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- July 21, 2016The market for fiction has no middle ground. It's either too safe or too elitist. What does this mean for…
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- July 21, 2016Here are six ways that people who keep personal journals and diaries have handled the issue of privacy. See if…
- July 21, 2016Writing in general can be a tough business; writing for children is even tougher. Writing for children requires you to…
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- July 21, 2016Arrogance has a bad rap. We think of arrogant people as unpleasant to be around, full of themselves, and incapable…
- July 21, 2016Quite often teachers in middle school and high school find themselves teaching the grade level language arts curriculum from a…
- July 21, 2016As a writer, I can't help but see the similarity between my experience as a reading teacher and what writers…
- July 21, 2016Where fantasy goes into uncharted territory, the kind of story that couldn't exist, science fiction, a term made famous by…
- July 21, 2016William Shakespeare is also referred to as 'The Bard'. The term bard originally meant a friend who likes writing poems…
- July 21, 2016So you finally have representation, you've got your ear to the pavement and you know what's selling and what studios…
- July 21, 2016One thing is true of all stories. They all have a beginning, middle and end. Film scripts typically run from…
- July 21, 2016Popular magazines each have their own policy for accepting real life stories. Some offer a flat rate to everybody who…
- July 21, 2016The weather is so much more than how wet you're getting. It's amazing how many writers overlook the weather as…
- July 21, 2016Even the most compelling writing and subject can fail if you let the small irritations get in the way of…
- July 21, 2016Give the character some depth. He or she is a human being you are creating. They have a past, dreams,…
- July 21, 2016Include the metaphor in your leadership-language. It allows you to make the unfamiliar more understandable. To make the complex more…
July 21, 2016Here are a few prompts to stimulate your memory and to encourage your creativity...of which you have plenty to work…- July 21, 2016The memoir. For years a former agent of mine - who happened to represent one of the country's most commercially…
- July 21, 2016One of the great things about being on the newspaper's features staff is the latitude you have; you have a…
- July 21, 2016Whenever I begin a short story, I remind myself of two things: to try to get in touch with readers'…
- July 21, 2016As part of my MFA program, I was told I had to take a class outside of my comfort zone,…
- July 21, 2016Editors know what they are looking for in a query letter. This guide follows the teaching of Noah Lukeman, editor,…
- July 21, 2016Here's how to write an article for a student magazine that really sings, drawing on your own experience to provide…
- July 21, 2016Children love rhyme. The rhythm of the text, the way the words bounce off the tongue can be especially appealing…
- July 21, 2016The awful truth is that no matter how fabulous your story is, if your introduction is lame, your readers won't…
- July 21, 2016It starts off with a book, an adventure, and then as a young person you want to read more and…
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- July 21, 2016For most of us, there's a lot more going on inside our minds and bodies than we let on. We…
- July 21, 2016There are more than six billion people on the planet and I am a firm believer that every one of…
- July 21, 2016One question that everyone always wants to know is how much money can you earn as a writer? Read these…
- July 21, 2016Comic book artist David Cassaday is one of the most well-known names in the comic book industry today.
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- July 21, 2016The keeping of a personal journal has been a pursuit of human society for many hundreds of years. Here's how…
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- July 21, 2016If you have always wanted to be a Freelance Copywriter and don't know how to break into the industry, read…
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- July 21, 2016If you pick up a freelance writing job as a ghostwriter, consider yourself lucky. Ghostwriting is a great way to…
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- July 21, 2016When people ask me how I became a syndicated columnist, I usually say, it just snowballed. And basically that's what…
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- July 21, 2016Aspiring poets will continue to write deathless rhymes until they realize that poetry is not simply another - perhaps inferior…
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