Rick Killian
Lessons from a ghost . . .Read moreStorytelling is
the most powerful
way to put ideas
into the world today.
Stories are the creative
conversion of life itself
into a more powerful,
clearer,
more meaningful experience.
They are the currency
of human contact.—Robert McKee
The Writing Process: From Idea to Great Book
Tens of thousands of books are published every year, but very few have any kind of impact, let alone hit a bestseller’s list. While there are tons of promises out there for programs that will get you a bestseller, writing a great book doesn’t happen...
Read moreI would stand and
look out over
the roofs of Paris
and think, “Do not worry.
You have always written
before and
you will write now.
All you have to do is write
one true sentence.
Write the truest sentence
that you know.”—Ernest Hemingway
A Moveable Feast
The Great Reset of American Aid
For the last several months, I have been working with a former World Vision employee writing a memoir about his odyssey as an African aid worker. He now works for the UN. As I type this, he’s in the midst of closing health clinics and sending home those who work...
Read moreThe shortest distance
between two people
is a story.― Patti Digh
Five Reasons You Should Create a Book Proposal Before You Write Your Book (Even If You Plan to Self-publish)
The traditional publishing industry has been around a long time, and as much as it sometimes feels stuck in the past, it has also honed the process of publishing for success and profit. One of the tools it has created in that honing is the book proposal. On the...
Read moreExaggeration is
a violence of language,
which, in politics,
is full of the threat
of violence of other kinds.
Exaggeration—
extremities of generalization,
language overpowering
knowledge—
prepared us for
the Civil War.—Wendell Berry,
The Need to Be Whole
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