Christian Writers Resource: SearchWarp.com (SW) Connects a Mix of Writers

I am a Christian and a writer. I write about faith, family, politics, and writing---to name a few of my main interests.

I have been writing for SW for a while. There are many writers on SW that have more articles and readers than I have. SW helps me link with other writers and their encouragement. All of us go at the pace that fits us.

Sometimes a writer goes dormant for a while and sometimes he or she gets fired up and writes like a whirlwind. It's OK, either way.

If you are a Christian Internet writer, you do not have to write only for so-called Christian web sites.

There are many places where Christian writers can receive good feedback and exposure for your ideas, knowledge, and experiences that could help others. My advice is to keep trying to keep others' interests as well as your own in mind. 

Christian writers can interest non-Christians without watering down true beliefs. In writing well for a larger audience, the Christian writer can inform, entertain, and possibly help more readers than imagined before.

Key SW advantages for all writers are:

·        Star ratings, one to five, for your writing, which is first rated by a volunteer SW editor; it is also rated voluntarily by other writers if your titles and writing catch their attention;

·       Rights control;

·       Internet exposure if you want it, once you submit an article, which means you are opening it up for the Internet;

·         Non-public options; you have the option to keep your writing to yourself or within the SW community;

·         Abundance of categories; there is a host of categories and sub-categories to choose from; and, very important:

--Contact is easy; you can contact SW if you have questions; your comments and those of others must fit within appropriate standards for dissemination on SW.

--SW provides writing tips and guidelines, as well as comment tips for rating articles.

--The editing option with your article files is accessible with login, and this allows you to correct or change articles.

I once wrote an article about writing that got no attention on SW, but I forgot about it and did not write for SW for a while due to busyness, etc. One day going through my SW articles, I took a look at that one and saw it was an embarrassing example of awful writing! Where had my mind been the day I wrote that?!

Since no one had commented on it (wonder why!), I could change it entirely. I changed the title, too. It's all better now.

In the "Select Article Category" section needed to submit a new article within your account/login, the Society Category includes a "Christianity" sub-category. Or, express your faith in other categories, as you wish.

Here is a general description of current SW writers: 

--Beginning or advanced writers with or without all the grammar and spelling rules worked out.

--Writers that like to write articles.

--Writers interested in submitting, now or later, to the Internet or keeping articles within one Internet site, like SW.

--Writers that like to help other writers while helping himself or herself.

--Writers that want to be part of a writing community with respectful guidelines.

--Writers that show they want to move forward, think more clearly, organize writing better, perhaps write faster, and definitely use time more wisely.

--Writers of short stories or poetry, as well as articles.

--Writers that want to keep all rights to their work or maybe later allow it to reach the Internet.

--Writers that want to use their articles more than once, as it appears on SW or with changes, for their newsletters or other writing outlets.

If you are a Christian writer, see if SW interests you: Check out the guidelines and join. You will be welcomed and you can begin to learn how to express yourself better.

The exercise of writing for SW and learning there can enable you to be as active a Christian and a writer as you want or can be in a writers' community.

» left by Jean Horst

3 years 171 days ago.
175 fans.

Jane,

 

Wow, I have never really sat down and tried to write a description of SearchWarp, but I don't think I could have done this better myself! Thanks!

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» left by Jean Purcell 3 years 171 days ago.
39 fans.

Jean,
Glad you like it. I decided to share this in an e-newsletter next fall. The article drafts have to start early, and along the way I thought, "Why not put it on SW and use a link in the newsletter?!" Hope some more writers will join. I appreciate your comment.

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» left by Susan Thom

3 years 171 days ago.
174 fans.

hi jane,

 

i agree with all you graciously wrote. i have been going through an extremely difficult year and a half, and it continues. one other highlight to searchwarp is that it has given me an escape, and something to do while i wait to get through this period of time. i will forver be grateful. if not God sending me to this site, i don't know what i would have done besides write.thanks for sharing,

 

best regards,

 

sue thom

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» left by Jane Bullard 3 years 170 days ago.

Hi, Sue,
Thanks for what you added. I'm still trying to figure out how all the parts of SW come together, for there is a community here. I hope that your rough times get smoother soon! I pray for that..
When I sent a comment on one of your articles sometime recently I thought to mention but didn't, so will now....what you wrote about reacting to nature reminded me so much of my dad, whom I loved dearly...he was a dear person. He told me that when he was a kid he would crawl under the house and watch spiders and anything else crawling or hanging around under the house. He loved all of nature he could see right where he was. His book of birds is on the front table so I can see it every time I walk by.
Thanks for your writing on SW, Sue!
Jane 

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