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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you a freelance writer? - then you need a website
- As a freelance writer, it is important to present yourself to your clients in a highly effective way. One of the most effective methods that freelancers use is a website. You can and should produce your own website to draw people in and learn about your skills. But, what should you put in your website? And, is it really cost effective to maintain a website that you don't know in advance will get u...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A book note vs a book report
- IntroductionSince our early days of elementary education we have been familiar with what a book report entails. But do you know what a book note is? Good question you say? Great! Read on and together we can explore the relationship between the two.Preparing the ReaderFor starters, a book report provides the reader with general background information such as the setting and tim...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The opportunities as a freelance proofreader in the uk
- A UK based freelance proofreader should be able to provide quality products for the United Kingdom audience. There are many differences in the type of work that is produced for the United States and that which is produced for the United Kingdom. The job of the proof reader is virtually the same as it is for those who do proof reading in the United States, but the language is what the tricky aspect...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to become a freelance grant writer
- What is a freelance grant writer? These individuals have a lot of power in their hands. When they work for companies, they are essentially trying to help gain free money for that company to help the company expand, do research, or to stay in business. These individuals will use a detailed knowledge of the environment to create the best piece of work they can. Freelance grant writers hold a lot of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Before you write your book, organize its parts - part 2
- 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 its parts in a minute or less. Filing only the important parts of your book will yield fast-writing your book. With the tips below, you will find any book-related paper within two minutes!After you decide on your topic, working title, audience, thesis, and "tell and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Before you write your book, organize its parts - part 1
- 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 its parts in a minute or less. Filing only the important parts of your book will yield fast-writing your book. With the tips below, you will find any book-related paper within two minutes!After you decide on your topic, working title, audience, thesis, and "tell and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Screenwriting ? five golden insights
- Originality emerges from structure. Once you have a story idea, you can expand the idea into a story by using structure. In the initial extrapolation the new story structure will resemble the one being mirrored, but past a critical threshold, the needs of the new story will begin to dictate the structure. As you proceed (second and third drafts) the distance from the original mirror will in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Building a character wall
- For any great novelist, defining your cast of intriguing characters is the key to the success of your story. So how do you maintain the image of your characters―both their physical attributes and their personality? It's easy! Build a Character Wall?paper by paper.A Character Wall is simply a character profile wall. It displays letter-sized pieces of paper featuring photos and k...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - If you want to succeed as a writer, dont just think it, do it
- 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 first step. Just dreaming about it won't make it happen. Anyone can write. But not everyone writes well.Shaping a manuscript as most everyone knows can be compared to shaping a formless lump of matter into a work of art. But it has to be shaped and chise...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Writing styles for fiction: which voice to use
- I recently set up a website to promote a new suspense novel. Once it started receiving hits I began getting questions about why I chose to write in third person. The truth is, I didn't make a conscious decision to write that way. I just sort of happened and I went with it. As I got through the manuscript, I found that writing in the third person "flowed" better than any other voice since...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Apotheosis - the seminal insight of the hero for screenwriting
- Every hero has a seminal insight - the apotheosis. Once you know what that insight will be, you can start building your story up to and beyond that point:In Casablanca, Rick's insight is that if you love someone, you sacrifice yourself for their happiness. That sacrifice can include selling your most prized material possessions (he sells his bar), allowing your love to find happiness in ano...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating a writing space
- It's important to have a space set aside in your home for writing. It can be a big cushion in a corner of your closet with a notebook and pen, if that's all you have room for, or perhaps the back seat of your car because that's the only place you can get some peace and quiet, but it should be all yours, waiting for you whenever it's time to write.If, instead, you go with the more traditiona...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 10 common english goofs by web authors
- In reviewing and browsing web sites over the years, I have compiled a list of the most common misuses of English by web authors. Here they are in Letterman (reverse) order.10. Who, which or that?"Who" (or "whom") refers to persons. "Which" refers to animals or things, never to persons. "That" can refer to either persons or things.Examples:The girl who was hungry. The do...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top ten writing mistakes made by new childrens writers
- 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, on the other hand, read from 10 to 20 manuscripts for children every week (I'm not bragging - I'm just an instructor with the Institute of Children's Literature). While many of the stories I read are destined for publication, I find that 10 common mistakes crop up aga...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Story structure - final conflict
- Beyond three and four act story structure, lies the Hero's Journey.The Hero's Journey is the most usable story structure consisting of at least 106 stages and the template for successful contemporary stories, from Star Wars to Al Pacino Scarface to The Incredibles to War of the Worlds to The Dirty Dozen to Midnight Cowboy. The Hero's Journey is a valuable template because:a) It attem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 ways to turn readers into friends
- Back in my school days, if the teacher demanded a term paper I knew just what to do. I quickly researched the report, and wrote it as fast as I could.Next, I reached for a thesaurus and looked up complicated, multi-syllable synonyms for my easy words. This turned my paper into a complex, obtuse mess.That was wrong, wrong, wrong! Once I started to write for a living, I quickly discove...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discover the magic of the most beautiful words in the english language
- 'Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.' Henry James.What are the most beautiful words in the English language? The answer to this subjective question will obviously vary from person to person depending, as it does, on the meaning, the sound, the context, and the connotation of the word or words in question....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Writing with a sense of adventure
- We've all been told that we need to use all five senses to bring our fiction to life. Sight, sound, smell, taste and touch all need to be invoked. But there's one other sense that also needs to be used: the sense of adventure.Just bringing your work to life is not enough. Accountants and insurance salesmen are alive, but how many people want to cozy up to them and talk shop for hours at a t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Increase your chances of winning writing contests
- Winning writing contests can provide several advantages to writers. For starters it's a great way to get your name in print and in front of potential readers. It can also provide professional credits for your writing portfolio, and prize rewards to augment your income.Just participating can get new writers into a writing regiment, grow confidence, and provide practice, practice, pra...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Freelance feast or famine?
- Sometimes a freelance writing career can feel very much like "feast or famine".At the very beginning, it's almost all famine. You spend more time looking for freelance writing jobs than you spend actually writing, and, quite apart from being utterly demoralizing, when you have a mortgage to pay and mouths to feed, it can be absolutely terrifying, too.Of course, once you get past thos...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Focusing your reading and finding ideas
- Many experts recommend reading as a way to get ideas, but usually do not offer more specific suggestions, such as pinpointing and identifying areas that you can select from and write about. From my own experience, I know how frustrating this can be. I took endless notes and saved countless newspaper clippings, only to discard nearly all of them a few years later.Little by little, I found a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Rejection ? have the right perspective and don?t quit
- If you're getting rejections from your submissions, please don't quit yet until you read the following article. I want you to get a perspective on rejection.First of all, I'll assume you've been told a few things about rejection: Don't take it personally; it's a part of writing; and all well-established writers have been rejected at first, and are even rejected now. Good advice.Then ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to write your op-ed piece
- Op-ed articles, also known as opinion/editorial articles, are a great way for aspiring writers to publicize their work and, in exchange, receive an amazing amount of publicity for free. You can write an op-ed piece and get it publicized provided you follow these simple rules.Before you begin to write, you need to target which newspaper you would like your article to appear in. You stand a g...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Turning your journal into an idea bank
- 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 topics to write about.And for awhile, I kept an idea book that was similar to a writer's journal. But there was a problem. If I needed an idea, I had to virtually read every entry before locating the one I wanted and needed. However, doin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are writing exercises effective?
- It was reported that the great American author Sinclair Lewis was once asked to give a lecture on writing to a group of college students: "Looking out at this gathering," he said to the assembled students, "makes me want to know how many of you really and truly wish to become writers?" Every hand in the room went up. Lewis looked at them for a moment and then folded his notes and put them away. "I...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Four act stories and beyond
- There are various forms of structure, including frameworks, work processes and goal setting.A lot has been written about story structure. In my mind, understanding its value is priceless.There is a lot of confusion around structure, creativity and innovation. You can find a good study that resolves much of the misinformation at managing-creativity.com. Ironically, there is much to le...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is the single worst writing mistake?
- The following answer sounds simplistic?but think about it. The single worst writing mistake is "not starting."In my 20-plus years as a magazine editor, I read dozens ? perhaps hundreds ? of articles on writing. But few gave me advice on beginning a report.See, if I can't decide how to start something, I hesitate. If I hesitate, I next procrastinate. Procrastination turns to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Use these 3 editing tips to ensure your writing hits the bull?s-eye
- 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 is to revise what you have written to make it as clear, accurate and powerful as you can. The final step is to edit your work carefully.Editing Tip #1: Take a BreakWhen you have concentrated on your writing for long periods of time, there is a tendency to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get noticed! eight tips to catching an editors eye
- The first five pages of a novel are critical.Editors make quick judgments. They don't like to admit it, but they do. Somewhere an editor is sitting in an airless room staring at a pile of manuscripts hoping to strike gold, but doubtful. She wants to get through the toppling pile as quickly as possible. Therefore she is going to look at your manuscript and search for one thing: A reason to s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Help! i cant write!
- Writer's Block can strike like a King Cobra, paralyzing every little golden nugget you try to create. What can you do to lick it? Below are some fun suggestions to crack the nut! (write about each prompt for twenty minutes)1) Take yourself to the local coffee shop and eavesdrop. Write in present tense the overheard conversation.2) Take a walk in nature. Breathe deeply. While outside,...
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