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On my first newspaper assignment as a critic, I was well prepared to dish it out. I was less prepared to take it. Imagine my... Read More Connectors -- conjunctions, punctuation, and transitional phrases -- allow readers to process information promptly by creating balance and relationships between sentence parts. The connectors are... Read More If your articles aren't getting published very often, or you just want to increase the chances of them being published, then you will benefit from... Read More It never ceases to amaze me when a prospective writer confesses that he or she has never put anything down on paper. Obviously, that's the... Read More To keep it simple and basic: Jack Finney's Invasion of The Body Snatchers succeeds first and foremost because it's a great story. If there was... Read More If you are a serious writer who wants to publish and sell books and informational products, you need to be able to find all of... Read More Okay. So I'm not David Letterman. But I doubt if he'd know much about the top 10 mistakes made by new children's writers anyway. I,... Read MoreWriters can Grow to be Comfortable with Criticism
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Review of A Classic: Finneys Invasion of The Body Snatchers
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If Ben Franklin were alive today, he would be...uh, very old. But his writing style would be as current as e-mail, yet as timeless as... Read More
1. What Is A Premise?A premise is the point you have to prove in your novel. It is not a universal truth; it is true... Read More
Set your journal or diary where you will see it everyday, i.e., on your nightstand, at your desk, where you have coffee. This will help... Read More
I recently read a book where everything was akimbo. Arms were akimbo, legs were akimbo. Akimbo appeared on every page. Okay every page is... Read More
Business etiquette is fundamentally concerned with building relationships founded upon courtesy and politeness between business personnel. Etiquette, and especially business etiquette, is a means of... Read More
A few magazines refer to their written idea sources in assigning articles to reliable, experienced writers, or even allow those writers to peruse them for... Read More
How many times have you forced yourself to sit in front of a computer and waited for inspiration to strike?Most of us at some point,... Read More
When most people consider writing a book, they don't think about Trademarks. However, I highly recommend that you leverage your writing for multiple purposes, and... Read More
You have just completed a draft of an article. It seems flat, even to you. It needs some spunk. Needs to be more alive. Possibly... Read More
Ever wondered how the most successful children's book writers get their ideas? The answer may surprise you.Most children's books are based on the same exact... Read More
When you get stuck for ideas, and the words won't flow, invariably it's because one, more or all of your senses aren't being stimulated.Staring at... Read More
The Scanning ReaderWriting for the Web is different than writing for print. The differences are slight but significant. First, people don't really read online; they... Read More
When attempting to understand Creativity and Innovation, it pays to import the vast range of research and knowledge that has been accumulated in these fields... Read More
The first step in the writing process is to put your ideas down on paper. Once you have text to work with, the second step... Read More