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How to Write an E-Book Faster Than It Takes To Read This Article

How fast can you write an e-book?Though Jim Edwards and I wrote a #1 best-sellinge-book titled "How to Write and Publish Your OwnOUTRAGEOUSLY Profitable e-Book in as little as 7 days,"you can do it even quicker than 7 days.How?Here are at least thre...

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Unusual Points of View

Unusual Points of View by: Rita Marie Keller Most writers are familiar with first and third points of view and their variations. But have you ever experimented with alternative points of view? Below are some less used points of view, what I call...

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Nonfiction Book Blueprint; How to Construct Your Book One Layer at a Time

With a project as big and important as writing a book, working from a plan-or blueprint-will make everything easier and more fun. Following a blueprint allows aspiring authors to make their ideas work, just like construction crews use blueprints to b...

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Tips from Robert Ludlum on writing a compelling thriller

Based on a two-hour interview with the late Robert Ludlum, author of some of the world's best selling novels of international intrigue. Q. How did your career in writing begin? Ludlum: When I got out of college in 1952, I wanted to be an actor...

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Effective Editing: It Spells the Difference!

Effective Editing: It Spells the Difference! by: Lizzie R. Santos If you think proofreading equals editing, then you're wrong! Editing is a lot more than just scrutinizing your manuscript for misspelled words or missing punctuation marks. ...

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Secrets of a 6-Figure Freelance Writer

I have been a freelance writer for almost twenty years now, and for the last ten years I have made over $100,000 a year. Sometimes maybe a shade less, but often a great deal more. Can you do the same? You probably can...Here is the biggest secret of ...

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Three ways journaling can boost your creativity and your business

I have a friend who has struggled with her creativity for a long time. She's extremely uncomfortable thinking of herself as "creative." We've been working together on it, and making progress. One of the tools that's really helped her h...

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Novel to Screenplay The Challenges of Adaptation. Some basic steps when adapting a novel to the screenplay form.

ADAPTATION 101Brimming with confidence, you’ve just signed the check purchasing the rights to adapt John Doe’s fabulous, but little known novel, Lawrence of Monrovia, to screenplay form. Suddenly, panic sets in. “What was I thinking? How the de...

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Knock-Out Writer's Block Listening To Your Inner Voice

When I was young, I used to talk to myself. Long, drawn out, one-sided conversations. I didn’t have an imaginary friend, I just talked to myself. My mother says that’s why I became a writer: because of my overactive imagination. I admit she may b...

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** The Incredible, Edible Subhead **

Of course you're familiar with using headlines tocall attention to Web copy, brochures, articles, ordocuments. But subheads can be just as effective inbringing out key points for your readers. And theyalso help make any document easier to read, ...

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