Building A Rock Solid Query Letter |
| Recently I reviewed a client's query letter. It was a hard working query letter, detailing the marketing prospects for the book, her own glowing credentials and the contacts she possessed that would ... Read
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Publishers Are Standing In Line To Publish You |
| As a publisher, one of the hardest things to find is fresh material for your ezine. There is a lot of material out there and it would make it very easy to just grab something and call it good. In fac... Read
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What Is In An Article That Makes It Good |
| Writing newarticles requires skill and continuous practice. But writing good newarticles requires more than these. So you would ask: "What are the components of an article?" "What could be the common mista... Read
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The War Of High Quality Writing Instruments – The Fountain Pen |
| High quality writing instruments have been around for centuries and continue to exist; from the first pencils in 1584, to the quill pen, to the reign of the fountain pen from 1925 to 1940. These high... Read
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Article Writing: 10 Reasons Why The Discipline Is Necessary For Any Internet Marketer |
| The hardest part about writing, is getting one’s self to actually start writing. Most writers usually hate to write but love it when they have finished writing. To be able to escape this process, wha... Read
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Self-Publish Your Book With National Distribution |
| Many writers struggle with constant rejection from the publishing world. A rejection, though a part of the industry, is difficult for writers at any stage in their career. You pour your heart and sou... Read
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How to Find and Hirer a Great Freelance Writer/Copywriter |
| Seek and Ye Shall Find? Sometimes finding a good writer can be harder than finding a soul mate because writing and copywriting are subjective arts and if you are not a writer, you can not see the dif... Read
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Writing Donation Request Letters |
| Writing a fundraising letter is not that difficult. However, you need to know what works and what doesn't before you invest your time composing your donation request. Fundraising letters have some ge... Read
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Writing For The Web |
| Writing is a specialized skill. Although almost anyone can string together sentences, it takes a certain level of training and experience to be able to make those strung--together sentences readable ... Read
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3 Keys to Better Online Copywriting |
| So you want to be a better online copywriter, huh? You may be good at writing –getting straight A’s for research reports and that sort of thing. But online copywriting is different sort of animal. An... Read
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7 Reasons To Publish An Ezine |
| 1. Publish A Free Ezine For Selling Products You could publish a free ezine or newsletter to promote your own or affiliate products, MLMs, etc. This is the most common format, and to work well requir... Read
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Reflections On Writng My Book |
| Several years ago I had some time on my hands. I was trapped in working in a mental health agency that was dysfunctional. I was merely one of many therapist’s trying to make a living – but I was u... Read
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No Clips? No Problem! |
| Writers who have no clips often believe that they cannot get work. That leads them to accepting underpaid and unappreciated jobs that in the end will not put them in a better position to land better ... Read
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How to Write a Well- Structured Technical Report |
| Writing is one of the highest forms of the human endeavour. Unless you can communicate to others the information, knowledge, and results you have gathered through experimenting, much of the value of ... Read
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The Secret Of Writing Persuasive Web Content |
| Writing persuasive web content covers a wonderful variety of writing techniques. You can use different voices, humor, inspiration, or sales copy. Every web page should have a purpose: To familiarize,... Read
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How To Handle Writer's Block |
| Do you ever sit down to write and feel as if you're plodding through mud to get even a few words down on paper? Do you wonder if you'll ever come up with a useful idea again? You may be suffering fro... Read
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The Surprising Maxim that Maximises Your Copywriting Results |
| Who was it that said, "Modesty is a virtue"? Whoever it was, I'm sure they weren't referring to the field of sales and marketing, where self-promotion is the name of the game ... or were they? Take a... Read
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Nine Good Irish Quotes and Proverbs |
| The Irish, those who hail the country of Ireland, both by birth and those who simply claim it, are a God-fearing and unique group of people. It is said that everybody has been an Irish Catholic at l... Read
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3 Little Pigs Went to Market But One Went Faster |
| I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” - Winston Churchill No, I’m not calling you a pig. Now that I have your attention, I want to talk with you about fini... Read
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The Simple Truth About Optimized Web Content |
| With all the roar about SEO web content, there is really just a simple truth we need to focus on. The benefits then become clear and profitable! To rank well in any search engine, the words you write... Read
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Tips To Help You To Write With Success |
| Writing is something that everyone can enjoy! Writing is freeing and fun and exciting, if you really let your imagination go writing can take you to places that you have never been before. The world ... Read
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Building Relationships Through Your Sales Copy |
| Whenever you try to sell anything you need to build a relationship with your reader. Few people will buy without this vital connection between you and those reading your sales copy. It doesn't matter... Read
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How To Guarantee Your Article Gets Published |
| There are literally thousands of article submission sites on the net today. Merely submitting your article to article directories does not guarantee that it will be accepted. Many article sites have ... Read
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What is Private Label Content? - Part 1 |
| Private Label Content is a great inexpensive way to fill up your website with unique high-quality information. We’ll show you how to differentiate your site from the thousands of drones out there who... Read
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Article Writing |
| Writing for the simple enjoyment of writing is something I throughly enjoy. If I have something to say and I want someone else read it or know about it then I put the pen to the paper or in this case... Read
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Sledgehammer -- Medical Fiction Thriller at Its Best |
| Looking for a good fiction book to read? Look no further. This medical thriller will have you glued to every page as the drama unfolds and an ER doctor must stop a biochemical nightmare from happenin... Read
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Finding A Pot Of Gold In Article Writing |
| If you have a website, then you have probably been bombarded by people telling you that writing newarticles is the key to successful marketing. However, unless you are a professional writer, article wri... Read
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Discovering the Great Movie Idea for Your Next Screenplay |
| I am lucky. I have no problems coming up with very good ideas for movies. If I never had another idea for the rest of my life, I would not make a sizable dent in the ones I already have. Screenwriter... Read
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Rewriting your Screenplay: The Road to your Audience |
| The promise of the rewrite is very sweet. I have collected evidence that the more authentic the labor put into rewriting your screenplay, the greater the reward, and the reward is high, for whatever ... Read
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Writer’s Tool: A Treasure Chest |
| While taking a creative writing course in college, my instructor introduced me to an invaluable tool—a Writer’s Treasure Chest. This tool is easy and fun to make and will come in handy time and again... Read
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Query and Cover Letters: A Quick How-To |
| Writing a good query or cover letter will demonstrate to an editor or publisher just how serious you are about your work and getting it published. There is a small difference between query and cover ... Read
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Bruce Willis Defends James Frey...And So Do I! |
| I was heartened to read Bruce Willis’ words in defence of James Frey on the website www.contactmusic.com. Not many celebrities are going to risk coming to the defence of Mr. Frey, no matter what the... Read
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Writing for the Web--Steps to Getting a Job Writing Content |
| Web writing is a good gig. I make $30 an hour writing at home. And although I sometimes wish my only companion during the workday were not run on electricity, I like my job. I wake up most mornings e... Read
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Ebook Power |
| An ebook is one of the most powerful ways to promote your business, while educating people with the knowledge you already posses as a business owner of a specific product or service. An ebook is the... Read
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Marketing Your Web Writing Service - The Top Two Ways |
| Marketing your web writing service is a huge part of a successful freelance business. Online marketing, networking, publicity, and advertising are such valuable tools, it's critical to know what work... Read
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The Secret of Persuasive Web Content |
| Writing persuasive web content covers a wonderful variety of writing techniques. You can use different voices, humor, inspiration, or sales copy. Every web page should have a purpose: To familiarize... Read
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Writing a Book - Tips From An Author #9 |
| Writing specific Genres What is a 'genre'? It's a fancy French word for 'type' or 'kind'. A 'Thriller' is a 'type' of story. Thrillers therefore make up a 'genre'. Some genres have become so 'reduced... Read
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Writing Successful newarticles |
| Writing newarticles The market for newarticles is greater than for any of the other traditional writing forms, and therefore really is one writers of all levels should investigate. There are very many exc... Read
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Defeating Writer's Block |
| If you're a writer, or a student, or anyone who's ever felt the desire or need to write, you know all about the dreaded thing known as writer's block. You sit at the computer, or your're at your des... Read
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A Strategy For Coming Up With A Great Book Title |
| Go into a bookstore and browse through the titles in the bestseller section. Book publishing companies hire high-priced people to come up with a title or “headline,” because book publishing is a big ... Read
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How to Start a Screenplay: Treatment or Free Fall? |
| Starting a screenplay can sometimes be as hard as finishing one. Impatient to pull up to the front door of a classic motion picture, I want to get everything right so quickly. This impatience challen... Read
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Ghostwriting for Fun and Profit |
| We've all heard of ghostwriters. For some, a ghostwriter is the ghostly assistant to junior detectives on a PBS kids' show. For most, however, a ghostwriter is someone who writes for another, in th... Read
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How To Learn The Art Of Creative Writing |
| The term creative writing is used to discern certain types of inventive or artistic writing from other general types of writing. The field of creative writing is broad and includes many different for... Read
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Blogging for money: a fabulous freelance writing job? |
| You've all seen the adverts. "Freelance writers wanted!" they scream from the pages of just about every freelance jobs site on the Internet. "Get paid to blog!" To many people, this sounds like some ... Read
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Secret Tricks For Making Your Writing Sound More Compelling |
| Online learning becomes more accepted, that’s why it is getting harder to identify, which online educational establishments require students to finish legitimate coursework, and, which are diploma mi... Read
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Neural Linguistic Programming - A Quick Guide |
| A writer’s life would be so easy If every time you wrote a document, or made a presentation to a new audience, they instantly understood the exact message you were trying to convey. Unfortunately, i... Read
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How To Cultivate Greatness In Your Writing |
| There's a television commercial, I believe it's for E-trade, that talks about how nobody wants to be an ordinary...fill in the blank. Supposedly we aspire to be better. Nobody wants to be an ordinary... Read
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All About Freelance Writing |
| Do you love to write? Do you have a knack for making words come alive on a page? You may want to consider freelance writing as a way to make a good living from home. Freelance writers write anything... Read
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The Subjective World of Book Sales Numbers |
| Nielsen BookScan reports 4.1 million copies of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold in the U.S. in its first 24 hours of release. Industry tracker, Scholastic, reports when sale... Read
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Become a Self-Published Web Content Writer |
| Web content writing is one of the fastest-growing areas in the writing industry. It helps potential writers from living the "starving artist" life, but it requires a huge commitment of time and a wil... Read
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Publishing Child Book? Top Ten Tips for Writing Book Pitches That Get Your Manuscript Read |
| Publishing child book? No matter how well-written your child story is, if you want to get published, you need to grab and hold the attention of publishers. #1 Grab their attention in 10 seconds or le... Read
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Book Marketing and Book Promotion Using Book Signings |
| As a book publicist I have a strong opinion about book tours. Authors tend to think they are a great idea because they see Bill and Hillary Clinton, Rachael Ray, Howard Stern and other big names out ... Read
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Writing a Child Story: 8 Elements to Consider |
| While writing an entertaining child story is obviously more art than science, most successful child stories pay attention to the following 8 elements. #1: Theme A good child story has an underlying t... Read
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Rejection Slips? Sock 'em In The Eye! |
| Don’t you hate rejection slips? If they make you despondent, then here’s a way to deal with them: sock ‘em in the eye! But first, you need to realise that the editor or publisher who had the gall to... Read
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Christian comic books or just another Niche |
| Christian comic book, auto racing, skateboarding, soccer, math or “clothed female superheroes” can all be considered a comic book niche. I call them a comic book niche because these comic books woul... Read
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Horror Movie Scripts - 10 Steps To Writing A Horror Screenplay |
| A horror movie has certain rules. If you break too many the audience will be disappointed. This is a very short, no fluff, blueprint of how to write a horror script. 1. The Hook. Start with a bang. S... Read
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The Gifts of Being a Writing Parent |
| You have a deadline. Your work is due within hours, your contact keeps giving you the runaround and your e-mail account suddenly crashes. You’re ready to dive out the window of a highrise because y... Read
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A Quick Start Guide To Writing Your Memoir |
| I've learned that when a person starts thinking about telling their life story, they tend to overthink it. They get caught up in worrying about things such as what others will think and who would pub... Read
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Is Your Book Selling Well? |
| If your campaign isn't doing so well there might be a million reasons why. Everything from the book cover to the timing of the book release could affect sales. But there are a few other components th... Read
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How To Deal With Your Prospect's Objections In Your Web Copy |
| One of the more difficult things for inexperienced copywriters seems to be how to deal with possible objections that a prospect might have about a product or service. It can be hard to make the lea... Read
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To Get Paid What You Are Worth, Don’t Say a Word |
| If you’re like most freelance copywriters and other solo entrepreneurs, you get rattled when it’s time to talk about money with your clients. You may feel like you are being greedy or sleazy, or you ... Read
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Beginning Your Memoir Despite Family Guilt and Critic Voices |
| When we first decide to write, we feel good about it—we have memories and stories that form who we are. We want to explore ourselves, to capture times long gone and preserve them in story form. To le... Read
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Writing the Denouement for Mystery Stories |
| I've read many mystery novels in which the writer left out the denouement, but, in my opinion, a mystery without one is seriously lacking. Admittedly, I grew up reading Hercule Poirot, in which he al... Read
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Setting Your Fees as a Freelance Writer or Copywriter. |
| Probably the most common and frustrating problem any freelance writer has is setting his or her fees. If you're too high, you cut yourself out of a lot of good business. If you're too low, you get fa... Read
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How To Put The Power Of YOU In Your Web Writing |
| One of the most important words in the vocabulary of a Web writer is the simple little three-letter word "you". Many Web writers fail to understand the importance of this little word, and for that ... Read
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Two Styles of Mystery Writing: Cozy and Hard-boiled |
| Cozy novels do not have graphic violence, and little or no sexual content and abusive language. Society is "viewed as orderly and controlled, and the crime is a failure of the society to function cor... Read
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Mystery Writing: Incorporating Various Non-Legal Professions: |
| The mysteries of the "Golden Age" featured amateur detectives who became embroiled in solving crimes accidentally, meaning they just happened to be 'on the spot' at the time the crime occurred. In mo... Read
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Proposal Writing Strategies |
| There are two main reasons to write a business proposal. Either someone has invited you to submit a RFP (Request for Proposal); or you are trying to gain support or funding from your employer or anot... Read
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Create a Resume Outline that Gets You Noticed |
| Applying for a job is like trying to sell yourself; your goal is to get the employer to the point where they have to have you in their company. So how do you do that? By having the right resume out... Read
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Words to Avoid in Your Online Resume |
| When writing an online resume there are many words that you should try to include, and many that you should avoid. We will go over some of the worst possible words to use in your online resume, so t... Read
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How Can I Do A Resume With The 5 Key Words? |
| Writing a good resume is a big deal, especially with today's competitive job market. There are hundred's maybe thousands of people looking to get the same job that you are, and it is important to st... Read
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How To Follow Up To Get That Special Job Interview |
| Finding and applying for the right job is only half the battle. You may have spent weeks perfecting the cover letter and finding just the right resume style for your needs and wants. Once the resume... Read
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Books Can Fill the Spiritual Well |
| Over the years, I have had the opportunity to speak to clergy from a variety of Christian denominations. Early on, it came as a surprise to me that members of the clergy sometimes find themselves at ... Read
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Understanding Resume Styles |
| Perfecting the perfect resume style can be tricky. Many job seekers don't really understand the ins and outs of resume creation and only think about their resumes when they are actively seeking othe... Read
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Create a Resume Outline that Gets You Noticed |
| Applying for a job is like trying to sell yourself; your goal is to get the employer to the point where they have to have you in their company. So how do you do that? By having the right resume out... Read
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Online Bookstores Expand Choices |
| There are few experiences in life that match curling up with a good book and losing yourself in the lives of the characters, the exotic settings, and the twists and turns of a compelling plot. Readin... Read
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Free eBook Publishing Guide – Part 1 – Why publish an eBook? |
| eBook defined Despite being around now for over twenty years, no-one has yet come up with a stable definition for the word ‘eBook’. However, one can discern some typical features: • The item is distr... Read
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The Largest Production in Audio-Book History |
| With Rod Taylor narrating and being performed by Russ Tamblyn, Robert Culp, James Darren, Kevin McCarthy, and Academy Award winner George Chakiris, the Audio-Book "Hard Rock Lovers" sets claim to the... Read
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Free eBook Publishing Guide – Part 2 – Features of the eBook market |
| The Current State of the Market In my first article, I outlined the massive advantages to eBook publishing, particularly for the author! Now you have become excited by that, it is time to inject a li... Read
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Free eBook Publishing Guide – Part 5 – Sell your eBook |
| Editing your Amazon record 2-3 weeks after approving your proof, you will see your title appear as a record on Amazon.com in the US (inheriting the basic details that you entered when uploading to Li... Read
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Write What You Know |
| We've heard the words, Write What You Know, but do we understand what they mean? The words can be misleading and may discourage new writers from branching out to try new genres. Do they mean we sh... Read
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Top Nine Essential "Hot-Selling Points" To Pre-Market your Book for Big Sales |
| Top Nine Essential "Hot-Selling Points" To Make Every Part of your Book a Sales Tool Judy Cullins ©2005 All Rights Reserved. Every part of your book can be a sales tool. When you include the ... Read
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Your Writers Voice is Inside You |
| You literally must pour yourself into your writing. That isn't as much a cliche as you may have thought. Why do you write? I write to change my world by revising it and giving it a happy ending. ... Read
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7 Surefire-Tips For Writing “Make-People-Read” Article |
| It’s not something new that writing article can bring considerable amounts of traffic to your web site thus give you more profits. Today all net has been flooded with newarticles, which purpose to capt... Read
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Feedback, the Beauty and the Bane |
| I use the words: feedback, review and critique interchangeably to mean the same thing in this article. I love getting critiques. It makes me feel acknowledged and important. Someone took the time t... Read
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Newsletter Editors Are Writers Too |
| I love to write. I begin writing with kid-lit for my grand-kids, home made just for them. I write for fun. I have also written some rants and a few random thoughts. I write nothing fancy, PC (pun... Read
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To Edit or Revise |
| Are you receiving the right type of feedback? New writers don't realize how much they don't know about writing until they begin to write. Hey, it's not easy! Writing is fun. The real work begins ... Read
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Reviewing New Writers |
| New writers are very vulnerable and need to be handled gently, but not with kid-gloves. Keeping a friendly tone is very important for the reviewer. Because we are working together online, we can... Read
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The Rules are Simple |
| I wanted to come in here and write something profound and memorial, but alas, it ain’t gonna happen today. I hope what I do say speaks to you anyway. I joined a writers group while I was fired up, ... Read
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Writing A Book - Tips From An Author #7 |
| Secrets of the Plot The one overriding principle you have to remember when creating a blockbuster of a plot is to avoid randomness. A good story is a chain of events, and each link in the chain is bo... Read
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What Makes Fiction Special |
| What Makes Fiction Special I was in a brisk discussion about whether a woman ‘would’ or ‘would not’ leave her wayward husband when a man interrupted and said, “But he’s not real! It’s fiction!” It wa... Read
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10 Top Tips For Writing A Super Responsive Ezine |
| One of the most often asked questions that I see is 'how can I write an ezine that people will want to read.' Anyone can tell you that there is 'money in the list' but how do you create a list of rea... Read
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Creating Appealing Comics – 4 Must Do Steps |
| I will first start by asking and answering three questions. Question one; can anyone be involved in creating comics? Yes, anyone can create comics. Question two. Can anyone create an appealing com... Read
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Writing Page Content for your Website |
| Writing content for your websites pages is different that writing for any other medium. There are some simple facts you should be aware of before you put pen to paper. It can take some time to get ... Read
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Top Ways To Create Ideas For Your Next Highly Read Article |
| If you want to make money online a good strategy that won't cost you a dime is to write newarticles that relate to your product or service. Search Engines are constantly on the "look out" for freshly w... Read
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Hairdressing Is A Job For Life |
| Do you remember how years ago people used to refer to certain careers as,”A Job For Life”. For instance,Banking,Insurance,Engineering,Armed Forces to name but a few of the industries that used to gua... Read
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Scents Bring Inspiration For Writing |
| Inspirational writing is a part and parcel of the art of writing. Inspiration is indeed needed for writing. Without any inspiration, it is quite difficult to get ideas and thoughts to write. This is ... Read
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Writing Sites: Why You Might Like to Give Them a Try |
| Journalists are familiar with the panic of deadlines and novelists can identify with the horror of blank pages. Then, what about the desperation of those who feel the urge to write and do not dare or... Read
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How Publishers Use Reader Reports to Make Contract Offers |
| Congratulations! You’ve cleared the first hurdle in commercial publishing. Whether through an agent or your own submission, the editor is interested in your book proposal (a package that included you... Read
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Finding Creativity and Imagery |
| There was an idea and discussion I had with Cyndi, my wife, which seemed to stick. She told me that in order to be creative, I must think creative. Find associations to people, places, and things tha... Read
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How To Structure Your Article To Get Published |
| Writing newarticles is one of the best ways to promote your service or product since it establishes you as an expert in the field and you can get hundreds, if not thousands of links back to your website... Read
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Short Story Ideas - How To Have Them |
| Hopefully, when you want short story ideas, you don't sit there waiting for inspiration. It's better to write anything, and do it right now. English writer Graham Green attributes much of his success... Read
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How to Start a Screenplay: Treatment or Free Fall? |
| Starting a screenplay can sometimes be as hard as finishing one. Impatient to pull up to the front door of a classic motion picture, I want to get everything right so quickly. This impatience chall... Read
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Rambling Thoughts on Trusting Our Readers |
| I've been thinking lately of trust. All of us presumably join a writer's group to mingle with other writers and share thoughts on our work. We want to read and be read. We want to share our excitemen... Read
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Reading the Lines |
| Early cave woman wasn't content with her cave man's rendition of "home" -- dark, blank walls that provided no ambience whatsoever. So, one day, when he grunted, she grunted back and soon there were ... Read
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Lost That Writing Contest? Take Advantage Of It. |
| I submitted the best story I’ve ever written to a contest, but it didn’t even win an honorable mention! I guess I’m not as good a writer as I thought I was, I might as well quit right now. The hurt o... Read
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Getting Read, Reviewed and Rated - Are You Ready? |
| You’ve decided to join a writing workshop to show your work and hone your skills. Right? You’ve read in the ad’s that, ‘members read and give constructive reviews.’ You want to be read! Did you... Read
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Writing Copy for Online Auctions |
| The phrase writing copy comes from the advertising world, and it means a type of writing used to sell anything, from ideas to goods or services. Copy writing is both an art and a science. You are try... Read
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Putting The Critics In Their Place |
| I once read that if you were a writer, it wasn't enough to just write. "You must publish what you write" was the given advice. I believe that's true and it's great advice. But when you do that, you h... Read
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Read With Skill and Comprehension |
| Learning to write depends largely on how well you’ve learned to read. When readers read a story, they bring along their own experiences and understanding. The author tries to guide the responses,... Read
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10 Habits of Frequently Published Wrters p1 |
| Are you ready to sign off on your first project or publish more of what you have already written? Have you been wondering who will publish your work? The publishing industry is changing in the new mi... Read
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Honest Reviews are Critical |
| All serious writers find it necessary to have someone read their draft and offer useful comments. Each honest, critical reviewer has a hand in helping a writer turn his draft into a piece of literar... Read
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How to Plan your Day |
| Sometimes you feel like you are ready to overcome everything, you can manage any strain and solve the most difficult problems. But this state continues for a very short period of time. After a while ... Read
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The Difference Between a Copy Editor and a Story Editor |
| It is often said that if they had to choose, many novelists would prefer to have the developmental (or content) editing completed on their manuscripts versus the copy editing. Why? Because if the sto... Read
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Reading & Writing English: Words Ending In "D" |
| The different sounds that the letter"d" takes at the end of a verb in the past tense An extract from the book: Word Power by the author of this article. The English language indicates that the actio... Read
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Freelance Writing for Newspapers |
| No matter how many times I see my writing published, it never stops being the best adrenaline rush ever. Yesterday one of my newarticles appeared in a national newspaper. No big deal, really: I mean, I... Read
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Writing Resources: 7 Books For Improving Your Manuscript |
| Whether a crawling novice or polished professional, writers from every walk of life have room for improvement in their work. An endless array of rules and techniques must be kept in mind when writing... Read
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Proven Secrets Of Writing And Publishing Your Own Ebook... In Less Than A Week! |
| In their ebook "How To Write And Publish Your Own Ebook... In As Little As 7 Days", Jim Edwards and Joe Vitale teach you how to adapt a proven ebook writing formula to vastly improve the performance ... Read
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Word Resume Template – Get Noticed in 7 Seconds! |
| A Microsoft Word resume template could be one of your biggest investments in terms of your career. Why? Experts say you only have about 7 seconds to catch the eye of the interviewer. Yes, only seven ... Read
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Onomatopoeia |
| If ever a word lived up to its meaning – onomatopoeia must surely be that word! Onomatopoeia – “plop” Onomatopoeia – “hiss” Onomatopoeia-ce of cheese (say it again – you’ll get it) Onomatopoeia – thi... Read
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Writing A Book - Tips From An Author #6 |
| The Basics of Plot. Although you will obviously be familiar with the concept of 'plot', most people don't actually think in a plot-like fashion. As you write a book, the logical, compelling step-by-s... Read
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Your Life story - a Treasure to give your family |
| Have you ever considered writing down some of the experiences you have had in your life? Do you wish you had learned more about your parents’ lives? Have your children asked you about your life and t... Read
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A Sample Resume Template Can Help Get the First Interview |
| Trying to land that perfect job that's come your way? A sample resume template can help you do just that. A sample resume can help you get that first interview. That's one step closer to getting thro... Read
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A Quick And Easy Way Of Getting More Customers From Every Single Ad You Write... Guaranteed! |
| John Caples, one of the greatest ad men ever written writes "I have seen one advertisement sell 19 1/2 times as much goods as another." He also states "the headline is the most important element of m... Read
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Top Ten Ways to Know your Book Concept will Sell--Before you Invest Time and Money |
| Make your book stand out from the crowd! Test your book's significance, find your market before you write, and treat your book as part of your business. 1. Test your book's significance. Does it? -O... Read
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Submitting Your Manuscript: Getting Started |
| I am often asked "Do you know of a publisher who would be interested in my book?" There's no easy way to answer this question. You see, according to the PMA Newsletter, there are over 86,000 publishe... Read
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How Is Learning Chinese Writing Different From Learning A Western Language? |
| In the modern Chinese writing system, each character is a form of its own, representing a particular sound and at least one meaning. In other words, each Chinese symbol is a unity of form, sound and... Read
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Seven Ways to Select a Book Topic That Sells |
| Since a book title is the number one "Essential Hot-Selling Point" for your book, it's a good idea to choose one that sells well. 1. Write what you are passionate about. Write about a topic that will... Read
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Think You Can't Write newarticles? Think Again! |
| Writing newarticles and putting them out on the web for everyone to see can be a little intimidating though at first, especially if you don’t consider yourself a writer. Remember that you have a lot of ... Read
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The Benefits of Writing Ariticles |
| You have a business; you are new and want to build a client list. However, the public doesn't know much about you. One of the best ways to build the relations, credibility and to help get people to k... Read
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Your First Steps To Becoming A Writer |
| What's the first step to becoming a writer? You'd think it would be "write", but it's not. In speaking to other writers and from what I know of my own journey to becoming a writer, I've come to reali... Read
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Writing Great newarticles? I’m No Expert, But..... |
| Just like most of you reading this article, I’m far from calling myself an expert author. However, I have been out here a while, submitted quite a few newarticles, and have definitely learned a few hard... Read
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Publishing Your Book |
| Format Your Manuscript for the Publishing Firm If you want to publish your novel, you must present your manuscript in the accepted format or else it may never see the light of the day. You have to m... Read
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Screenwriting Tips from a Screenplay Contest Judge |
| After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these... Read
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9 Tips To Successful Article Submission |
| Many internet marketers have heard about the traffic that article marketing can bring to a website. Yet, when they try it themselves, they find the results less than rewarding. With article marketi... Read
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The Business of Publishing |
| Congratulations, you're published! But what exactly does it mean to be "published"? Besides the fact that your work is finally in print and your college alumni has asked to interview you for their ne... Read
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A Publisher Wants My Book! Now What? |
| SHALLA CHATS with author Michele Scott “A Publisher wants my Book! Now what?” First off, who’s Michele? Michele Scott writes two new mystery series coming soon to your local book stores, the Wine ... Read
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How To Snag That Freelance Writing Job |
| So, you want to be a freelance writer. You've scoured the Internet for the best paying writing jobs, and now you're ready to apply for some of them. There's just one problem: so are a few hundred oth... Read
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Word Frequency Analysis as a means to improve writing quality |
| In the old times of Windows 1.0 back in the 1980’s there was a tool called Word Frequency that came with the MS Word distribution package. As someone who uses English as a second language I used it... Read
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Intellectual Property Will Soon Be History |
| It is not too risky to affirm that intellectual property will soon be History. Rules designed for the paper era are not useful, enforceable and cost-economic in the Web era. Here are a few reasons:... Read
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The Bible - The Source Of All Copywriting Secrets |
| I've been a student of the Bible for practically all my life. There is a lot of reason why this book remains the number one best-seller year after year. I think that it is the source of ALL wisdom, y... Read
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Can You Afford To Publish Your Book? |
| Money blinds. It's as simple as that. Aspiring authors ask about the money issue all the time, in varying forms, (How much does it cost to publish? How much will I get paid in royalties?, etc.) but t... Read
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Writing A Book - Tips From An Author #4 |
| Style is one of the most important considerations when writing a bestseller, and as we mentioned in previous newarticles, they key is consistency. It's almost a hallmark of a top 10 best seller to have ... Read
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Battling Internet ADD: Ten Tips for Writing for the Web |
| 1. Write for a reason Get to the point. One of the basic references for Web design is Steve Krug's, Don't Make Me Think. My book for Web writers (not yet available in stores) will be called, Don't Ma... Read
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New Year's Resolutions for Writers |
| Whether you're an experienced writer looking to boost your career or a complete novice desperate to break into the world of freelance writing, there's a good chance that you'll be using the New Year ... Read
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Misspelled Scriptures |
| One way to confirm that cyberspace is the great equalizer is to observe the quality of editing that exists ... I am truly amazed at the mangling endured by the English language on a significant numbe... Read
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I've Got All These Goals, Now What? |
| Setting goals is the first step in achieving success. The goals themselves are useless if we don't achieve them and sadly the majority of goals and resolutions created fail to materialize. So, once... Read
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What Do Directors Look For In A Script? |
| I’m currently directing an independent feature called Captain Felder’s Cannon. During preproduction, one of the writers asked me whether I wanted all the setups numbered. She wanted to break each sc... Read
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Superchery |
| The best way to cheapen anything is to overuse it ... I recall a sports clip from many years ago, where a veteran basketball player near the end of his career was reminiscing about his prime and comp... Read
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How to be a Good Spokesman |
| A battle is won when a leader is successful. We can find a large number of examples in World history. Today we can also see that the statement is quite true. There will never be a result if the lead ... Read
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What is the Three Act Structure? |
| As the craft of writing has evolved, it has naturally formed the plot structure most pleasant to the human mind. This is the Three Act Structure, and it applies to short stories, novels and screenpla... Read
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Nice Twist |
| The legendary George Carlin made a career out of calling attention to the difference between how words and phrases are perceived as opposed to what they're 'actually' saying ... He would ask wonderfu... Read
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Get Your Book Done … Now! |
| I don't believe in writer’s block. (I can hear the gasps of disbelief already.) Listen: If you hire a plumber to come to your house and fix a problem, do you expect him to say, "Sorry, I can't figure... Read
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Why Do We Play Dirty? |
| There are a lot of things nowadays that we don’t really want to talk about. These are everyday things that we do and don’t even think about what we are doing exactly. We get so focused on our everyd... Read
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Creative Writing Technique: Visualization |
| Visualization is one of the best techniques to use when plotting a story. It's like watching a movie in your mind, only the movie is your story. You can see all the scenes and events playing out, fro... Read
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Seven Secrets of Writing a Book that Sells |
| It's one thing to write a book, it's an entirely different thing to write one that's a saleable, viable, marketable product. Ensuring the success of a book is something even the biggest publishers ha... Read
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Getting Syndicated |
| Over the years I’ve spoken to a number of authors who say they aspire to write a syndicated column. Getting syndicated is a great idea, albeit a challenging one. If you’ve thought of this no doubt mo... Read
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Beauty That We Don’t Have The Power Over |
| It is amazing how blind we can sometimes be. We never have time to stop and look around, all wrapped up in our everyday routine. It is absolutely necessary to pay attention to all that surrounds you ... Read
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Publicity from Thirty-Thousand Feet |
| We all know that marketing a book is a process. But sometimes the process takes longer than we’d anticipated. That’s why it’s nice every now and again to hop aboard the publicity jet and get a look-s... Read
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How to Succeed as a Writer |
| As a professional copywriter, I'm often asked by aspiring copywriters what they need to do to succeed. Most of their questions center around writing ability. They want to know how to find out if they... Read
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Don't Let Your Book Promotion Specialist Disappoint You |
| When authors place sole responsibility for their book promotion campaigns into a book publicist's lap and leave it there, the results are often disappointing. Despite their best intentions, book publ... Read
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Writing From An Amateur Perspective |
| So, you want to be a writer? You probably have some background in writing, perhaps did well in school with the subject, or have simply always liked the idea of writing for fun and even for profit. Wh... Read
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How to Write for Children and Win Over Parents |
| The obvious skill of being able to communicate in a language that the age group you are targeting, is an evident one. Choosing a topic that the child relates to is all important. In many cases it is ... Read
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Writing A Book - Tips From An Author #2 |
| Writing a three act story - dealing with the middle act. In the second or middle act, you get to expand the story past the initial 'inciting incident', and develop the characters and their various dr... Read
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What Aspiring Authors Can Learn From The 2005 Publishing Year |
| 'Tis the season for evaluating the year gone by! Over the next few weeks you'll see plenty of newarticles summing up the successes and failures in industries all across the board: television, movies, au... Read
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Vital Tips to Create Well Crafted Article |
| People have found new technique of marketing online business, “Publishing newarticles” on various sites and directories. It is the rapid and effortless methods to come up there. It also helps to build y... Read
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How to Get Free Publicity the Easy Way |
| Seven Tips to Successfully Write Web newarticles: Online readers love free information. They scour the internet daily looking for the specific information to solve their problems, help them be successf... Read
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Writing A Book - Tips From An Author: Tip 1 |
| Any good work of fiction has a basic set of components. Without these various elements, your book will be unsatisfying, or worse, unreadable. Many new authors make the mistake of copying or 'aping' a... Read
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Article Writing Techniques |
| As you know a well written article can do wonders for your exposure and traffic. The article should contain good useful information. It should be of interest to the reader. A boring article could pos... Read
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Zero Cost Self Publishing |
| Self publishing can actually cost you little or nothing! In fact, if you’re paying to self-publish your book, you’re missing out on an incredibly valuable resource to make your book a winner. Ever h... Read
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The Da Vinci Code, The Best Selling Novel |
| One of the best selling novels since hundreds of years is Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code which has intrigued and thrilled millions of readers around the world. One of the best selling novels since hun... Read
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Write your eBook Fast--First Steps to Finishing Line |
| Why write an eBook? You want ongoing, lifelong multiple streams of income. You want to raise your credibility and trust ratings with clients or customers. You want to get your message out so the wor... Read
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Preserve Your Artistic Vision |
| Our culture has always had a curiously ambiguous attitude towards its artists, who are alternately reviled or else elevated to nearly god-like status. They seem to be perceived as other-than-human, a... Read
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Finding Your True Voice |
| There's a prevailing sense in the world of writing that everything has already been said. Truly, it has. The human race has always experienced birth, the triumphs and tragedies of life in a transitor... Read
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Dipping Into the Character Well |
| I believe that the best fiction is character-driven. Plotlines are of secondary importance, because if we don't care about the characters then the drama that unfolds around them fails to stir our int... Read
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Art Needs Time to Flower - Even in Cyberspace |
| The speed of the internet has profoundly changed many (or most) people's perceptions of writing and publishing. It has affected our sense of TIME. Everything is accelerated. If we can copy and paste ... Read
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How the Writer Survives |
| So it’s your dream to write novels? Be a freelance writer and make a living off of your newarticles? Or maybe you nurture an ambition to write and sell enough short fiction to put bread on the table, li... Read
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9 Tips for Better Copywriting |
| Avoid the wimpy verbs—is and be. These “do-little” verbs only occupy space and state that something exists. So don’t write, “There is one simple omission that can transform a sentence from boring to... Read
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How Not To Become The Victim Of Plagiarism |
| The idea is the most valuable intellectual property. And the interesting idea requires quality protection from the plagiarism. Before we start discussing why it is not worth plagiarizing, let’s clear... Read
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My Favorite Errors to Correct (Don’t make these mistakes, and your writing will rise above most other writing.) Part 2 |
| Negotiables: These are rules that the experts largely agree can be broken to good effect. In formal writing (such as a doctoral dissertation), the strict rules would still apply. But in informal writ... Read
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My Favorite Errors to Correct (Don’t make these mistakes, and your writing will rise above most other writing.) Part 1 |
| Following is a compilation of the kinds of mistakes I see most often in writing, often by successfully published writers. This article is adapted from a handout I give my lifewriting students. I base... Read
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Interviewing Your Characters |
| One of my favorite techniques for getting into the head of my characters is, interviewing them. This relies heavily on rapid writing, so be sure you fully understand that concept first. If you don't,... Read
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Secrets to Creating Great Headlines |
| Great! You finished your piece and now need a headline. Usually headlines are less than ten words and need to be expressed in short, expressive, active words. This provides quick focus and pull in.... Read
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My Favorite Expert Advice on Writing the Stories of Our Lives, Gleaned From My Favorite Books on the Subject |
| This outline is adapted from a handout I give to my lifewriting students. The points made here apply to writing in general as well as to writing our life stories in particular. I. Why should we write... Read
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Six Weeks to Sustained Self-Promotion |
| Writers write. Want more money? Then memorize this phrase: "Writers promote." Think you don't have time to organize a marketing plan for yourself, your books, your website? Try this six-week plan ... Read
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Why Do I Write – A Masochists Dream |
| My website administrator has given me an assignment. I am to write an article and explain why it is that I write. That sounded so simple until I sat staring at this blank expanse of white. Do you... Read
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Benefits of Journal Writing |
| The benefits of journal writing are fairly well established due to the long history of journal writing. From Anne Frank to Di Vinci, journal writing has proven itself. Benefits of Journal Writing Wh... Read
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Forget About "Talent"! |
| How is a writer to access her deepest and most powerful wells of creativity? How do we tap into our talent, our genius, our greatest potential for success? Writing classes often tell us how to plot, ... Read
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Massive Exposure for New Authors |
| Most writers nowadays are aware of the current buzz on the internet: writing newarticles is one of the best ways to build name recognition and web presence. Here are some words of encouragement for thos... Read
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How To Think Through Writer's Block |
| In his book, On Writing, Stephen King says, "We are talking about tools and carpentry, about words and style…but as we move along, you’d do well to remember that we are also talking about magic." Whe... Read
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Using "Tipping Point" Concepts To Market Your Book |
| Ever wonder how trends get started? As much as we'd like to think that all trends are Madison Avenue creations propagated by the media, many times a movement is sparked by the action of a few. Then w... Read
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Getting A Publisher & Getting What You Want |
| In the basic scenario of book publishing, a writer finishes a book and then finds an agent who helps sell the book to a publisher. When someone asks, "How do I find a publisher?" they're often lookin... Read
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The Three "Questions" Of Science Fiction |
| There is a great deal of misunderstanding about what that particular branch of literature called “Science Fiction” actually consists of. Is it space-ships and monsters? Time machines? Galactic empire... Read
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Steps to a Writing an Effective Press Releases |
| Want to get the most media attention and spotlight for your business? Then the first place to start is with a GREAT press release. Now I can almost see half of you leaving now, dreading the thought... Read
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