Category: Writing, page 11
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Book Review: Getting From College To Career By Lindsey Pollak
The subtitle reads '90 things to do before you join the real world,' and I have to admit that made my head spin. My lovely wife always has a 'To Do' list for me, and she has worked out that if her list has four or five items on it,...
Writers in Spotlight During Strike
The writer's strike emphasizes the importance of screenwriters.
Niche Blogging With Adsense
Niche blogging is not new, but due to the improvement of free blogging platforms it is the new marketing strategy for making easy money. Niche blogging with Adsense involves blog writing while publishing advertising such as Adsense for a commission.Niche blogging can be done on its own to market a...
Genre And Niche For The Freelance Creative Writer
A freelance creative writer has to think carefully about what genre they should write in and how it can be marketed to a niche. If you do creative writing rather than tutorial or non fiction writing, don't dismiss the value of a niche to display your work in. Some people...
Language: Tricks Of The Trade
To write well you must learn to use language tricks that can add to your writing the color, style, and appeal you want it to have. The five suggestions that follow have been called tricks because they work like magic to lift your composition out of the dull and the routine.
Don't be a Cheap Freelance Writer!
Do you sell your writing for practically nothing? Do you respond to online "freelance banks" that promise the astonishing payment of $25 for a 500-word article, $100 for a print brochure or 59 cents per word? It may seem tempting to take on these cheap jobs. You may think a little money is better than no money at all.
Alternatives to Story Telling
If the medium changes, so does the message - or so the message went in the 1970s. Does anyone still believe that? More likely, the skills, experiences and ingredients of good story telling have actually stayed the same over the years, even if quill pens have given way to computerised word processors. At least, that's what this author thinks. Agree? Or disagree, it's up to you.
Public Speaking - an Effective Way to Illustrate your Talk
The use of props to help you to illustrate your talks when speaking in public has long been commonplace and can be a highly effective way of getting across your point. Using slides to reinforce your message is probably the most common way of doing so, but the technology to put slide shows together has not always been there. So read this article to discover the time-proven technique the experts use.
Dreams Aimed: a Sacrifice
...Till now, when I had been wondering how I could've done it right, without the alarming nuisance of the ticking clock, without the waste of an hour for my soul and body to reach out and squeeze a ring-a-bell rhythm, and without that speech heard-spoken. I just felt how ceremonious it could have been. Buzzing withing your sense of hearing all the time. But, somehow I found out how I grieve for those minutes of emancipated talk.
Steps to a Writing an Effective Press Releases
Tips to writing an effective press release or news release are provided. The key to success in getting media attention is to do it right, we offer tips on how to do that. Get the attention your business deserves with the ideas outlined here.
The Six Writing Hats
It's summertime in Australia and summertime in Australia means one thing - cricket! And if there ever was a "mental" sport, it's cricket. I was watching a test match last week and one of Australia's greatest ever players, and captains, passed the comment that once you get to state level...
Internet Authors are Protest Writers
If several authors are writing books on similar themes does this make a 'trend'? Traditional Publishers don't think so. They've never heard of Protest Novelists or Challenging Writers, but this could be the 'next big thing' in the world of books. To find it, you might have to look on the internet, but that's no bad thing. There's plenty of good stuff out there, just waiting to be read.
An Interview With Michael Mehas, Author, Film Maker, And Lawyer, About Stolen Boy
Stolen Boy is a work of fiction, but based on the Jessie James Hollywood case ... what author Michael Mehas says may make the difference between Hollywood's life and death.Stolen Boy is powerful stuff. How did you get interested in it?One day in April of 2003, while I was tending...
How to Write a Resume - Simple Tips on How to Write a Professional Resume That Works!
A resume, by definition, is nothing but a mini-dossier presenting a summary of your educational qualifications, your job experience and any extra-curricular activities. That sounds quite simple, right? Most of the time people stick to this bookish definition without realizing that a resume can be made far more interesting than just a listing - it can be a pure psychological play that can make a potential employer want to interview a candidate.
9 Creative Writing Tips: Hints on Creative Writing
The most creative writers inspire generations of people and their work lives on for centuries. Now you don't have to sit and wait for that magic idea to appear. Here are 9 creative writing tips and hints.
Avoid These Five Online Article Writing Mistakes
Writing and distributing articles online can do a fabulous job of spreading around links to your web site. Six weeks ago, for example, I distributed an article through iSnare.com and various business-related Yahoo article distribution groups. Today, a Google search on that article's title reveals that the article is already...
How to Write Your Single Book into a Wildly Successful Book Series
Are you planning to write just one book? Wait! Before you decide, at least let me show you how easy it is to make your single book into a series of books. By the way, publishers love book series and readers become fanatical over a serial of books.
Attract More Readers than Most Best Selling Authors
Selling books is viewed by many authors as a way to make money, but if you want influence getting readers is a much better idea. This article explains how to reach hundreds of thousands of readers.
The 7 Keys to Success in Article Marketing
Article marketing is one of the best ways to promote your website or blog. Learn the seven keys to success in article marketing.
Corporate Storytelling: Finding Story Resources
Looking for a story to kick off a speech or enliven a meeting? Learn these vital sources for stories that will get the job done.