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Sharpen Your Writing With Structure
Author: Robert Warren
At some point, every serious writer is forced to sit down and conclude that there is something seriously wrong with their work. It wanders; it is pretty in some spots and horribly ugly in others. It doesn't always make sense, and is uneven in places...
Fight The Fluff!
Author: Robert Warren
IThe first and final rule of quality writing is this: what doesn't strengthen your writing, weakens it.
There are no neutral words when you're trying to be persuasive - every word must be doing real work and every sentence must be necessary.
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Create Confidence With Your Writing
Author: Robert Warren
Whether you are writing a magazine article, composing a press release, or editing the sales copy on your website, the end goal is always the same - to influence the thinking, and probably actions, of other human beings. To do that, your writing must instill confidence in a mind that is inclined to doubt you...
Letter Writing Journaling
Author: Catherine Franz
When you read a letter from someone, we are immediatelytransferred into their world, experience, and physicalreality. You can capture the same feeling by writingletters to yourself or about other people in your journal.Letter writing is the easiest form to use in journaling. Onoccasion, you might have already dabbled in writing lettersin your journal...
Basic Writing Tips - Some Controversial, All Correct
Author: Blue Arch Consulting
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. Five areas of writing that cause authors problems are discussed in this article...
Keeping a Love Journal
Author: Catherine Franz
Do you love someone very deeply? A spouse, son, daughter,or maybe a group of people. February 14 is Valentine's Day.....
A Simple Contest with a Strong Message: Wake Up Your Writing Spirit
Author: Shelley Wake
The Blogfest 2005 Writing Contest has only been running for two weeks and already the results are overwhelming. And not because we're getting far more entries than we expected. It's because along with entries, we're also getting heartfelt messages from writers all over the world. I've run a few contests before and received quite a few entries, but I've never been personally emailed and thanked by so many writers...
Ten Tips To Get Started Writing Your Book
Author: Judy Cullins
You are far more likely to successfully write and publish your book if you follow these tips before you write a single chapter...
Use Real-Life Templates For Writing Success
Author: Shaun Fawcett
At some point along the way, most of us have used what arecommonly called "fill-in-the-blank" writing templates. Wemight have used them to write a letter, format an essay, orset-up a resume or CV...
7 Secrets For Beating Writers Block
Author: Shaun Fawcett
Most people can easily identify with the dreaded "writer'sblock". It is a well-known phenomenon that just abouteveryone has faced at one point in their lives...
10 Secrets For Everyday Writing Success
Author: Shaun Fawcett
During my 25-year career in a variety of professionalpositions in both the private and public sectors I have written literally thousands of letters and memos andhundreds of reports. If I had to boil-down everythingI've learned about practical day-to-day writing for bothpersonal and business purposes into 10 key points, thiswould be my "top 10 list"...
From Book Notes to Book Reports
Author: Nick Smith
Writing papers and book reports has long been the bane of high school and college students' existence. It seems that no matter how hard you work to stay caught up, there is always a paper due tomorrow. Using book notes to help get the ideas flowing can save you time, heartache, and the stress of getting a bad grade...
Break in with Fillers: The Best Market for New Writers
Author: Shelley Wake
Interested in breaking into writing or breaking into a new area? You can't go past writing fillers. Fillers are one of the most overlooked opportunities in the freelance writing world and offer one of the best opportunities for new writers....
Resignation Letters: Dont Let Yours Backfire On You...
Author: Shaun Fawcett
It turns out that "tips and templates on how to writeresignation letters" is the third most sought-afterinformation at my Writing Help Central Web site....
Go With The Flow: Write With Transition Words and Phrases
Author: Shaun Fawcett
One of the most common weaknesses I see in day-to-daywriting is poor logical flow from one idea or point tothe next. This usually takes the form of a bunch ofseemingly unrelated phrases thrown together with littleor no sense of sequence, continuity, or relativity...
How To Write Thank You Letters With Class
Author: Shaun Fawcett
When I first started tracking the information preferencesof people visiting my Writing Help Central Web site I wassurprised to find how many folks were seeking informationon how to write thank you letters. In fact, "thank youletter" information and sample templates are the third ranked destinations at that Web site...
Power Writing 101: Tips and Tricks to Get You Taken Seriously!
Author: Dina Giolitto
In my ten years as an advertiser, I've encountered plenty of folks with a flair for writing. They were born having some idea of where to put the words within the sentence, and the sentences within the paragraph. They usually know what words to use - when to say 'bloom' instead of 'grow,' or 'confused' instead of 'befuddled.'...
How To Identify Your Own Style Of Writing
Author: Eugenia Bivines
This article is to help identify which style, technique or strategy of writing that one may use. I will also help to understand the method in the way a writer writes and help in determinining which aproach may suite your needs...
Suspense Novels Made Easy
Author: Mark Barnes
Suspense novels are probably the easiest novels to write. Suspense novels require a simple formula, which will make your work truly suspenseful. Follow this basic recipe, and you're well on your way to building a whole library of successful suspense novels...
Writers: Dr. Phil Goes Fishing with Oprah in His Tackle Box, Shouldn't You?
Author: Tiffany Twist
Dr. Phil's Life Strategies, #1 New York Times Bestseller catches us on page one. His bait? Oprah Winfrey... |
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