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Who Said That? Making Dialogue Crystal Clear
Recently, I was hunting for a book that would simply entertain me. I didn't want to have to ponder about 'who dun it'. I didn't want to have to think about the meaning of life.Read more…10 Tips on Writing Effective Dialogue
1. Become an EavesdropperListen carefully to the way people REALLY talk. They tend to talk in sentence fragments. They interrupt others.Read more…Learn to Talk on Paper: The Art of Effective Business Writing
Rudolf Flesch, a specialist in writing skills, ran classes for over thirty years for civil servants, lawyers, bankers and the like, on writing business correspondence. Two tips he stressed over and over again in his classes. The first: move heaven and earth to wean yourself from the inhibitions and nervous habits that your schoolteachers, bless 'em, have bequeathed to you.Read more…How To Filter Description Through Your Characters
How do you describe a scene without slowing down the pace of your novel? What do you include? What do you leave out?Read more…Greatness
[When I was a nineteen-year-old high school student and budding poet – two years after my diving accident] many factors adversely affected my creativity. My trips in a special bus to school and back home, my courses, and my assignments, though I was spared a lot of writing and was mostly tested orally, all this was time-consuming. More often than not, my obligation to study took priority over my desire to compose poetry.Read more…Writing Help
Whether you are working for a small business, large corporation, or are a student, there are numerous sources that you can turn to for help with writing. Businesses need to be able to effectively communicate with their customers, their employees and their potential customers. Effective verbal communication is equally important, but nonverbal communication in the form of copy writing, article writing, press release writing, and more requires a certain level of expertise and experience.Read more…Writing Made Them Rich #4: Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho was born on August 24th 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.At age 17 he announced his intention to be a writer. It was a decision bitterly opposed by his parents, partly because Brazil at that time was under a military junta that persecuted writers and intellectuals.Read more…Gaining Writing Experience
GAINING WRITING EXPERIENCE Some Catch-22, huh? In the writing business, you can't get published until you have some experience. If you can't get published until you have experience, how do you get experience?Read more…Under The Leaded Sky in Serbia
When one population in one century survived five wars, two wars in just ten years, enforcment by self a question it`s the war destiny of Serbian people or his dare. With what a Serbian people has merit this - with his frankness, levity, with collective and national damnation or just with that fact which they are living in the territories which from its geopolitical consideration always were interesting orbit of much other populations. Maybe all this is a colective spread why is Serbian people with centuries had carry on contest for survival in Balkan, together attest its claim and necessity for protection of a national identity and his roots.Read more…The Skill of Speech: A Writer's Friend
"Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn't about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way.Read more…Under the Yoke
Ivan Vazov is one of the most outstanding Bulgarian writers and he is also famous by his poems. But what made him famous all over the word was a historical novel “Under the Yoke”. The novel was written in 1887-1889 when the author had fresh impressions about tragic events that took place in his motherland practically a decade ago, certainly I mean the April rebellion which aimed at the liberation of Bulgaria from the Turkish yoke.Read more…Self-Publishing - From Author's Last Option to Best Option? Five Advantages to Self-Publishing
The concept of self-publishing has carried a somewhat negative connotation. However, over the past few years, it's become much more common for authors to self-publish their work and market their books themselves in a variety of creative ways.In fact, many authors prefer to control their book production and sales.Read more…Speakers: Become an Author without Being a Writer Yourself
Speakers will always benefit from having a book to sell at their public events and on their websites. It's one of the most significant things you can do to jumpstart both your career and your earning potential.Traditional publishing houses buy nine out of every nonfiction books on the basis of a proposal by the author.Read more…Ghostwriting: Non-Fiction Books
One of the most effective ways to advance your career is to write a book. Just look at all of the politicians, C-Level executives, marketing managers, psychologists and economists who have published books and experienced success. Writing a book establishes you as an expert in your industry, which is why so many people are writing books these days.Read more…Who Can Be An Advocate
Advocacy nowadays is a very popular and nevertheless very difficult occupation, either if one chooses it as a profession, or acts as an advocate in several cases just to try what it’s like. Who can be an advocate? Anyone can advocate for another person.Read more…Satire use in Mark Twain
Bernard Shaw considered Mark Twain “by far the greatest American writer”. He said: “I am speaking of him (Mark Twain) rather as a sociologist than a humorist. Of course he is very much in the same position as myself.Read more…How to Avoid Plagiarism
Thus, each student shall have sufficient knowledge of what is considered plagiarism in order to avoid errors in writing.Plagiarism has several evidences which are usually used to prove it. Firstly, plagiarized words and ideas demonstrate the vocabulary and terms which the student does not usually use.Read more…Top Tips to Increase Your Productivity
Writing is an odd business. Imagine a career solely depending upon pouring your mental output out on paper.Never mind.Read more…Critiquing Fiction - Or How to Help Without Being Mean
You have let a good friend read your latest story. They return it with nothing but good things to say. Does this mean your work is ready for an editor to read?Read more…Learning Theory
Nowadays, probably as never before, scientists are extremely interested in the process of learning. Naturally, a number of different theories aiming at the explanation of this process were developed. It is quite difficult to decide what theory is better and more successful.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Speaking category
- Eight Most Frequent Mistakes People Make in Front of an Audience - By: Suzanne Bates
Everyone makes mistakes in public speaking. The key is to identify a lesson learned and try to correct it your next time out. Knowing these eight common mistakes will help you to avoid such gaffes. - 6 Speed Reading Myths Debunked - By: Ed Caldwell
There is so much misinformation about speed reading that as a user for over 30 years, and as an instructor of tens of thousands of learners from all walks of life and all levels of education, I feel compelled to debunk some of the most prevalent and popular myths. - Speak and Touch the Heart - By: Balwinder Singh
Presentations and seminars become all too familiar in the business world. Jim Speaker is there with the overhead projector and PowerPoint slides-each with four of five points. Hours later the seminar is over. Seminars are informative but can be deadly. Just give me the handout and I'll read it at home! - Interviewing Your Characters - By: Sonu Kumar
One of my favorite techniques for getting into the head of my characters is, interviewing them. This relies heavily on rapid writing, so be sure you fully understand that concept first. If you don't, you can read my article "Rapid Writing" on my den. Interviewing characters is exactly how it sounds. You sit down with your characters and interview them, just like you would if you were a reporter. - From You v. Me to We: Seven Strategies to Talk to Your Communication Opposite - By: Meryl Runion
Research concerning communication style uncovers four different communication styles that are determined by two factors - pace and people-orientation. - The Changing Role of Language Interpretation - By: Nate Rodnay
Interpreting involves the orally rendering the meaning of dialog which is spoken in one language into another language while retaining its essence. Interpretation is often thought of as an extension of translation, which is the other basic language service. - The Company Identity - By: Nawaz Lakho
A company Identity is a simple, well formulated and designed, yet self expressing logo or signage, which is the company’s visual identity, it is also called Company brand or Brand Identity. Company Identity designing is a visual aspects of any organization. - Three Explosive Ways to Grab Your Audience’s Attention and Keep It - By: Arvee Robinson
Your goal as a presenter is to grab your audience’s attention and keep it. Although there are numerous ways to open a presentation, I have found three methods to be the most effective, especially when making business presentations. - 9 Secrets to Better Speaking - By: Arvee Robinson
These are just a few of the secrets that professional speakers use to deliver powerful presentations. By using these simple techniques, you too can command your audience’s attention, keep their interest, and move them into action. - The Good the Bad and the Ugly: Three Types of Editing - By: Nigel Fogden
Q. How many copy editors does it take to screw in a light bulb?A.