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Help! I Cant Write!


Writer?s Block can strike like a King Cobra, paralyzing every little golden nugget you try to create. What can you do to lick it? Below are some fun suggestions to crack the nut! (write about each prompt for twenty minutes)

Get Noticed! Eight Tips to Catching an Editors Eye


The first five pages of a novel are critical.

Use These 3 Editing Tips to Ensure Your Writing Hits the Bull?s-Eye


The first step in the writing process is to put your ideas down on paper. Once you have text to work with, the second step is to revise what you have written to make it as clear, accurate and powerful as you can. The final step is to edit your work carefully.

What Is The Single Worst Writing Mistake?


The following answer sounds simplistic?but think about it. The single worst writing mistake is ?not starting.?

Four Act Stories and Beyond


There are various forms of structure, including frameworks, work processes and goal setting.

Are Writing Exercises Effective?


It was reported that the great American author Sinclair Lewis was once asked to give a lecture on writing to a group of college students: "Looking out at this gathering," he said to the assembled students, "makes me want to know how many of you really and truly wish to become writers?" Every hand in the room went up. Lewis looked at them for a moment and then folded his notes and put them away. "If that's true," he said, "then the best advice I can give you is to go home and start writing." He then turned and left the room.

Turning Your Journal Into An Idea Bank


A few magazines refer to their written idea sources in assigning articles to reliable, experienced writers, or even allow those writers to peruse them for topics to write about.

How to Write Your Op-Ed Piece


Op-ed articles, also known as opinion/editorial articles, are a great way for aspiring writers to publicize their work and, in exchange, receive an amazing amount of publicity for free. You can write an op-ed piece and get it publicized provided you follow these simple rules.

Rejection ? Have the Right Perspective and Don?t Quit


If you?re getting rejections from your submissions, please don?t quit yet until you read the following article. I want you to get a perspective on rejection.

Focusing Your Reading and Finding Ideas


Many experts recommend reading as a way to get ideas, but usually do not offer more specific suggestions, such as pinpointing and identifying areas that you can select from and write about. From my own experience, I know how frustrating this can be. I took endless notes and saved countless newspaper clippings, only to discard nearly all of them a few years later.

Freelance Feast or Famine?


Sometimes a freelance writing career can feel very much like "feast or famine".

Increase Your Chances Of Winning Writing Contests


Winning writing contests can provide several advantages to writers. For starters it?s a great way to get your name in print and in front of potential readers. It can also provide professional credits for your writing portfolio, and prize rewards to augment your income.

Writing with a Sense of Adventure


We've all been told that we need to use all five senses to bring our fiction to life. Sight, sound, smell, taste and touch all need to be invoked. But there's one other sense that also needs to be used: the sense of adventure.

Discover the Magic of the Most Beautiful Words in the English Language


'Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.' Henry James.

7 Ways to Turn Readers Into Friends


Back in my school days, if the teacher demanded a term paper I knew just what to do. I quickly researched the report, and wrote it as fast as I could.

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