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If The Viewpoint Character Is A Secondary Character, Have You Established Who He is?

If The Viewpoint Character Is A Secondary Character, Have You Established Who He is? by: Nick Vernon Creative Writing Tips – I have said above that if a secondary character tells the story of the main character, then the spotlight should be ke...

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The Magic of Quotations

All people no matter how good they are in writing or in giving speeches have various problems at the start, within the course and at the end of the activity. Some people simply run out of words or encounter difficulty in expressing and finding the e...

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Writers: Do You Procrastinate? Make it a Priority to Write Your Book

So you've taken the plunge and started writing a book? Congratulations on taking the first step. But now you have to find ways to keep yourself motivated to keep going. If you're like most people that are trying to write a book, you started...

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Write Your Book Introduction as a Sales Tool

Is your book introduction designed to seal the sale? Probably not; many open a book to read, see an introduction, yawn, think boring and turn the page. Why, because authors, including myself, have treated the introduction as only a 'why I wrote ...

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Questions For Effective Communication

Brevity. Saying what needs to be said in the least number of words; it's a challenge for most of us, including many professional writers and speakers. Mark Twain famously noted that if he'd had more time, he'd have written a shorter le...

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Ebook Formats PDF

The most popular ebook formats used on the Internet are the Portable Document Format, better known as PDF, and the Hypertext Markup Language, better known as HTML.Although both formats are highly popular, you must look at the entire picture prior to ...

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A TEACHER WHO INFLUENCED MY WRITING

Mine was Mrs. Martha Harrison, my eighth grade English teacher. She made us write, and write, and write. She would put a sentence on the blackboard (I used to be the one to clean it..remember that), like "If A Pencil Sharpener Could Talk" and make us...

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4 Tips for Writing Successful Swipe Copy

© 2005 by Bruce CarlsonMaster copywriter and marketer Dan Kennedy, in his highlypopular and successful copywriting seminars, likes to tellhis students that "sometimes good enough is good enough"when it comes to a piece of sales copy.What does Da...

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How to Write Your Own Baby Shower Verses

How to Write Your Own Baby Shower Verses by: Criss White A poem or verse is a literary composition used to express emotions or ideas using literary techniques like rhyme and metaphor. Although there are no set rules for creating poetry, these ti...

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How A Creative Writing Journal Helps To Aspiring Creative Writers

What makes a creative person a creative writerno, this is not a trick question. The answers are: they possess those creative ideas and they write them down, then they expand and stretch their concepts and imagination so that they can come up with sho...

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