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231. Writing A Novel - What To Avoid
August 15, 2012
State of Being Verbs Avoid using the "to be" verbs which are: am, is, are, was, were, be, been and being. Any sentence that uses these verbs is "telling," rather than "showing," which is what we want. For example, instead of saying: "Sally is a funny girl," you could say "I like Sally's sense of hu...
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232. Writing Is Discovering Your Ideas
August 07, 2012
Yesterday, I sat down to write a post about perfectionism. Being a recovering perfectionist, I have some experience with the topic, so I thought the post would write itself. I was wrong. After a half an hour of writing, producing three pages longhand, I realized I was rambling, flitting from one t...
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233. Research Tips For Developing Ghost Writers
August 06, 2012
The CEO of a laptop manufacturing company wishes to position her company as an industry leader. As a professional ghost writer, you have been commissioned to write a series of articles with the goal of having them published under the CEO's name. Where do you start? Well, rather than just diving i...
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234. I Think I Want To Write A Book
August 05, 2012
"I think I want to write a book" is a common response to life's most extreme moments and matters. What a person is usually saying is that "I know lots people will want to read about my life" or circumstances. Conversely, how many times have you been told, "You should write a book"? What a person is ...
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235. Finding A Story - Get Off That Mountaintop And Start Writing
August 04, 2012
Writers are often in almost superstitious awe of the story. It is an ancient fear of the taleteller, of the witch doctor or shaman who told us long tales around the campfire back in the Paleolithic age. We think of blind Homer, and the prophets at Delphi. We believe that, like them, the novelist or ...
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236. What You Learn Writing One Hundred Articles In One Hundred Days
August 03, 2012
It is a bit early for me to tell you all as I have only written 76 articles in my allotted hundred days. But there are 48 days left to write the remaining 24 and already so much has happened that I feel I have to share now. I am a budding writer. All I know so far is that I love writing. I find it t...
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237. Your Writing Career - Believing In Luck
August 02, 2012
Never underestimate the existence of just plain luck. Call it synchronicity or serendipity or coincidence; but the fact is, sometimes you have no idea why something amazing happens to you. Is there a magic formula for creating a successful life or career? There are all kinds of theories about how a...
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238. How To Write A Script For A Play
August 01, 2012
Writing a script for a play is an exciting endeavor for any writer. However, there are daunting challenges unique to the stage. A script requires an exceptional amount of focus on the characters. In order to make your script come alive, you have to attend to the ones who will be living through it. ...
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239. Catchy Titles - Writing For Readers, Not Just Search Engines
July 31, 2012
· Use SEO but not at the reader's expense · Use keywords in your article but be sure the title contains more than just keywords · Provide a solution to a common problem When it comes to writing catchy articles that meet both the readers and the search engines, you want to avoid anything that is t...
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240. Before Getting Started Writing A Book
July 29, 2012
There are many reasons you might want to write your first book. And many different types of books you might want to write. But whatever the type of book or the reason you want to write, here are 5 things you need to do before you start. 1. You Need To Decide Who Your Reader Will Be. It sounds sil...
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