393 articles on "story"

What You Know Can Work Just As Well As Who You Know

What You Know Can Work Just As Well As Who You Know  by: Carolyn Moncel We all know the saying in business, "It's not what you know but who you know", right? This saying is definitely true when it comes to small business and on occasion, th...

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Four Tips For A Spell-binding Beginning

Well of course your whole book is important. But what makes the beginning more important than the rest of it? That's where you catch the reader's attention. The first few pages of the book must hook your reader, hold their interest and keep...

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What an Episode of the Original Star Trek Taught Me

Have you ever seen the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever"? If you haven't: Commander McCoy accidentally makes himself delirious, beams down to a nearby planet, goes through a portal back in time to the 1930s, and changes history...

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Get Free Publicity by Talking the Talk of the Newsroom

When you're trying to persuade a reporter to do a storyabout you or your business, you're much more likely tosucceed if you know how to "talk the talk"No reporter will expect you to act like an insider, butyou'll get a lot more respect...

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Have You Plotted Your Story Before Writing It

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 ...

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY: How to Write & Publish Your Life Story

AUTOBIOGRAPHY: How to Write & Publish Your Life Story by: Jeff Rivera Have you ever thought about writing your life story as a book? Do you have fascinating events in your life to tell that you know would make a bestselling book? Of course you d...

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Funniest Pond Stories - Part 1, May 2004

Funniest Pond Stories - Part 1, May 2004 by: Brett Fogle Get ready for some gut-wrenching, laugh out loud hilarious pond stories from all over the world... (Continued from May Issue of PondStuff!) We had some hilarious, truly gut wrenching, la...

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10 Tips on How to Cultivate Relationships with Editors

10 Tips on How to Cultivate Relationships with Editors by: Elizabeth KirwinIf you are an aspiring writer, or you simply want to augment your professional qualifications by publishing material related to your field of expertise, listen up. Here a...

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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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Does Your Plot Suit Your Characters And Vice-Versa

Creative Writing Tips –When an idea comes to us for a short story, we either think of a story line first or a character first. Whichever we think of first, and later on build, we have to make sure the plot and the character suit each other.Example ...

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