Week 7 Assignment "Blog Post Commitment"
Some writers begin a blog and promise readers a specific day a new chapter will postāwhich is why you need to be fairly confident that you have enough material already written down.
If you are an RMIOU Student or an RMI Minister, then most likely, NRP would gladly agree to publish your finished book.
1. What website would be most suitable? HOPE, LOVE, or HMG? If your book doesn't fall into one of these ministries, then consider Encouraging Women.
2. Just talk to your Husband about this because sharing your first chapter will be next week's assignment. This week, read through your ROUGH draft and make corrections.
Week 6 Coverāthe Fun Part
Designing a cover.
Week 5 Assignment is to "Flesh out" your story.
"Flesh out" means to add details or substance to something, making it more complete and understandable. It's like adding flesh to a skeleton, providing more information and context to a basic idea or plan.Ā
So, here's where you add details. Take yourself back in time and envision things around you, listen to the conversations, let yourself remember how you felt.
When you're talking, you are much more expressive. How you want your book to read is so it "sounds" like you speaking. Here's the best help I can give you. I know, I call out to Him every time
"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty and marvelous and wondrous things, which you do not knowā¦things to come, things you could never figure out on your own, remarkable secretsā¦ā
Week 4 AssignmentĀ
In week 3, I shared the story about my DIL's mother and her book. Because her story was fully written down in a Google Document, the next step was to:
1. Read through the rough draft and begin to
a) Punctuate with periods or commas. Using a colon or semicolon often increases the reading difficulty, so use them sparingly or not at all.
b) Fix spelling errors, this is when Grammar apps are helpful. JUST be sure you do not let an app or AI mess with how you speak, with your own unique flavor.
c) Develop paragraphs. LONG paragraphs are not reader-friendly. Instead, keep every thought or scene in your story, a short bite, so the reader keeps reading and nibbling.
NEXT TIME, you will be asked to COMMIT to this book of yours. Are you excited? I am!!!!!!!
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Be sure to COMMENT below with your completed Assignment: 1, a) through c).
Just share your experience. Did you work on one rough draft or more than one? Did you run into difficulty, and if so, how did He bring you through the process?
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Week 3 Assignment
The proper and easy way to write a ROUGH draft is to just start writing it down, telling the story with no punctuation.
Don't worry about your spelling.
Don't think about paragraphs. Just make it run on and on and fill the paper so your only thought is getting your thoughts, your story, written down.
The most incredible story of how this worked and a tremendous confirmation is when my DIL asked me about helping her mom with her "book." She told me that for several days, all she could do was write down everything that happened to her when she was a little girl. She shared the Google documents (see, a true confirmation), it was just pages and pages of writing.
So I explained that she'd done all the hard part, and I would walk her through the restāwhich is what I will explain in week 4.
Week 2 Assignment
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE ORDER
Your book doesn't necessarily need to be in chronological order, in order of when they happened. Often, it's more interesting if you vary the order. What's fun and exciting, often with me, as I'm concluding a chapter, just in the rough draft (which is next week's assignment), He'll remind me of something that becomes the next chapter. Sometimes it's in my brainstorm list, other times it's not.
Then, under each prospective chapter, begin to type the story (voice typing is wonderful, so ask Him and try it). Just type the story as if you are sending a quick set of texts to a friend or maybe a woman you're trying to encourage (if you're writing an RJN).
You may even send texts to yourself.
Just be sure you are NOT working on your own, but you're talking to and being led by your Husband, who, after all, tells us He's the Author and finisher, right?
Next week, Week 3, we'll discuss how to easily write a ROUGH draft for each of your chapters.
Week 1 Assignment
Speak to your Husband about using your current BNN or creating a NEW Pen Name for the book you feel inspired and led to write. THEN WAIT.
Why do most of us use a Pen Name?
Use your BNN Gmail or set up a new one for this BNN or the book title. Again, speak to your Husband. THEN WAIT.
INTRODUCTION
Beginning Friday, May 2nd, Erin will begin posting an assignment each week designed to help the five RJN Restoration Journey Novel WRITERS become authors and how they can easily finish their books.Ā
Most women enjoy writing and could consider themselves "writers," but until your book is publishedāyou're not an Author.
This is just one of MANY insights Erin will be sharing after working with her Husband for over 35 years producing:
ā 102 Paperbacks and eBooks
Published in 14 Languages
38 Book TitlesĀ ā
As it says on the Home page of EncouragingBookstore.com
IF you've felt inspired to write your own RJN, now is the time to sign up by commenting below, letting us know if you have already started, and any questions Erin might be able to answer.
Another NEW book option is based on how Erin is writing her new book about her sister. He pointed out it is like a WOT "Word of Their Testimony" but it's WOYT "Word of YOUR Testimony."Ā Erin will be sharing step-by-step how to accomplish this, working WITH HIM.Ā
Even though Erin has never been busier, her Husband reminded her, after she agreed to commit to this seminar, His promise, āGive, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measureāpressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in returnā and āThere is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, and there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want. The generous man will be prosperous, and he who waters will himself be wateredā (P1124)Ā
What person will you be?
Please speak to your Husband, and then ālet Erin know by commenting below, along with if you're hoping to write an RJN or WYT! Be sure to let us know if you're an RMIOU Student. If not, you can quickly enroll.