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Does Your Plot Suit Your Characters And Vice-Versa

Creative Writing Tips –When an idea comes to us for a short story, we either think of a story line first or a character first. Whichever we think of first, and later on build, we have to make sure the plot and the character suit each other.Example ...

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Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with SharksI just finished my first novel, “Shades of Betrayal”, and felt a rush of giddy excitement at the prospect of being a REAL writer. I had a vague idea that I would need an agent, so I went to a search engine and typed: “Litera...

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Where to find writing jobs online

A freelance writer’s best resources of finding jobs online are Job boards or sites. While some boards are geared specifically to the freelancer, many others also list other type of jobs.Some job boards allow freelancers to register their profiles a...

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15 Key Questions About Writing Your Own Tips Booklet

Everyone has something they want the world to know about and a tips bookletis a great way to do that. More than 500,000 copies in three languages of atips booklet called '110 Ideas for Organizing Your Business Life' have beensold, all witho...

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Ovecoming Writer's Block

Ovecoming Writer's Block by: Zaak O'Conan What is writer's block? Well, I just can't think of a single darn thing to say. Oh well, I'm outta here! Sound familiar? No! Oh, get real! We've all experienced this pheno...

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Music Basics Guide for the Beginning Musician

Music Basics Guide for the Beginning Musician by: Jan Durrant Hello! Welcome to the wonderful world of music. Have you always dreamed of being able to learn to READ MUSIC and play the piano, keyboard, guitar or any other instrument? Well, your d...

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300 Seconds and 7 Steps to Writing Your Speech

The wrong thing for you to do is to immediately start writing the speech. Yet that is the strongest impulse you will feel. Fight that urge and instead think about what you want to accomplish. Ask yourself the following important questions and then st...

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Which Blog Posting Style Suits You Best?

The blog posting found on any one site normally reflects, at least in part, the personality of the author. This is normal and expected for a couple of reasons. Firstly most popular blogs gain their fame and favor by creating frequent and interesting ...

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Book Review Of Stuart Nachbar's Book About Education And Politics

Stuart Nachbar has created a curious novel in The Sex Ed Chronicles. Using a backdrop of 1980 New Jersey, we are introduced to the murky world of school politics. He has selected the contentious subject of compulsory Sex Education, however the subjec...

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Why So Many Writers Are Morning People

You've pulled all-nighters. You've burned the midnight oil. You've worked through the wee hours. It's what lawyers do (as well as law students, though generally more pizza is involved). But what I'm suggesting is a radical d...

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