This month is the sixth 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 Aaron Warner’s article titled “Dear Church Member, Don’t Amputate Yourself from the Body of Christ” to talk about the principle that good writing results when authors and editors work together for the benefit of readers.

I also mention Carol Fisher Saller’s book The Subversive Copy Editor, Second Edition: Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and . . . Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) and my own recent collection of essays, Shephard & Sheep: Loving and Leading in a Local Church.

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