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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to write funny -- it's all about timing
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My Dad has this old joke that goes, "What's the most important thing about humor?" After a short pause, he interjects, "TIMING!"
I've rolled my eyes many a time over this joke.
But here's a new version for writers: "What's the most important thing about writing funny? ...... WORDING!"
Whether you're talking about stand-up comedy or humor...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to write for the web
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The Scanning Reader
Writing for the Web is different than writing for print. The differences are slight but significant. First, people don't really read online; they scan because of what is called the ?flicker rate? of a computer monitor. This means people read 25% slower online than in print publications. What does this mean for you as a writer? It means you have to...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to write a research paper
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Introduction
Writing skills are essential for succeeding in high school, college, and at a job. Writing is not just an end result, but also a process that helps us develop our ideas and think logically. Begin by brainstorming topics, collecting information, taking a lot of notes, and asking a lot of questions. Keep your notes and sources organized as you go.
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to use punctuation
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The most common mistake people tend to make while writing is in the use of Punctuation. Wrong punctuation can damage the flow of ideas and change meaning, but properly used punctuation not only helps readers understand your meaning but also makes them engrossed in your writing. The following discussion is about some of the frequently misused punctuation marks and what actually thei...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to take your freelance writing chances
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Your initial freelance writing assignments are the best way to present yourself to your client for repeated work. If you provide for them a good product, at a good price, they are likely to come back time and time again. The goal of any career, particularly as a freelancer, is to have steady business. Instead of continually needing new clients or another job to fill your day, why n...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to overcome the lyric writing hurdles that are keeping you behind
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The lyric writing side of songwriting is known to create an enormous number of problems for some folks. No matter how hard they try, they are unable to write a single line that they can be pleased with.
In many cases these very same people make phenomenal advancements in writing music and melodies. However they just can't seem to figure out how to come up with suitab...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to multiply your freelance writing work
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You can turn your $200 fee to write a press release into $2,000 to carry out an entire PR campaign simply by convincing clients to invest in campaigns, instead of individual assignments. Campaigns achieve better results and cost less in the long-term for clients, compared to individual assignments. And, of course, as the freelancer, you get paid much more for turning out a successi...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to make real money from writing?
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The significance of writing skills is emphasized far and wide over and over again. Writing skills are called mandatory, indispensable, crucial and drastic ability, a ticket to the thriving future of the person.
The overwhelming majority of instructors and employers which were surveyed recently stressed that writing skills are critical both for academic and career suc...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to have an effective writing group
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The works you've written are numerous, ranging from short stories to even the novel, hidden in a storage bin (under the bed) collecting dust. But there comes a time when you must wipe away that dust, regain your pride, and prepare your babies for publication! But, how do you get such a critical, unbiased eye to analyze your works, offering both praise and criticism?
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to get a job writing speeches
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Jobs in speech writing are amongst the most difficult to find, but are much sought after. In many cases, the subjects that will deliver them will want to find expert advice on what to say, how to say it, and how to make themselves look good through it. You will not start out with a job in speech writing for the President, though. You will start at a much lower level and work your w...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to find writing work
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Are you looking for new writing work? It can be a challenge to build a career in any area, but it is often even harder to do so when you are in a smaller town. Sure, there may be a huge market for talented freelancers in your area, but let's face it, it is not New York where you can find countless job vacancies in your field of freelance writing. When you are looking for freelance ...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to find freelance jobs - writing about food
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Did you know that jobs writing about food are available? These opportunities are available in a variety of areas. Employment in these fields is an exciting concept. For many, getting their foot in the door is the most important and most challenging first step. In order to succeed, a wide range of knowledge is needed as well as a good base of experience.
These jobs ar...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to find freelance copywriting jobs
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Your goal is to land a few nice, secure freelance copywriting jobs, but how do you get them? The most important factor in finding these jobs is that you pursue the job you are looking for with all of your ducks in a row, so to speak. Here are a few things you need to do in order to get the freelance copywriting jobs that you have been looking for.
Prepare yourself th...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to find a job writing grant applications
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Do you have what it takes to land a job doing grant writing? Many people are looking for ways to develop a freelance business, but unless you know what it takes to do so, you might as well stop trying. There are several fields in which you can learn and have many jobs waiting for you. But, in others, you will need to properly be prepared for them before they pass you by. Here, we w...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How to become a freelance grant writer
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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 writer...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How can you find freelance writing jobs?
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Do you think that there is a big sign that reads, ?Freelance Writing Jobs, Apply Within?? There just is not. In fact, you may have a hard time finding writing jobs of any type advertised in any employment magazine or newspaper either. So, how do you find freelance writing jobs? Let us talk about this for a moment and see if we can't find an idea or two that will work for you....
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - How anyone who knows how to type can write an article in 30 minutes or less
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How Anyone Who Knows How to Type Can
Write an Article in 30 Minutes or Less
- by Rodney Boettger
Copyright 2005 Rodney Boettger
It seems that one of the fastest growing recommendations
flying aroun...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Have you tested your theme against your plot?
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Creative Writing Tips ?
How we usually begin the preparation stage in the writing process is.
* We think of an idea for a story
* We think of a suitable theme
* We plot
Once we come up with a theme and we begin plotting, we have to see how the theme and the plot match up. Sometimes as we plot we find that the t...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Have you tested your plot?
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Creative Writing Tips ?
Our plotting stage is our testing area.
Everything in the plot should be tested for its effectiveness before we put in into our stories. If you believe something in your plot could be better, make it better.
Figuring everything out in your plot will save you time rewriting later.
So how do you test ...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Have you settled on first choice when choosing a title?
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Short Story Writing Tips -
We've established what a title should be and we've also established your title is your selling tool. So if it can make or break the sale of your story, then we'll have to agree that it is extremely important. How much emphasis have you placed when selecting a title?
1. You can't write a story before titling it, so you jott...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Have you plotted your story before writing it?
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Creative Writing Tips ?
The writer, who doesn't have the time to plot, always finds the time to rewrite.
Sound familiar?
I've been guilty of this too, back in the early days of my writing apprenticeship. I was so eager to get stuck into writing my story that I wouldn't bother with plotting.
Plotting gives you a sense of di...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Guidelines for reviewing writing
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Writing detailed reviews is time well spent.
Reviewing itself is a writing exercise. At Writing.Com, creating detailed feedback for a fellow writer is one of the best tools available for improving your own writing. That said, if you're going to spend the time to do it, helping the author is important. There is a better chance for the ideas in a review to get through ...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Getting started in column writing
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You've written many articles for Websites, newsletters and now you've even conquered the territory of getting published in a magazine. What's the next step, you ask? How to I make the editor ask for my work weekly or monthly?
Enter: the column.
Before you march up to an editor's office or send her unsolicited mail asking to write regularly for a public...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Gaining exposure within writing.com
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Dear Writing Reader,
One of the most popular questions from Authors on Writing.Com is: How do I gain exposure on Writing.Com?
In this letter, I will provide numerous tips for increasing the amount of exposure you receive on Writing.Com.
Tip #1: Utilize Our Newsletters!
Every week Writing.Com sends out over 140,000 issues o...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Freelance writing markets, poetry markets - highly paid -v- unpaid
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Amazing as it may sound, there is a real shortage of good writers and poets. Try telling that to the thousands of writers and poets who get daily rejection slips.
As far as they are concerned, writing is virtually impossible to break into no matter how hard they seem to try.
There may be a number of reasons why they don't succeed:
Their ...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Freelance feast or famine?
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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.
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - For beginners: 10 ways to prepare to get published
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(Skip directly to ten for the fastest shortcut!)
Like any field, excellent writing requires study, practice and mentorship. Very few successful authors ever published their first draft of their first work. Nearly all had to expend considerable effort to improve their craft. Here are some ways to prepare for that moment of publication. These tips also help keep you on...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Finding freelance writing jobs - join us on the job search
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Finding freelance writing jobs require great skill, dedication and lots of patience. There are many qualifications that businesses look for prior to hiring an individual to fill their job vacancies though. When the potential applicant arrives, he or she must possess a good working knowledge of the tasks that the business person needs. If they don't there is sure to be someone else ...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Essay types and modes you'll need to write for college
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~TYPES~
You Want Us to Write What? Understanding the Task Assigned
Which academic essay writing types we use depends upon which disciplines (or classes) we write for. Each instructor or professor will assign papers that invite us to reveal in writing what we have learned/what we think about the material for that particular class:
* A...
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- 2007-04-07 17:44:52 - Dreading the writing assignment? outlines to the rescue
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Writing technical articles is a challenge. There you sit, surrounded by reams of research, notes and interviews. Where do you start?
Remember 5th grade English? You start with an outline.
Outlining has fallen on hard times lately. Mind mapping and brainstorming are much more fashionable. These techniques are great when generating ideas, but once you've...