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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to write your book within a week
- Everyone has a book inside them, or so the saying goes. But few people get that book out. Often it's because of lack of time. So, how can you get your book written inside a week or two?I was talking to a friend yesterday who complained they couldn't find time to write their book. They had an idea, but could never find the time. They wanted to know how did I manage to get books written so qu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Revising your manuscript: fourteen questions to ask yourself
- 1) Can you summarize the story in about a sentence or two?Example:Three daughters try desperately to save their father from his conniving new wife.A cop has to fight a losing battle with the bottle and discover the identity of a serial killer.2) Have you checked spelling, grammar and formatting?Make the editor's job easy and you'll be ahead of the game.3) ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Proof positive: the importance of proofreading
- Last week I was having a quick browse on eBay when something caught my eye. "Black patient shoes!" screamed the headline. "Must see!""Wow!" I thought. "Patient shoes! What are they when they're at home?" I clicked on the link. The shoes appeared. Black they certainly were. But 'patient'? No. Or not as far as I could see, anyway. These, you see, were patent shoes ? as in 'patent leather'. An...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Six tips for submitting fiction - if you want it to get published
- You can learn a lot about what it takes to place a story in an ezine by starting up one of your own.Last month I started work on a new ezine for writers, which I intended to use to publish high-quality, contemporary fiction, from writers all over the world. We placed a few adverts asking for submissions of just that. What we got was a revelation.As a writer myself, I know how competi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Groundbreaking work
- Every writer knows that the urge to write is not always present. As a result, the dedicated writer writes anyway. Professional writers face the task without think too much about the actual activity. They have established the habit, so they sit down and put their thought to paper whether they are relevant to the project or not. They know that they can rewrite, revise, edit, and improve. They know t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you feeling dash-ing? using punctuation for effect and influence
- The dash--that curious mark of punctuation people use in their email and letters. Not the hyphen (-), but the dash (--). It's made by hitting the hyphen twice. In most cases, when you type the hyphen twice it will turn into one long dash (-). Sometimes you see the dash inserted where a comma would fit; other times you see it where you would put parentheses. How is the dash supposed to be used-and ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Journaling
- How many of you take the time to really write down your thoughts?Do you know that journaling not only lets you "work" out problems but releases tension and gets the problem off your mind.I started journaling about 10 years ago right after I had my first son. My husband, Brent, was in the military and I was very lonely. He was gone a lot on field exercises or overseas and I ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - First priority
- No matter what you are writing, the first priority is write the first draft.Most writers procrastinate. Since writing is a demanding job requiring focus and dedication, most writers delay, dally, defer, and dawdle. How does one get that first draft completed?1. Plan 2. Organize 3. Implement 4. WriteWithout a doubt, the most important step is to plan what one intend...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ten ways to get cheap (and free) magazine samples
- 1 - Join a reading or writing group. Ask members to bring in their already-read magazines and have an exchange. Do the same with interest groups you belong to or know about - playgroups (parenting, home, cooking, family mags), business networking groups (entrepreneurs, home business, finances magazines), church (religious, devotional periodicals).2 - Offer to take a friend to the doctor's o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Uncommon advice for beginning novelists
- 1) Convince yourself you want to do something else. If you don't succeed, proceed to number 2.2) Write what you don't know. Write what interests you. Fiction is about emotion not personal experience--that is a memoir. Truth comes from emotion. Write with passion.3) Embrace rejections. Not literally unless it makes you feel good. Understand that they are as inevitable as bad hair days...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The authors life: 14 hints on creating a career plan
- 1. Remember publication is a business; writing is an art. Get those confused at your peril. Treat publication as you would any enterprise--as a professional. Meet deadlines, learn about the industry, and grow in your craft.2. Know your market. You wouldn't sell meat to vegetarians, would you? Yet so many new writers don't know where to send their work. If you write mysteries, find a market ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Time to write
- SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER?Many people have entertained the idea of being a writer. They feel the passion to write. They have a best-seller idea. They want to share their specialist knowledge with the rest of the world. Yet years go by and nothing happens. Why? The reason is almost always the same: they can't find the time to write.Whether you want to write fictions, magazine article...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using technology to improve your final draft
- One Saturday afternoon, I sat in a packed conference room with about 150 other would be writers, listening to a conference instructor tell us the keys to self-editing our manuscripts. The number of people in the room spoke to how important it is to make sure your work is crisp, and as close to publishable as possible. Of course, the numbers also told me how many of us don't feel completely sure of...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Advice for new writers
- With the advent of email communications in the workplace, it's not uncommon to exchange dozens of messages daily. Sometimes, I sense a writer's "voice" in such messages. Occasionally, I ask if they've done any writing. A year ago, a colleague answered, "I loved to write in high school, but I just don't have time anymore! " She was extraordinarily busy, mothering an active two-y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Become the writer you always dreamed of being
- So you want to be a writer, except you don't know where to begin. Heck you can't even think of something to write about let alone how you're going to get paid for writing. Maybe you have gotten over those humps but can't figure out why you're not a successful, awarding winning writer yet. Well, here are several tips to get you through all of those problems and then some.1. Plan What You are...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mexican living: pasatiempo
- It occurred to me one day that I needed something to do with my time when I wasn't writing. You know--something to divert myself so more writing ideas could come to mind. One cannot sit in front of the computer screen all day waiting for an idea to come knocking at the door and say,"Here I am."For one thing, to do so will result in your eyes eventually turning to oatmeal and melting ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mexican living: lets be perfectly clear
- Readers often send me interesting and exciting e-mails about the op-ed pieces I write and manage to publish. As a writer, I get all sorts. Some are actually encouraging. Then there are those who say, "This is YOUR fantasy, not the reality I have seen." Or, they ask, "Your point is?"Alas and alack, it is the lot of professional writers to suffer these comments all in the name of trying to wr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The myths of writing: have you bought into these?
- There is an image most people carry of the artist (think Van Gough's self-portrait, the one with his ear bandaged), working in solitude in a barren garret in a dark corner of the city. Everyday is a struggle. He continually walks between moments of brilliance and moments of insanity. It's a romantic image, I suppose. Built around the belief that an artist must suffer for his art.This applie...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using metaphor effectively
- We've all heard a politician on their soapbox, pushing for some policy change or cleaning up after a scandal. Some will cut out a sharp point, while others leave the audience in bewilderment. You can often thank - or blame - the use of metaphor for the outcome of a speech.Most often, the problem comes down to either poorly chosen metaphors, or "mixed" metaphors. A mixed metaphor is one in w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Editing
- EditingExpect, allow, and accept that every first draft will represent your lowest standard and have at it.A first draft is just that, a draft with its lack of organization, lack of cogent thought, poor syntax, grammatical errors, typos and spelling slip-ups, and other inaccuracies. So it needs revision, rewriting, spell checking, and more research. Thus, it needs editing. How does o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Autobiography: installment no.3
- ESSAY 3Writing an autobiography involves a matching up of a specific plot-structure with a set of historical events. The autobiographer wishes to endow these events with a particular meaning. Some writers see this process as "essentially a literary, that is to say, fiction-making operation." The document, the autobiography, is still a historical narrative. It is one of the ways a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 2nd installment on autobiography
- ESSAY 2Andre Malraux once said that what interested him in any person was "the human condition." Malraux was interested not so much in people's personality but, rather, in their "particular relationship with the world." He went on to say that he was interested in the "form and essence" of anyone with claims to greatness. If a person was saintly, what was the ch...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A series of articles on autobiography
- ESSAYS ON AUTOBIOGRAPHY: NUMBER 1Preamble:Nearly seven years ago I wrote my first essay on the nature of autobiography. It was some two years after completing my initial draft, the first edition of my own autobiography. I am now working on the 5th edition of that autobiography some twenty years after the inception of this project. I trust this 5th edition will be the final one. I am ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to build a success freelance career (part 2)
- Part 1 of this article discussed the experience you need to successfully build a freelance career. Here, I will outline other necessities.EQUIPMENT: Working from home means you must to have all the necessary equipment. Minimally, a phone, computer and fax machine. Ideally, a [color] copier, modem, fast Internet access, scanner (if your field requires it) and separate work room in your home ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why every freelancer should have a web site
- "Do I send samples, a media kit, or just the query, postcard and/or sales letter?" As a freelancer, when you are trying to reach new clients or stay in touch with old ones, how to approach the contact can be a sticky, confusing, discombobulating journey. Having a web site can solve all of these situations. How?Outlined below are four ways a web site can contribute to the bottom line success...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Writing for free: when & when not to do it!
- Right off the bat, I want to say that there is no right or wrong answer to this topic. A lot depends on your end goal - to get a job, garner publicity, build a portfolio, etc. However, there comes a time when every writer should say no to writing for free. Below are some issues that I've been pondering about freelance writing.Issue 1: Content for websites. Content is king on the Internet an...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Gut check: quitting your full-time job for your freelance career
- It's 6:00 p.m. You're dead tired, but instead of an early night, you go to your "second job" - your freelance business.Between writing articles, researching new assignments and invoicing for completed work, it will be well past midnight before you can even think of going to bed. How much longer can you keep this up, you wonder? If this sounds familiar, maybe it's time to quit your job and f...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Imagine the imagination
- Imagine a three hundred page book was in the author's mind before it was poured out onto the pages of the book.Imagine all those words are words we all know and use but one person takes those words and arranges them in a certain way in the mind; the person fuses these words to form a story. Amazing isn't it?Writers have a different way of seeing the world. They can see poetry in some...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A quick guide to isbns for self-publishers
- ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. It is a code assigned to every published book that uniquely identifies it in the marketplace. ISBNs make it easier and more efficient for libraries, booksellers and others in the publishing industry to order, distribute and catalog books.When To Use an ISBNYou need to assign an ISBN to any content you intend to distribute through ou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Freelance writing: a career from anywhere
- An island in the Mediterranean. A beach in Africa. The east coast of New Zealand. What do all these locations have in common? A recent call for assistance from freelance writers elicited replies from every one of these locations. In each of these and in many other remote places, I know of writers who are freelancing with a fair degree of success. Indeed it is possible for freelance writers to work...
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