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Writing Tips for Speakers: Tip #15–Stay on Topic

One degree off course doesn’t sound like much. But if you’re on a spaceship headed for the moon, you’ll miss your target by more than four thousand miles. You won’t lose yourself in deep space if your writing wanders off … Continue reading

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Writing Tips for Speakers: Tip #14–Moderate Your Use of Scripture References

You love God’s Word. You know its power to shape minds and hearts and transform lives. But does that mean that the more Scripture references you provide, the better? It depends. In Bible studies and academic books, copious referencing of … Continue reading

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Writing Tips for Speakers: Tip #13–Vary the Length of Your Sentences and Paragraphs

Make short sentences your standard. They communicate effectively by giving information in bite-size chunks. Readers grasp “short” more easily than sentences crammed with multiple clauses and stretching from horizon to horizon. When a sentence becomes a panorama, you may be … Continue reading

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