Write Better

Christianity Today 2020 Book of the Year Award, Culture and the Arts

PrefacePart I: The Craft of Writing1. Finding an Opening2. Knowing Your Audience3. Giving Structure4. The Character of Persuasion5. The Craft of Persuasion6. Creating Dramatic Nonfiction7. Cracking Our Writer's Block8. The Nuts, Bolts, Hammers, and Saws of Good Rewriting9. We Remember Endings First10. Titles That WorkPart II: The Art of Writing11. Creativity, the Mysterious Muse12. Breaking the Rules13. The Key to Powerful Prose-Tone14. For the Love of Metaphor15. Less Is MorePart III: The Spirituality of Writing16. Called to Write17. The Quest for Voice18. The Spirituality of Writing About Yourself19. Spiritual Authority and Writing20. The Courage to Create and Let Go21. Stewards with a MessageAppendix A: Get Thee to a PlatformAppendix B: Editors and Agents Do Make Cowards of Us AllAppendix C: The Coauthor Doth Protest Too Much, MethinksAppendix D: To Self-Publish or Not to Self-PublishAppendix E: The Copyright's the ThingOnline Resources from Andrew T. Le PeauRecommended ReadingNotesIndex