Suggestions for writing a Witness for publication

A witness is a public profession. In the Cursillo, witnessing includes talks at Group Reunion, Ultreyas, on Team, on Weekends, etc.

Some witness requires more preparation than others. For articles published in His Banner and the website, please use these do's and don'ts as basic guidelines.

Do:

• make it a first person account: The words 'I' and 'we' should appear

• report on an action: what the Lord and I (we) are doing

• relate it to the Cursillo experience

• write as if you were talking to a friend

• use active voice where possible

• explain the "obvious"

Don't:

• dwell on one-of-a-kind experiences that no one else can duplicate

• preach, give advice, etc.

• use 'churchy code-words', flowery language, etc.

• underestimate yourself

• worry about telling us something we already know

• invest any time with special formatting

Our preferred form of receiving documents is Word for Windows, but we can read just about anything.

If writing is not your strong suit, we have a friendly and experienced editorial staff to help you over the rough spots, click here for help.