Writers’ Coaching Corner (February 2023): Foregrounds Punch

Writers’ Coaching Corner
Written By Benjamin Vrbicek
“Good writing foregrounds punch.”

This month is the fourth installment in the second season of the Writers’ Coaching Corner (S2:E4). 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 Timothy Wei’s article “The Speck You See in Their Eye Might Be the Exact Log in Yours” to talk about the principle that good writing foregrounds punch.

I also mention the book Blogging for God’s Glory in a Clickbait World by John Beeson and me, as well as Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz.

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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