by Lori Hatcher @LoriHatcher2
When
you face a writing assignment with a word count of 250, do you clap or groan? For
me, writing with a short word count is much more challenging than writing with a
long one.
For
several years the editor of a popular anthology invited me to submit 225-word
devotions for her consideration. “Two hundred and twenty-five words?” I’d say.
“I can’t even build a porch with fewer than 225 words, and you want me to build
a whole house?” Crafting a devotion with a hook, scriptural insight, personal
application, and conclusion in only a few hundred words seemed impossible.
