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How to find work.You love to write but you're finding it difficult to market yourself or your work. Is it best to work as a "private contractor," or should you work for an established company such as St.Read more…Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Chicago in the house of his grand father. There were six children in his family and he was the second among them. He had a rather nice life on the shore of Bear Lake, where he caught his first fish being only three years old.Read more…Writing Advice from the Experts Part # 2
The most valuable of talents is never using two words when one will do. - Thomas JeffersonThere are many books that provide tips and guidance for publishing success. This series of articles takes you directly to a trusted source of wisdom – established authors.Read more…Brushing up on Interview Skills
Due to the enormous variety in writing styles it is important to have some idea of what you should do if you are called upon to conduct an interview for the purpose of compiling a print story.The best interviews happen when you can conduct the discussion in a fashion that allows the person you are interviewing to feel as if they are simply sitting down to a cup of coffee with someone who is interested in the issues that they find important.Always remember to conduct adequate research on the individual and topic so your questions will strike a chord with the person you are interviewing.Read more…The Sweet Taste of Success
Writers are an interesting breed of humanity – they can make us feel joy, sadness, anger and empathy. Sometimes they can cause us to feel all these emotions simultaneously.There are certainly more lucrative methods of gaining an income, yet everyday thousands of individuals will sit down at their keyboard pounding out a story that may never actually be published.Read more…Writing Advice from the Experts Part # 1
One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment. - Hart CraneSome of the best advice for writers in the 21st century comes from those who have seen their successes and offer advice from their own experience. Let’s draw from that brain trust.Read more…Therapeutic Writing: Turning Grief Into A Best Seller
Grief is not always sad and depressing, but can be inspiring and encouraging. Everyone deals with grief differently. Writing is an avenue through which healing begins.Read more…Query: Opening the Lock on Magazine Publishing
Every time you pick up your favorite magazine you pour over it, looking through every article. By the time you are finished many of the pages are dog-eared and you’ve discovered that so many of the articles are in line with your own personal interests and writing style.As a writer you find yourself considering the possibility of submitting something for the magazine to consider.Read more…Self-Publishing: How Important is an ISBN Number?
You've weighed all your options and have determined that self-publishing makes the most sense for your foray into publishing. You understand that there is an increase in the need to self-market your title, but there is also a correlating increase in profit margin. Other risks have been assessed and you’re comfortable moving forward in the direction you've chosen.Read more…Make Way for a New Freelance Writer
The avenues for successfully publishing everything from articles to short stories, poetry to how-to articles and inspirational thoughts to web content has never been more impressive.Perhaps the greatest struggle for web writers is defining the opportunities that best suit their individual tastes and level of comfort.For some, the advent of freelance bidding sites has been a help in locating opportunities the writer may feel especially qualified for.Read more…Writing Contests: Building Writing Credentials
One of the ways many writers can successfully add credentials to their portfolio if to participate in a variety of literary contests. This type of contest encourages writers to put their best foot forward in both creativity and attention to detail.It is true that there are some contests that provide a cash award for their top finishers, but there are also publishing scams that will accept your work regardless of quality.Read more…Readers: Are They Involved?
There are two specific, yet lofty goals writers strive for every time they commit words to paper. That goal is to write in such a way as to draw their readers into the written word.If this goal is in fictional writing the author wants the reader to become so absorbed in the story that they are both satisfied, yet sad to see the story end.Read more…Poetry: An Exercise in Emotion and Vulnerability
“[Henry David] Thoreau is a keen and delicate observer of nature - a genuine observer - which, I suspect, is almost as rare a character as even an original poet; and Nature, in return for his love, seems to adopt him as her especial child, and shows him secrets which few others are allowed to witness.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne (Journal entry, September 1, 1842)Most of the greatest poets were not recognized for their work until they had long been laid to rest. Many suffered great difficulties in their personal lives, which may have led the poet to the wellspring from which they drew their words.Read more…Writing Advice from the Experts Part # 3
You must be prepared to work always without applause. - Ernest HemingwayMuch of the wisdom available from established authors may be surprising in it’s honesty and straightforward nature. The reason this is likely true is the authors in question have had enough success that there is no need to candy coat the truths they have discovered in their experience.Read more…Who's Speaking: Choosing a Narrator's Voice
Have you given much thought to the voice of your narrator? Perhaps you assumed the narrator in your novel should remain neutral. Many writers believe that the narrator should have little in the way of identity and the use of a narrator is essentially a necessary means of moving the story from one scene to the next.Read more…Thesaurus: Word Roulette
There is some beautiful literary styles that thrive on the repeated use of words and phrases. The language is poetic and beautiful. This, however, is not an article that encourages the use of repeated words.Read more…Practically Perfect Proofreading and Other Editing Myths
One of the difficulties a writer faces is reviewing their work in an attempt to locate all errors. There are generally two forces that work against a writer who attempts to ensure their work is error-free.1. Being too close to the work you have difficulty concentrating on the writing.Read more…Sling, Slang, Doom: Avoiding Gobbledygook
Sometimes a writer feels it makes sense to use modern day slang in the body of their work. The premise is that the use of the modern language helps connect a modern-day audience to the work.Consider the following…We headed over to Nate’s pad.Read more…Pressure Writing: What Time Is It?
Did you know there is a writing exercise that can relieve stress by accepting an intentional, but short-lived season of high intensity stress?The above statement may sound oxymoronic, yet for many writers ‘Pressure Writing’ can help them get back on task with much less stress.How does it work?Read more…Writers Block Strategy: Get Out, Get Out, Wherever You Are!
You've been keeping your fingers to the grindstone and turning out reams of deathless prose when suddenly your mind goes blank or your ideas suddenly seem boring, run of the mill dreck or you suddenly can't figure out why on earth you sent Ashley into the haunted house in the middle of the night with no flashlight.Fortunately, there is light at the end of this tunnel -- and it's NOT a ghost or an oncoming train!Often writers get so focused on what they're writing that they get into a rut and the poor muse (who has been working her creative wiles to the bone) is simply out of gas.Read more…
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