225 articles on "writer"

Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with SharksI just finished my first novel, “Shades of Betrayal”, and felt a rush of giddy excitement at the prospect of being a REAL writer. I had a vague idea that I would need an agent, so I went to a search engine and typed: “Litera...

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11 Reasons Not to Hire a Freelance Copywriter and Why They're All Poor Excuses!

Think you can take the Copywriting Challenge on your own? Allow me to convince you otherwise! Here are eleven reasons why business owners typically choose not to hire a writer, and my argument for each.Excuse 1. "Why pay someone else when I can do th...

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Ovecoming Writer's Block

Ovecoming Writer's Block by: Zaak O'Conan What is writer's block? Well, I just can't think of a single darn thing to say. Oh well, I'm outta here! Sound familiar? No! Oh, get real! We've all experienced this pheno...

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WHAT IS PLAGIARISM AND HOW TO AVOID IT

PLAGIARISM:Wow. What a big word, like "marmalade". Hope I spelt it correctly!PLAGIARISM is deliberately copying someone else's work and putting your name to it. A couple of years ago, there was a celebrated case in my former homeland, South Afri...

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Professional Writers Dance Between Passionate and Impersonal

Professional Writers Dance Between Passionate and Impersonal by: Bonnie Boots People that love to write often feel being paid for publication is the benchmark of a “real” writer. So they read all the books on writing and dutifully send off q...

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A Professional Copywriter Can Help You Avoid These Seven Common Marketing Pitfalls

Small business owners often make the mistake of believing that they can get by writing their own copy for their marketing materials. Even big corporations sometimes fall into this trap believing they can be just as effective handling copy development...

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Imagine The Imagination

Imagine The Imagination by: Shadha Kudrath Ali 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 wor...

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7 Deadly Mistakes that Cost You Money and Assignments

7 Deadly Mistakes that Cost You Money and Assignments by: Mridu Khullar Sometimes, you just don’t get second chances. Freelance writing works a little that way. If you’ve offended an editor, it’s quite unlikely that she’s going to work w...

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And what do you do... How to know when you're a writer!

It's the funniest thing. When someone asks me what I do for a living, Itell them, "I'm a writer." The standard response is, "No, really, what doyou do?" Somehow, I always get lost in the conversation because I neverexpect that type of respo...

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Kudos to you the reader

First I want to thank a very special friend. He told me a few months ago when I began writing articles. “Rose you have to quit saying that you don't see yourself as a columnist because you are one". So to my very special friend you know who yo...

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