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The Writing is in the Rewriting. Seven Steps to Getting it Right

Writers who are so fluent, facile and sure-footed that they can write their stuff down and that's the way it runs are rare.Ernest Hemingway rewrote the last paragraph of THE SUN ALSO RISES 28times before he got it right. David Ogilvy confessed t...

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Some Sticky Grammar Situations or How to Avoid Some Ugly Mistakes!

Some Sticky Grammar Situations or How to Avoid Some Ugly Mistakes! by: Jan Kovarik With the advent of electronic word-processing and spellchecker programs, many people just presume that simply by running spellchecker all of their grammar errors ...

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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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Made in Heaven

Made in Heaven  by: Nithya KConsumed by my loss, I didn't notice the hardness of the pew where I sat. I was at the funeral of my dearest friend - my Mother. She finally had lost her long battle with cancer. The hurt was so intense; I found ...

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Freelance Writing Markets, Poetry Markets - Highly Paid -v- Unpaid by 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 get daily rejection slips. As far as they are concerned, writing is virtually impossible to break into no matter h...

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Book Development: How To Create Tantalizing Titles And Sensational Content

Years ago when Napoleon Hill's famous manuscript on building wealth was ready for publication, it had no title. His publisher called and said, "If you don't come up with a title by tomorrow morning, I'm going call it "USE YOUR NOODLE ...

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Voice in Narrative and Dialogue

One of the nice things about being an author is that we can break any rule we want. (I just did.) It's part of our job description. Language changes through usage definitions, spelling, grammar and authors can help it do this. But on the other...

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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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Features vs. Benefits - The Mystery Revealed

This article may be reprinted provided the resource box's, Web address's and copyright information remain. Whenever someone mentions advertising or sales you can be surethe phrase "features vs. benefits" will come up in short order. Everyon...

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