2,729 articles on "writing"

What Gets A Book To The Top Of The Bestseller List?

The business of books is big business with 172,000 new titles released in 2005 and sales in the United States of about $40 billion. But what makes a book successful? Are there any common characteristics that can spur on sales? As part of the research...

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Jamaican Overdrive - LDC's and LCD's

OverDrive - an e-commerce, software conversion and e-publishing applications leader - has just expanded an e-book technology centre by adding 200 e-book editors. This happened in Montego Bay, Jamaica - one of the less privileged spots on earth. The c...

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Book Review: Don't Hate Your Enemies Just Step On Them: The Art Of Loving People

How many times have you been tempted to complain about other people? How many times have you ridiculed, complained at or been hurt by another person's actions? Surely we all have dealt with these types of situations. What is the best way to han...

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Can Content Development Lead To Copywriting?

The practice and study of content development may just be the single best way to become a big league copywriter. In fact, it is now widely recommended by many experts at some of the worlds' leading advertising agencies that students who are di...

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How Can I Determine If My Readers Will Understand What I Write?

Your writing skills may be superb, but what if your readers can't understand your text? Technically, your readers may have problems with your document's "readability," but what truly counts is the document's "understandability." Most a...

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How To Re-Set Spellchecker to Recheck Document

How To Re-Set Spellchecker to Recheck Document by: Jan Kovarik After you have written a text and run spellcheck, you might find it necessary to go back and revise the document. You might also have found that you have been running spellcheck, you...

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The Phantoms of Six Mile Road

The Phantoms of Six Mile Road by: David L. Russell I was going through a box of personal belongings a couple of weeks ago, when I stumbled across some pictures of my 1978 high school graduation. My daughter Vonnie laughed at those pictures and a...

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Basic Writing Tips – Some Controversial, All Correct

Basic Writing Tips – Some Controversial, All Correct by: David Clapham As a previous article (“Making Better Word Choices – 4 Examples”) explained, writers can take steps to prevent simple, and common, errors from degrading their writing...

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Does Your Story Have A Theme?

Does Your Story Have A Theme? by: Nick Vernon Creative Writing Tips – It should. A theme is a one-line explanation of your story.. Every story should have one because our stories are about something. When I say should, I mean that this isn...

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Freelance Writing Markets, Poetry Markets - Highly Paid -v- Unpaid

Freelance Writing Markets, Poetry Markets - Highly Paid -v- Unpaid by: Consulting Editors, AskProfessors.com Amazing as it may sound, there is a real shortage of good writers and poets. Try telling that to the thousands of writers and poets who ...

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