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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Another way to show your expertise: write a book!
- Maybe you should write a book! This is not as difficult as it sounds. You're already an expert in a field by virtue of your work experience and/or academic credentials. And even more important, you are enthusiastic about your field and would like to share it.Fine, but with whom? Decide what specific group of people, such as lawyers or gardeners or teachers or social workers or colleagues, a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - That cute lil ol apostrophe
- Have you ever had a student write to tell you they've achieved Grade A's at exams? I have, and one of them was a grade A in English!The apostrophe seems to be the most misunderstood punctuation mark in the English language, and yet its use is really very simple.There's really only one rule: an apostrophe is used to replace one or more missing letters.Nothing more - nothing les...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The writing life
- In the 7th grade I wanted to be an architect but it turns out math is involved. Who knew? My 8th grade English teacher talked me into working on the school newspaper and I was hooked. It seemed like easy lifting compared to architecture.This quote from newspaper columnist Russell Baker sort of sums up how I felt about writing as a career:"The only thing I was fit for was to be a writ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Apostrophe usage made simple
- According to one of my previous articles, whenever a Southerner says "Y'all watch this," get out of the way because those are probably the last words he will ever say.Well, I'm a Southerner. I used to live in the southeastern United States, but I moved to the southeast of China. And, I'm about to say the magic words:Y'all watch this.The word is "week." If I want to talk about ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Print-on-demand: a definition and a comparison
- The purpose of this article is to consider Print-On-Demand publishing as an alternative for the aspiring author. It has its strengths and its weaknesses. You may wonder as you begin reading this, but in the end I'm going to say some good things about it.The title explains the technology. The way that literature has traditionally been printed involves running many copies simul- taneously in ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Comma usage made simple
- Don't they drive you nuts?You can visit all the rules of style you want, and you can read all the books and articles you want. You'll still be confused. You'll see inconsistency. You'll see experts who don't agree with each other. And, you'll pull out your hair. Unless you're me, since my hair's falling out all by itself. I think it'd do that even if I weren't an editor hunting down errant ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Writer school?
- Here's something from my mailbag. "Dear Michael, do you need to do good in school if you want to be a writer? I stink at school and all my friends laugh at me when I tell them I want to write, but I'm serious." Followed by a sentence or two of "I need your words to encourage me" or some such nonsense.Fortunately, a writing sample is rarely attached. If it is, either it's excellent or it sti...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Learning how to write
- As a student of Spanish, my goal was to think in Spanish. Skip the word-by-word translation so I'd have the necessary speed to speak and listen. I know words in Spanish that I'd be hard pressed to translate. Usually profanity, I confess. Chingow!For years my students here in China have studied grammar, and know it better than you or I. They read. They write. But speaking involves moving fas...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to break into print publishing
- The big question. Do you submit directly to the publishers, or do you find an agent who will do that for you? Based on anecdotal evidence I've heard, it can work either way. The bottom line is, if a publisher reads what he can sell, he'll buy it. It doesn't matter if it comes from an author or an agent. The trick is getting him to read it. That's always your focus.Some people swear by agent...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - About writing
- Here's everything I know about improving your writing, publishing it electronically and in print, and promoting it after the sale.Two questions you should ask:(1) What will it cost me?(2) What does this Michael LaRocca guy know about it?Answer #1 -- It won't cost you a thing. The single most important bit of advice I can give you, and I say it often, is don't pay for pu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When i grow up
- I've just come back to work after nine glorious, sun-drenched days at home. This year, vacation was the week of July 4th. We stayed home instead of dashing off to a cottage on a lake. Aside from saving a few thousand bucks, I had plans! Amazing plans! Projects galore, and the gumption to tackle every one of them!I planned to weed every garden on the grounds. There would be no stragglers lef...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hero?s journey ? the first threshold
- 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 - Bird by bird
- It's easy to feel overwhelmed by marketing. First, there's so much to learn: What works? What's a waste of your time? Where should you invest your energy and money?Then you have to prioritize: Where should you start? What's the ONE THING that, if you don't do anything else for a while, is your best first step?Next, you've got to figure out how to get it all done. Marketing's not your...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How you can find freelance editing jobs
- Freelance editing opportunities are out there, you just need to know where and how to look for them. As a matter of fact, there are hundreds of companies that are waiting for you, right now, to fill their job vacancies. Each and every one of them has an exciting opportunity for someone. What are your areas of expertise? What can you do to benefit these companies? Finding freelance editing opportun...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mama dont allow no fighting in your writing
- When you sit down to write a steamy romance, a spine-tingling horror story, or an action-packed adventure, lock the door. The last thing you need is your mother, father, coach, English teacher or pastor reading over your shoulder and giving you advice.While mom, dad, coach, Mrs. Smith and Reverend Jones all enjoy a good story, they don't want action-packed, spine-tingling or steamy words fl...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Turbo charge your career! write and produce your own stage play!
- Have you ever wondered how you can adapt your screenplay or novel into a stage play? Do you have a story that you yearn to see on stage? Or, maybe you're an actor frustrated by the barrage of fruitless auditions and dream of performing before a live audience. If so, writing and producing your own stage play just may be the ticket to turbo charging your career.Despite urban mythology, Theatr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Increase your web traffic by using keyword articles
- If you have an online home based business you know that routing traffic to your web page is incredibly important. Not only in order to make sales and increase revenues but to continue your business. However, you probably have realized that getting your web page noticed and getting a high ranking result from the search engines is difficult. In light of that, here are a couple of tips you can use th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Write again! - the art of the written letter
- Remember the days when we wrote with pen and paper? We took time and thought into each note written. There wasn't email, text messaging, cell phones, or instant messaging. Don't get me wrong these advances are great and useful. I have even succumbed to their wiles.I just remember as a little girl waiting for the postal carrier. I wasn't expecting anything in particular but each day I antici...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - New authors publishing options
- All your publishing options are as follows:--Conventional publishing--Vanity or subsidy publishing--Print-on-demand publishing--Self-publish yourself--Get help with self-publishingLet's compare the publishing options.How to get in the publishing process and how long will it take to see your book printed?Conventional publishing optio...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The writers identity: exploring the writer within
- Les Edgerton writes in his book, Finding Your Voice, that the best way to find your voice is to write autobiographically. "Writers will never find a powerful, evocative voice until they learn to be bone-deep honest with themselves, open and vulnerable." I believe that Mr. Edgerton is on to something. In my experience, the best writers are the ones who dig deep within themselves and pull out the ra...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Local knowledge: background and historical setting in novels
- You're writing a story set in your local city, but one hundred years in the past. How can you recreate the feel of the past in your words of the present? Local knowledge, that's how. And how do you get this sort of knowledge when your characters were walking around one hundred years ago and you're situated well and truly in the 21st century? Exploration on foot, a reliable camera and a willingness...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dont make this huge writing mistake!
- You can create a great headline, a dynamic first sentence, and a brilliant lead paragraph. But if you can't hold readers during those middle paragraphs, they'll never see your conclusion.What can you do? Here are seven ways to anchor that wayward reader from your first paragraph to your last:1. QUESTION ? Ask a question in the last sentence of the opening paragraph. Example: "Wh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Three 30 day journaling ideas
- Here are 3 journaling or diary ideas that can contribute to, and enhance your life. You can use a notebook, The 5 Year Journal, a blank book, even a computer.1. Start a 30 day goal journal. Pick one specific goal. "I want to lose 20 pounds." "I want to change careers." "I want to write a novel." Journal everyday for the next 30 days just about that goal. Why you want the goal. How you will ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 journaling tips
- 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 to remind you to journal.Part of keeping a journal, is skipping a day, a week, and even months.Writing a word, sentences, or paragraphs, journaling whatever you have to say that day is just the right amount to write.Journal whatever is importa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Overcoming writers block
- Do you suffer from writer's block? Is there a pending project you are putting off because you lack the inspiration to even get it started? You certainly are not alone. At various times you will go through extended periods of energetic writing as well as lengthy dry spells. Here are some tips you may want to consider to help you keep those slow times to a minimum.Idea Mining If you do...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The entp inventor writes a novel
- People familiar with the Myers-Briggs Personality test know that the writer is the INFJ. This person is introverted, intuitive, feelings-oriented and judgmental.So, what happens when an extroverted, intuitive, thinking and perceptive (ENTP) inventor tries to write a novel? For one thing, it takes more than 35 years to finish. The story is never quite right; it always needs tweaking. And, lo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mixing and mingling: the door to publication?
- Mixing and mingling with industry professionals is an opportunity that you should NEVER let slip by. Here are some tips from my own experience to help you make the most of your conference:1. Agents and editors are people too. Just like you, they have an agenda as well as their anxieties when attending conference. As an agent or editor walks into the party, she might be thinking: will I find...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Finish your book already!
- I owe the completion and success of my book to a big cardboard box that saw me through the entire process. I found this box and filled it with any and all information I could find on my topic 'advanced presentation skills for speakers and business presenters.' I printed out articles I had written, listened to tapes and read every single book on presentation skills that has ever been published. I h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Screenwriting and screenwriters ? beyond syd field
- Without denigrating the work and contribution of Syd Field to the art of screenwriting, it is about time many screenwriters moved on.Syd Field gave us the plot point - a clearer definition of what was previously known as the "twist" - as well as other concepts such as the "pinch" and midpoint. His work is still a valuable start point for screenwriters.Syd Field's ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Screenwriting ? the lone wolf story structure template
- Story Structure Templates are the fastest way to write screenplays. One of the most well known and often used templates, which goes beyond three and four act structure, is the Hero's Journey. Arguably, all stories are a variation of this template and the Lone Wolf is one of the most successful of those variations.The Lone Wolf template is best explained with a combinati...
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