241. Make Money Writing - Let the True Writers Guide You
July 25, 2012
So you have your fingers on the keyboard and you are ready to make money writing. All the ads tell you its easy and you can make a zillion dollars with very minimal effort. They tell you all you have to do is pay $49.99 or some other price and you will get all the tools you need to make a million d...
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242. How To Avoid Dull Writing
July 24, 2012
What makes hard reading? Is it difficult ideas? Complicated explanation? Is it obscure words? Long sentences? Readers don't fatigue easily if it's only these. More likely, it's other things that make them lose interest in what you're saying. If your writing is a chore to get through, it's probably...
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243. Writers And Rejection - An Intimate Relationship
July 23, 2012
Alright, writers and rejection go together like peanut butter and jelly on bread. To be honest, I am not even sure that there is a writer out there who has no experience with rejection. Some of the best writers in the history of the world have had extensive trouble in trying to get their writing acc...
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244. Spell Checker Freedom
July 21, 2012
My spell checker is driving me insane. It is something I have put up with for more than ten years now, but I think the time has come for my infinite patience to take a well earned grump attack and for me to say out loud that I am really fed up. Now, writing in English is not that difficult. Compare...
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245. 4 Easy Ways To Start Your Researching For A Non-Fiction Book
July 20, 2012
When researching a topic for a non - fiction book, it's always best to start at the highest level and then circle into increasing detail. In other words, get an overview first and then fill it in with the details. Sounds good in theory, but how can you do that? This article will give you 5 easy wa...
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246. How To Write A Book Step By Step
July 19, 2012
Want to know how to write a book step by step? Here is your simple condensed guide to getting your novel started right now. First you need an idea. I won't talk about where to find ideas here because that is covered in other articles, but you want to find something that is going to be somewhat "com...
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247. How To Make A Cash Income From Writing Contests
July 18, 2012
Like to make a regular income from cash prizes in short story contests? Here are four proven tips. They are based on my own experience as a judge of a quarterly short fiction contest but they should help writers to maximise their income from all writing competitions that offer cash awards. Look for...
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248. Journaling - Begin Again
July 17, 2012
Why Journal? With all the information and articles available on how to journal maybe we should begin with why we may not be journaling. What stops us many times from even beginning to journal is fear. We may fear that someone will read our personal thoughts; we may fear that we will be critiqued; w...
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249. Steps To Writing A Book
July 16, 2012
First, decide what you will write. Easy. Second, organize your thoughts. Not so easy. If you know how to outline the way they taught us in school, you don't need to read the rest of this. For those creative types who have never been able to cope with outlines, let's talk "Mind Mapping To Mind Ma...
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250. How To Banish Writers' Block From Your Life
July 13, 2012
An empty page can be one of the most attractive places to be- a new world, where you can express all those longings that have been keeping you awake. An opportunity to share, connect with and challenge myriads that will be fortunate to read your carefully crafted words. You become a friend, a foe or...
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