Inspirational

The Do’s & Don’ts of Devotional Writing

As the author of many devotional books including her latest for working women, “Fabulous & Focused,” and her award-winning devotionals: “Love & Care for the One and Only You,” “When Chocolate Isn’t Enough” and “Encouraging Words for Mothers,” Michelle shares strategies for creating a bestselling book. Specifically, she’ll teach you how to create meaningful devotions, how to find “the hook” to make your devotional stand out in this crowded category, and how to write intimate and personal thoughts with humor and “realness” without watering down the Word. You’ll also discover markets for those devotionals you’re called to write and the secret to breaking in!

Ever wanted to write a devotional for children, but weren't sure where to start? Allow children's devotional author Crystal Bowman to walk you through how to create a children's devotional, including special features to add and how to nail the genre voice. 

Devotional may be short, but can leave a lasting impact on readers. Devotional writing is a great starting point for writers once they understand the basics. This course will provide the foundations of writing and where to market of devotionals, and ideas for developing themes for devotionals.

An unpublished or less-experienced writer can break into newspaper writing by presenting well-written, locally-flavored, faith-based current events, news articles, or profile pieces to the editor of her hometown newspaper, earning valuable, often elusive writing credits to fill the pages of a resume. Join Julie Lavender and learn how to make the headlines with these newspaper tips and techniques that will chalk up the writing clips for an author's portfolio.