers, not competition
  • Sharing with those new to the industry—this does not mean sacrificing your own writing or schedule
  • Being considerate when critiquing
 
Christian love – intense concern for another person
  • Encouraging others in their writing
  • Not bragging
  • Not putting others down during a critique
  • Rejoicing in others’ successes
 
“For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful …”
 
…in using your writing for our Lord Jesus Christ.


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