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91). The Joy Of Writing Obituaries By : Hallidae Thomason
Are you intrigued or surprised by the way I titled this article? It probably seems like writing obituaries would be filled with anything other than joy. I agree, or at least I would have agreed up until a few months ago when I had the privilege of helping two friends write the obituaries for their grandmothers.
I used to think that wri...
92). Publicity From Thirty Thousand Feet By : Penny C. Sansevieri
We all know that marketing a book is a process. But sometimes the process takes longer than we’d anticipated. That’s why it’s nice every now and again to hop aboard the publicity jet and get a look-see at what you’ve been doing from the thirty-thousand foot level. Why? Well, first off this birds-eye view will reveal to you areas you might be overlo...
93). Writing: Getting Started By : Matthew C. Keegan
Writing for web content is one of the easiest ways for writers to get their work published. If you have yet to submit articles for syndication, you are missing out on a wonderful opportunity to share your knowledge as well as to promote your name. Getting started is not that difficult...you probably already have done so and you do not even know it!...
94). Easy To Read Articles By : James Mahony
Article writing does not need to be difficult. The information about writing articles presented here will do one of two things: either it will reinforce what you know about article marketing or it will teach you something new. Both are good outcomes.
When writing articles, make sure to keep your readers in mind. Studies have shown tha...
95). Writing Well for the Web By : Tyler Benson
If you expect your potential clients to read the texts on your site, be especially particular about the content. Writing for the web has its own peculiarities in comparison with common publications. It is known that 79% Internet users just skip over the web pages, but rarely peruse them. It suggests that we should take pains to make their reading u...
96). The Secret Of Writing Persuasive Web Content By : Trish Andrews
Writing persuasive web content covers a wonderful variety of writing techniques. You can use different voices, humor, inspiration, or sales copy. Every web page should have a purpose: To familiarize, to inform, or to call the reader to action (click to the next page, join a newsletter, buy a product, or sign up for a mini-course.)
The ...
97). Truth or Lie: Fiction vs. Memoir—How Memoir Writers Can Approach Truth and Healing By : Linda Joy Myers
The recent flap about James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces has hit the media with a big bang, bringing the age-old debate about what is acceptable when writing memoir--a “real” story. Every time a memoir is released that gains media attention this debate is raised. Mary Karr, The Liar’s Club, Jennifer Lauck, Blackbird, and Vivian Gornick, Fierce At...
98). Short Story Ideas - How To Have Them By : Steve Gillman
Hopefully, when you want short story ideas, you don't sit there waiting for inspiration. It's better to write anything, and do it right now. English writer Graham Green attributes much of his success to a simple habit: He forced himself to write at least 500 words daily, whether he felt like it or not. Perhaps creative inspiration can strike at any...
99). How To Get A Reporter's Attention For Your Book By : Sophfronia Scott
Reporters are busy people. On any given day they are fielding dozens of phone calls, making calls of their own, reading stacks of newspapers and magazines and rushing to meet deadlines. So how do you break through all the noise to get a reporter or an editor on the phone to listen to your pitch?
In my 15 years as a magazine journalist ...
100). How to write it? By : Tyler Benson
Everything seems fine, no mistakes, no false statements, no taboo ideologies expressed but still you get “satisfactory” and think about what a looser you are. It seems unfair. After getting the same result each time you ask yourself, what is that I do wrong? How to write it? Here are some hints for you to get the general idea of how to do it. First...
101). Writing Copy That Sells - What's The Big Secret? By : Trish Andrews
When someone buys a product, what they actually are buying is the benefit of owning that product.
A woman buys a gift to celebrate a birthday or express a thank you... but deep down she wishes to be generous, thoughtful and remembered. A man buys a new set of golf clubs – his old set might be a bit worn out, true... but he's really hop...
102). Resume: Your First Step to Success By : Tyler Benson
It usually takes 2 minutes for the employer to skip over your resume. After that you will either be invited for an interview or your resume will join a heap of fellow-sufferers in waste paper basket. Surely you are to spend much more time than your employer on the resume to win a chance to be asked for the interview. Unfortunately, competently writ...
103). Enhance Your Creative Writing Abilities By : Linda Correli
Creative writing is considered to be one of the most perplexing forms of articulating thoughts and ideas on paper. It turns out to be a hard nut to crack because it requires the ability to think freely, giving thoughts a modicum of leeway, and express ideas and experienced feelings sincerely and openly.
That’s why putting wind in the ...
104). Your Child Is Talented By : Tyler Benson
Life is full of amazing discoveries. All my life I firmly believed that talent is a strictly innate quality. If you do not have the inborn aptitude for singing, neither conservatoire, nor endless practical singing classes will make you a remarkable singer. It turned out I had been on the wrong path. Modern discoveries have shown that talent does no...
105). My Adventure With Creative Writing By : Analeese Burnabaker
During my last semester of college I had a few hours that I got to fill with elective classes. I had heard good things about the professor who taught Creative Writing and so I signed up for the class without too much thought about the content of the class or what it would require of me. Little did I know when I signed up that the Creative Writing c...
106). Writing For Magazines By : Aurel Radulescu
If you want to make it as a professional writer, you will eventually need to be branch out into the world of magazines. While many new writers are intimidated by the major magazines and editors, it is important to realize that they are not so different from any other publication. Aside from the fact that they print monthly, most magazines are just ...
107). They are just afraid of writing… By : Francis
Sometimes, students as well as scholars are afraid of designing and completing new project, one of the most difficult in their turbulent student life, one of the longest during their short period of study, and one of the most important as well. Why are so many people afraid of the writing assignment? Why so many students afraid of dissertations? Ap...
108). Writing Press Releases - Getting it right By : Wadsworth
A good news release consists of a short introduction. Journalists call this an ‘intro’. This should total perhaps no more than 25 words. Bear in mind that your text needs to answer the ‘six salient questions’: Who, What, Where, When, Why and How? Your intro will cover most but not necessarily all of them. Keep your article short and simple (Kiss). ...
109). Superchery By : J Square Humboldt
The best way to cheapen anything is to overuse it ...
I recall a sports clip from many years ago, where a veteran basketball player near the end of his career was reminiscing about his prime and comparing it to the supporting-cast status he was about to assume with his latest team. He made a comment along the lines of "I've been a supe...
110). Seven Secrets of Writing a Book That Sells By : Penny C. Sansevieri
It's one thing to write a book, it's an entirely different thing to write one that's a saleable, viable, marketable product. Ensuring the success of a book is something even the biggest publishers have never been able to guarantee. Mitigating circumstances, flash trends, and world events will all affect buyer preferences. That said, there are still...
111). How to Write a Short Story By : Rachelle Arlin Credo
Everybody knows writing a story is not easy. Like the drama or the poem, it is imaginative literature that should appeal to the emotions of the readers. Since it communicates the writer's interpretation of reality, there must be an artistic use of language to signify human experience. But how do we write a great short story? What are the things to ...
112). 10 New Tips For Successfully Promoting Your Book On Talk Radio By : Marsha Friedman
For nearly two decades, we’ve been telling you about the value of talk radio as a means for promoting your book to the masses. As one of the country’s top providers of radio shows around the country, we schedule anywhere from 50 to 100 interviews week in and week out. As a result of our close working relationship with the media, we know what works ...
113). Top 10 Website Copywriting Secrets By : Mike Pavlish
Successful website copywriting is very different than traditional copywriting.
Based on what actually works best --and does not work-- from writing dozens of websites for our clients, here are our Top 10 website copywriting secrets. If you apply them, your website will be a major marketing success for your business and its bottom line....
114). Milking Your Book Ideas For All They’re Worth By : chicho
My latest book “How to Earn Money in Retirement” (How To Books ISBN 1845281128) has just been published and hits the bookstores in early May 2006.
As I was writing the mss about nine months ago it occurred to me that there might be another book lurking right there in the text. Accordingly I took notes; mentally deleting a chapter here ...
115). Can You Afford To Publish Your Book? By : Sophfronia Scott
Money blinds. It's as simple as that. Aspiring authors ask about the money issue all the time, in varying forms, (How much does it cost to publish? How much will I get paid in royalties?, etc.) but they can't see beyond that issue to think about the thing that will truly decide the money question. And here it is:
What Do You Want From...
116). How To Cultivate Greatness In Your Writing By : Sophfronia Scott
There's a television commercial, I believe it's for E-trade, that talks about how nobody wants to be an ordinary...fill in the blank. Supposedly we aspire to be better. Nobody wants to be an ordinary athlete, nobody wants to be an ordinary investor. A photo of Hemingway flashes across the screen and it says "nobody wants to be an ordinary writer". ...
117). Speech Making Basic Tips By : Simon Oldmann
It is no secret that public speaking is causing a lot of fear and stress, in fact public speaking ranks high in causing fear in many of us.
The problem that most of us face is not speech making per se, it is actually any kind of frontal lecture or exchange of information that we need to deliver. College students are well aware of the d...
118). How To Think Through Writer's Block By : Sophfronia Scott
In his book, On Writing, Stephen King says, "We are talking about tools and carpentry, about words and style…but as we move along, you’d do well to remember that we are also talking about magic." When something is really well-written we tend to think it was effortless for the writer, that it seems magical. We wonder, "Did that author ever have to d...
119). Nice Twist By : J Square Humboldt
The legendary George Carlin made a career out of calling attention to the difference between how words and phrases are perceived as opposed to what they're 'actually' saying ...
He would ask wonderfully rhetorical questions, my favorite of which was this:
- Would you really get on a non-stop flight?
And yet, t...
120). Simple Steps Lead To Successful Books By : Jim Donovan
Like most first time authors, I figured that once the word was out that I'd written a book, the world would beat a path to my door wanting to buy it. I'll admit I gave little thought to marketing until the day my first printing of Handbook To A Happier Life was delivered. In a panic, I called a published author I knew and asked, "What do I do now?"...
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