Preface 1
Alfabet for writers 3
Article writing
Article checklist 10
Ideas for articles 11
Articles worksheet 13
Articled you can write 15
Leads launch your article 17
Bookshelf for writers
Tools of the trade 20
A writer’s best friend 22
Children’s Books, Creativity
Why children’s books? 24
Children’s book – for children 25
Creativity chore or challenge? 29
Disciple in writing
Disciple for survive 34
Fear of trying 36
Cut, cut cut 37
Editor, Editing, Editorials
Who can be an editor 40
Editors love you, writers 40
Editors – many heads, many hats 41
Editing – no easy task 43
What do editors look for? 45
How to write an editorial 47
Editorials – voice of the people 49
Fiction
Fiction – a three-act drama 51
Fiction – look around you 53
Plots – what happened next? 55
Fiction’s five W’s 56
Characters for your story 57
Namess for charecters 59
Dialogue 61
Short story analysis 32
Short story checklist 63
Moral of the story 65
Good writing
15 rules of thumb 67
Hints for writers
Maintain good habits 68
Write with emotion 69
Keep it smile 69
Say it clearly 70
Ideas, inspiration, interviews
Ideas – where do they come from? 72
Inspiration or perspiration ? 74
Inspirational writing 76
How to conduct interviews 77
An interview checklist 79
Journals
A writer’s storehouse 81
Key Words 84
Letter to the editor 85
Magazines
Magazine danger signal 87
Magazines do thing for readers 88
Magazines - why we love to read them 89
News
The ABC’s of news 92
News and the five W’s 92
News elements 93
Newsletters to the church 94
Missionary newsletters 97
Do’s and don’t’s of newswriting 100
Twelve rules of newswriting 101

Observe, organize, outline
Open your eyes 103
Organize your writing 104
A few thought on outline 106
Proofreading, punctuation
Why proofread 108
Punctuation signposts 108
Questions to ask your readers 110
Readers, research, rewriting
Four classes of readers 112
Readers – who are they? 112
Research what you write 114
Advice on rewriting 119
A rewriting checklist 119
Rewrite your writing121
Subjects, sentences, style
Select subject from experience 124
Sentences that march 125
Develop your own style 127
Training titles
Training writers 128
Titles that attract attention 130
Understand what you write 135
Vocabulary 136
Words, workshops, writers, writing
Word watching 138
Words are tools 139
Workshop and writers 141
Should you attend writers’ workshop? 142
Write to publish? 147
Writers - how to fond and train them 150
Writers never give up 153
Writing - a definition 154
Writing and swimming 155
Writing as plan talk 156
Writing the beautiful 158
X-tras
“And have no love” 161
Writing the 3H method way 161
Two prayers for writers 162
You as Christian Writers 164
Zest 166