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To Write Or Not To Write

To Outline or Not To Outline? by Mallory York Ah, the age-old writer's debateto outline or not to outline? Outlines have proven quite effective for a lot of writers, and many of the famous stories we know and lovesuch as Star Warswere outlined b...

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How To Find A Job Writing Grant Applications

How To Find A Job Writing Grant Applications by: Niall Cinneide Do you have what it takes to land a job doing grant writing? Many people are looking for ways to develop a freelance business, but unless you know what it takes to do so, you might ...

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How To Get Your Creative Writing Published

Creative writing is a field which is coming to the forefront with more and more people showing an interest. There are many people who have an inclination towards creative writing from their schooling days, and they take it up as a profession later in...

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Dream Job Crisis

Americans are working, women are out of the house, so mission accomplished? No, not exactly. Seventy-five percent of Americans are working in a field they don’t like. Not only does that mean that work quality suffers, but that quality of life plumm...

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For Beginners: 10 Ways To Prepare To Get Published

For Beginners: 10 Ways To Prepare To Get Published by: Jill Nagle (Skip directly to ten for the fastest shortcut!) Like any field, excellent writing requires study, practice and mentorship. Very few successful authors ever published their first ...

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Fleshing out the Mystery Ingredient that Leads to Multiple Editions and Bestsellers

When my first book "Starting Your Own Business" was published way back ten years ago, I thought that was it. I reckoned I’d never write another one. But I was wrong. It has enjoyed many reprints, multiple editions, and proceeded over the years to g...

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The Forces of Nature in Your Stories

Nature plays a big role in stories. Nature can make a character more authentic because it can influence his/her action or behavior.If you ever find yourself stuck on to how to describe one of your characters, add a force of nature in your character d...

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PROPOSAL WRITING

Writing to persuade is a tough task, but with a bit of planningit can be made easier and more effective.When you try to persuade someone, often you'll be trying to doone of these three things:confirm an existing belief;challenge an existing beli...

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HOW TO OVERCOME WRITER'S BLOCK

Just thought I'd share a few thoughts on how to use the amazing powers of your creative imagination to the fullest in overcoming "writer's block"... Letting you know that I start all my novels with a BASIC PLOT (plan) and don't have mu...

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Beyond Fear And Greed Emotions That Sell

Fear and Greed. The stock-in-trade of sales. Appeal to them, and your success is assured. But isn’t there more to life than those two emotions?Yes, there is. And your marketing would do well to expand its emotional horizons! Let’s take a look at...

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