I mean, artistic processes are all about making choices all the time, and the very act of making a choice is the distilling down and the getting to the core of what it is that you care about and what you want to say, really.
Learning how to get a point across is pretty useful in any situation.
Style matters, but the real force of writing is ideas, not style.
There is nothing so important, so imperative, as the delivery of the divine message that has been entrusted to us.
The gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.
My famous line is 'Product is king.'
A good message will always find a messenger.
Lastly get emotionally connected to your story so you can deliver it, you know, if you can't deliver the emotions to your script there's no point to your story. Story is the key.
Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
I've learned to start from a really sound argument, boil down the essence of what you're trying to say, then build your humor around that, rather than starting with, 'This sounds funny,' and going from there.
Don't deliver an essay with so many points. No one can absorb it. Just say one thing... Of course, you can say the point in many different ways over and over again with different illustrations.
There are a thousand things to hear about, informationally, daily, but the thing that doesn't go away is the one to pay attention to.
My mom would always say this thing about writing - and I've taken it into account in a lot of things in my life - which is just, "Make it shorter." Figure out what you are truly saying, whittle it down to the essence, then say that.
Whatever else in the Bible catches your eye, do not let it distract you from Him.
The best part of a Reg Hartt presentation is what he has to say.
Hidden in a long text, there are perhaps three lines that count.
Everything before Jesus is preface. Everything after Jesus is appendix. Jesus is the story.
