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(Sorry for the delay in posting this week’s Parting Words From The WORD, but I’ve been in seclusion with my friend and fellow writer, Robin Bryce, as we’ve been finalizing a new book proposal. Thanks for your grace…grace…grace…)
“You’re just telling us what happens. What about show vs tell?”
“Your verbs are wimpy, wimpy, wimpy. And look how many times you used adverbs to try to bulk them up.”
“Where’s the conflict? Remember, no conflict, no story.”
“Look at all that head-hopping. Whose POV are we supposed to be seeing?”
If you’re attending a writing conference this year or sharing your work for critique in a writer’s critique group, you’ll most likely hear those words, or something like them.
But as we consider point of view, let’s remember there is only one point of view that really matters.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
I pray God’s blessing on the work of your hands and your hearts,
Vonda
