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Writing An Essay For College
It seems that many students today not only do not know how to write an essay, but they have trouble constructing a basic paragraph. It seems that the school system seems to be failing our students in this area, and we should not take it that a student has a lack of intelligence or [...]
Avoid Writing Income Disasters With These Five Tips - Part One
There’s never been a better time to be a writer. You’ve got the potential of earning an unlimited income. Writing jobs abound, on the Web and off it. However, some writers manage to cripple their income, both by not understanding all the opportunities which are available, and by not understanding that their writing skills deserve to [...]
Avoid Writing Income Disasters With These Five Tips - Part Two
These days, writers can make an unlimited income. If you set your mind to it, you can make as much income as you choose. Many writers are earning six figures. You can too, as long as you avoid common writing income disasters. In the first part of our article, we discussed three of the most common [...]
Life, Passion… Deadline
The Conclusion of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series You’re ready to write the story of your life. You’ve put your heart and soul into it. • Your themes resonate with you, and they’re the core of the novel. • You’ve hidden them so well you’ll write a story, not a message. • You’re willing to write [...]
The Serious Art Of Writing Humor
It has often been said that everyone likes humor and laughter on our planet. Well maybe not everyone, but almost every person who is normal will like humor provided someone else makes them laugh. And you can always enjoy reading a funny article or book written by somebody. But have you ever considered writing a [...]
Speaking To The Heart Of The Dog
You don’t turn a book into a bestseller by accident. It’s the result of multitudes walking into bookstores and logging onto websites with your author’s title in mind. But for that to happen, your author must first establish himself as a respected authority whose name comes to mind when the audience has an itch that [...]
The Writer’s Toolkit, Part 2
In The Writer’s Toolkit, Part One we discussed voice recognition software and web hosting in your arsenal of handy tools. Today we’ll explore software for project organization (a must if you’re a visual person who needs to see something to get their head around it), free toys to help you edit your manuscript in a [...]
Getting Ready To Make An Appearance At An Elementary Or Middle School
Last time we talked about the kinds of things to consider when you’ve been invited to speak with kids at an elementary or middle school. Let’s move forward and look at some key points you’ll want to keep in mind for a memorable visit. Let kids ask I always make sure to leave lots of time for kids [...]
How That Novel Idea Becomes A Novel
One day you wake up and announce to the world that you would like to write a novel. Pardon the pun, but that is a novel idea. At some point in time that is what everyone dreams about. Let’s face it; we all have a story to tell, don’t we? In reality though, how does it [...]
Visceral Description: Show, Don’t Tell
We don’t hook a reader with logical exposition, flat narration or argument. We must get to the part of the reader’s life that is involuntary, automatic: the five senses and mood/emotion. In that way we convert “tell” into “show.” The visceral approach to description brings a story to life. It shatters the time tired clich?. In [...]
It seems that many students today not only do not know how to write an essay, but they have trouble constructing a basic paragraph. It seems that the school system seems to be failing our students in this area, and we should not take it that a student has a lack of intelligence or [...]
Avoid Writing Income Disasters With These Five Tips - Part One
There’s never been a better time to be a writer. You’ve got the potential of earning an unlimited income. Writing jobs abound, on the Web and off it. However, some writers manage to cripple their income, both by not understanding all the opportunities which are available, and by not understanding that their writing skills deserve to [...]
Avoid Writing Income Disasters With These Five Tips - Part Two
These days, writers can make an unlimited income. If you set your mind to it, you can make as much income as you choose. Many writers are earning six figures. You can too, as long as you avoid common writing income disasters. In the first part of our article, we discussed three of the most common [...]
Life, Passion… Deadline
The Conclusion of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series You’re ready to write the story of your life. You’ve put your heart and soul into it. • Your themes resonate with you, and they’re the core of the novel. • You’ve hidden them so well you’ll write a story, not a message. • You’re willing to write [...]
The Serious Art Of Writing Humor
It has often been said that everyone likes humor and laughter on our planet. Well maybe not everyone, but almost every person who is normal will like humor provided someone else makes them laugh. And you can always enjoy reading a funny article or book written by somebody. But have you ever considered writing a [...]
Speaking To The Heart Of The Dog
You don’t turn a book into a bestseller by accident. It’s the result of multitudes walking into bookstores and logging onto websites with your author’s title in mind. But for that to happen, your author must first establish himself as a respected authority whose name comes to mind when the audience has an itch that [...]
The Writer’s Toolkit, Part 2
In The Writer’s Toolkit, Part One we discussed voice recognition software and web hosting in your arsenal of handy tools. Today we’ll explore software for project organization (a must if you’re a visual person who needs to see something to get their head around it), free toys to help you edit your manuscript in a [...]
Getting Ready To Make An Appearance At An Elementary Or Middle School
Last time we talked about the kinds of things to consider when you’ve been invited to speak with kids at an elementary or middle school. Let’s move forward and look at some key points you’ll want to keep in mind for a memorable visit. Let kids ask I always make sure to leave lots of time for kids [...]
How That Novel Idea Becomes A Novel
One day you wake up and announce to the world that you would like to write a novel. Pardon the pun, but that is a novel idea. At some point in time that is what everyone dreams about. Let’s face it; we all have a story to tell, don’t we? In reality though, how does it [...]
Visceral Description: Show, Don’t Tell
We don’t hook a reader with logical exposition, flat narration or argument. We must get to the part of the reader’s life that is involuntary, automatic: the five senses and mood/emotion. In that way we convert “tell” into “show.” The visceral approach to description brings a story to life. It shatters the time tired clich?. In [...]