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

Knock-Out Writer's Block: Listening To Your Inner Voice by: Celise Downs 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...

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Incredibly Bad Articles Will Kill Your Credibility

Incredibly Bad Articles Will Kill Your Credibility by: Dean Phillips I've noticed a disturbing trend recently of articles suggesting that people write articles to send traffic to their websites, and enhance their credibility. In theory, the...

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Why Unique Blog Content Is So Important Online

The importance of unique article content for your blogs is very important if you want your blog to stand out from the crowd. If you know a lot about what you are writing about, it will be easier to come up with new and fresh ideas. If you start a bl...

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Concise Doesn't Mean Short

When I teach writing for the web, I tell my students to keep their writing concise and to the point. To most, this often means 'short'. But, as people, we are seldom interested in 'short'. What we're interested in is 're...

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Make Your SEO Copywriting Count

Anyone who has ever used a search engine to look for information on the internet knows there is a tremendous difference between good SEO copywriting and bad SEO copywriting. There is nothing more disappointing than going to a website in search of spe...

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How White Papers Have Evolved

The term "white paper" arose early in the 20th century in Great Britain. It was used to distinguish shorter government briefs and position papers with white covers from longer reports and policy books with blue covers. One of the earliest white pape...

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A Day in the Life of a Freelance Copywriter

Ever wanted a job where you could spend all day, every day, writing clever and inspiring prose? Yes? Well don’t become a freelance copywriter!Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great job, and for some of us it’s a calling that won’t be denied. And...

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The One-Plot Wonder

The One-Plot Wonder by: Michael LaRoccaBack in the mid to late 1980s I was a security guard. The pay was lousy, but it gave me many hours in seclusion to write short stories and novels. However, I usually worked over 80 hours a week. No one can ...

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How to Create Incredible Characters Easily

How to Create Incredible Characters Easily by: Caterina Christakos Creating incredible characters can be easy if you know of a few simple rules: Each character should have his own voice. If your character is from Brooklyn, give him brooklyn ac...

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Battling Writer's Block

"Hitting the wall", "Writer's Block", "Brain Cramp", "Drawing a blank"...whatever name it goes by, it's every writer's worst nightmare. "It" defies logic and spits in the face of reason. We're writers for writing out loud! Words a...

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