Saturday, 25 June 2011

Literature


Literature is as old as civilization, and it continues to pervade life in this electronic age. Read very comprehensive reviews of ancient and modern writings. Our writers have their topics about fantasy and adventure novels, Egyptian sorcerers, Allah and God, the Bible and the Koran, and many more. There are literature articles that give you tips about book collection as a hobby, the pros and cons of online book swapping and exchange. So read and get connected to the past, live the present and see the future through literature.
Do you like to read the Puritans? I love reading them and cannot express enough how important it is to read some of the great works of these most noble divines. It is not just an exercise in reading, but an adventure in practical and theological piety that procures as a result. How excellent is it to read the best writers on a given subject.
The puritans were no doubt the best. Between the reformers and the Puritans, nothing even comes close to true Christian piety outside of the Bible. All the major revivals were executed by God under the guise of the same Puritan theological stance, and the same reformed theology as what you will find in the pages of these books. Drink deep for the well is almost inexhaustible in our day.
How wonderful it is that God had providentially seen the reprinting of many of these great classic works and tomes of learning. Come, let us sit together at the feet of the Puritans that we may see Christ better and more intimately in the scriptures.
There are all kinds of errors we make when we start writing a novel, but some will always have a bigger impact on our success than others. I can tell you now that if you don't eliminate tdhese mistakes from your writing efforts, you'll face a severely up hill climb to writing success.
   And that's really too bad, because getting rid of them really isn't that difficult. All that is required is a little effort and some simple solutions…
   And if it's any comfort, virtually every author (if they'll admit it) faced the same mistakes sometime in their writing career. So you're not alone. From the greatest to the most modest, they al started out doubting themselves, wondering if maybe they should be doing something else, wondering why their first efforts weren't meeting with the wild success that other authors had. It wasn't until they corrected these mistakes in their efforts that they started to see the success they're enjoying now.
When an editor opens up the envelope containing your manuscript and begins to read, you have 10 seconds to get her attention. If she’s not captivated by the end of the first page (or maybe the second page if she’s having a good day), it’s not likely she’ll continue.
If that sounds harsh, think about this: editors have more patience than your juvenile audience. So how do you guarantee that your readers will keep reading? The first sentence must be active, must pull the reader into the book. The first paragraph needs to set the stage by introducing elements of the main character, the setting and the upcoming conflict. By the end of the first page, your reader should be so involved in the story that there’s no turning back.
Sound difficult? It is. Beginnings are so important that entire chapters have been devoted to them in writing how-to books. Crafting a compelling opening to your story takes practice, time and several revisions. But anyone can teach himself to write a better first sentence, first paragraph and first page by keeping one thing in mind: Begin at the beginning. Start your story at the beginning of the story, not the beginning of your character’s life. Don’t force your readers to wade through boring details of the character’s past, lengthy descriptions of the character’s family or home, or painful recitations of everything the character did since she got out of bed that morning. Ideally, your story opens with an event or a moment in your character’s life that signals impending change. There are a few notable exceptions, which I’ll talk about below, but in general you can’t go wrong when you begin a book with action.
The younger audiences of picture books (up to age 8), easy readers (ages 5-9 reading on their own) and chapter books (ages 7-10) can’t easily digest a lot of information in a short space, so you have to choose what story aspects you present in the first few paragraphs. Think about what’s important to young readers of fiction — they want to know what the story’s going to be about. So open your book by presenting the main character and the looming problem or conflict.

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