Saturday, April 6, 2013

Seizing Control

Read 1 Kings 10-12

1 Kings 12:11 "And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."

We can only think that young Rehoboam and his buddies were too aware of their own youth and weakness to have given and followed such foolish advice. They felt they had to seize control of the kingdom by threats and a show of force.

When we write scenes of our characters seizing control, we might write it when the villain takes control of the situation that the hero must fight against. Or it could be at the climax, when the hero wins the day.

But we can also write nonfiction articles about seizing control. Those articles might concern how to handle a difficult child for parenting magazines, how to control an unruly classroom for teaching magazines, or how to keep from being bullied for kid’s magazines.

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