{"id":1281,"date":"2020-07-10T22:24:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T03:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fearofwhales\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2020-07-11T14:13:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T19:13:44","slug":"becoming-and-online-content-creator-again-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fearofwhales\/2020\/07\/becoming-and-online-content-creator-again-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Writing and Rewriting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"On As I look back on the hundreds of quick articles I have written. I think about their value. And there is some. Some substantial value even. It\u2019s just going to take a great deal of work to uncover and transform that value. The same is true for my body of sermons, or even the other sermons this church owns from previous pastors in their employ. here\u2019s the thing. Good content, whether visual art, writing, video, whatever, has two steps in it\u2019s creation. Making it, and making it good.<\/p>\n

First you write junk, and then you revise that junk until it\u2019s good. That\u2019s how you get good writing.<\/p>\n

There are some good Ideas I\u2019ve stumbled over in the last 10 years. I wonder if anyone will ever revise those ideas into something good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I look back on the hundreds of quick articles I have written. I think about their value. And there is some. Some substantial value even. It\u2019s just going to take a great deal of work to uncover and transform that value. 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