Writers’ Coaching Corner (October 2022): Pitch Professionally

Writers’ Coaching Corner
Written By Benjamin Vrbicek
“Good writing pitches professionally.”

This month is the first installment in the second season of the Writers’ Coaching Corner. 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 Timarie Friesen’s article “Publishing Truths and a Lie: An Interview with Benjamin Vrbicek” to talk about the principle that good writing pitches professionally.

I also mention my article “When My Church Was Washed with Butter,” Lara d’Entremont’s article “How God Humbled Me through a Church I Didn’t Agree With,” Jed Ostoich’s pitching advice in “The Editor’s Desk (Don’t Freak Out),” and my favorite novel by my favorite fiction author Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See.

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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