Skipping Stones Choosing requires some skill, a flattish stone, smooth-sided that can hit the water just right and sail into the air, bounce on the surface, skipping against the liquid tension, going out farther and farther until it sinks out of sight, it’s full story told. So it is with writing, gathering words, sorting out the rough-edged ones, those with too much weight, that lack proper aerodynamics, and then lining up the best, tossing them out with a keen precision, hoping to fly the eye down the lines, taking each word in, over the full arc of true thought, to where it will sink into and lift the mind, igniting fire in the heart.
Stephen R. Clark is a writer who lives in Lansdale, PA with his wife, BethAnn, and their two rescue cats, Watson and Sherlock. His website is http://www.StephenRayClark.com. He is a member of the Evangelical Press Association and a regular contributor to the Christian Freelance Writers Network blog (tinyurl.com/cfwriters).
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