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Internet Authors don't need needs

Okay, so you're an aspiring author or a wannabe writer and you're staring at the blank white page, wondering what to put on it. What would be the best thing to write about? What are publishers looking for? Hmm, tough question. I know, check...

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That Vital Opening Statement

Many inexperienced speakers rush their presentations because of that fear and dread of standing up in front of a live audience. They cannot wait to bring it to a close. As long as the message has been delivered and reinforced (usually by distracting...

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Writing Guarantees that Sell

“This offer is good but can you guarantee it.”Why write a guarantee for your product or service? It reduces the risk in the eyes of your customers, enough to turn a cynical customer into a convinced customer. So, what makes a good guarantee? Besi...

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How to Come Up with Fresh Story Ideas

How to Come Up with Fresh Story Ideas by: Caterina Christakos How to Come Up with Fresh Story Ideas When Your Well has Been Tapped Dry When I face the desolate impossibility of writing 500 pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know ...

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Q&A for Writers, Editors and Publishers - Thoughts from Your Peers on Life and Work, Part Two

Part TwoQuestion # Six - Editors, how do you locate that next position when it's time to move to a new publishing house, newspaper or magazine? How do you keep that great editing job once you have it?”Page NineJenny Kasza – “To keep a gre...

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Free Poetry Contests

Free Poetry contests are a very common happening as of late. They are popping up all over the web, most with slogans like “Win $20,000” or “You can be the next winner.”Now don’t get it wrong… some of these are quite great and can be usef...

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How to Evaluate Writing Contests Six Starter Questions

At some point in your writing career you will probably encounter the possibility of entering writing contests. As you peruse writing newsletters and magazines, at any rate, you’ll almost inevitably find listings of competitions; you may very well ...

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WARMING UP TEN EXERCISES FOR FICTION WRITERS

Would you expect to wake up one morning and successfully run a marathon without any preparation? Would you think it reasonable to sit before a piano andwith little or no practiceplay a concerto? Probably not. Why, then, do so many people seem surpris...

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Don't Fall Into the Query Letter Quandary

He wrote the book on how to write killer query letters. In thisinterview, author John Wood shares his knowledge based on 17 years of working as an editor. More than 30,000 query letters have landed on his desk. Wood lets us in on the things that make...

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PAIRS/GROUPS OF WORDS THAT ARE OFTEN CONFUSED

SALE, SAILSale is either offering something for purchase ("for sale")or offering it at a special price ("on sale"); sail is partof a ship or boat.SELL, CELLSell is to exchange for money; cell is a small room.SCENE, SEENScene is the place where someth...

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