Writers’ Coaching Corner (February 2022): Kick Strong

Writers’ Coaching Corner
Written By Benjamin Vrbicek
“Good writing kicks strong.”

This month is the tenth installment of a new feature on the Gospel-Centered Discipleship website to coach writers. Each month I take one paragraph from a GCD article to highlight some aspect of what makes for good writing. I’ll point out what made the writing work so well and how we can incorporate more of that writerly goodness into our craft.

This month I use Emily Pilkington’s article “When the Nest May Never Be Empty” to talk about the principle that good writing kicks strong.

I also mention an article in The Atlantic called “How I Demolished my Life,” Marion Roach Smith’s book The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life, Jack Hart’s books Wordcraft: The Complete Guide to Clear, Powerful Writing and Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction, and Jared Wilson’s book Love Me Anyway: How God’s Perfect Love Fills Our Deepest Longing.

You can watch all the Writers’ Coaching Corner videos here.

Benjamin Vrbicek

Benjamin Vrbicek is the lead pastor at Community Evangelical Free Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the managing editor for Gospel-Centered Discipleship. He and his wife, Brooke, have six children. He earned an M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary. Benjamin is the author of Don’t Just Send a Resume and Struggle Against Porn, and coauthor of Blogging for God’s Glory in a Clickbait World. He blogs regularly at Fan and Flame, and you can follow him on Twitter.

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