Tyora Moody

Focus

Recently, literary agent Terry Whalin talked about the danger of a single focus.

… in this entry on The Writing Life, I want to point out the danger of a single focus for your writing. I’ve met many writers who have only focused on their lengthy fiction project and never considered writing anything smaller like a short story or a nonfiction magazine article. Because of their single-minded focus, they have never experimented with the other writing forms to their own detriment. Why? They have failed one of the key ingredients for any successful writer and not built a body of work.

Kind of interesting read. About three years ago now, I never imagined writing a full length novel. I’ve always been pulled to this idea of writing a book, but figured it would be nonfiction.  While my focus now is on a few fiction projects, I still love to read and write nonfiction pieces.

There’s definitely a balance when you can flow in and out of writing about a character and then write about Christian living or a bible study, which being a teacher at heart, I love to do.

If you hadn’t noticed in the upper right hand corner of TyoraMoody.com, my other blog, CookieAisle.com is listed.  On Cookie Aisle, I tend to focus on my nonfiction writing.

The craft of writing is the same across the board whether it’s fiction or nonfiction.

It’s important to engage the reader and write tight.

If you haven’t already, check out my God’s Word Unwrapped devotion this week, All About Us (Or Is It?).

You can read the rest of Whalin’s post here.