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Are You Ready For The Publishing Revolution?
by John Colanzi.Writing has traditionally been considered a solitary craft. You wrote you article or book in seclusion. You submitted it to an editor or publisher and prayed it would be published. Along comes the I...
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Tips to Write Ads
by Eric Borden.COPYWRITING After determining what we are going to sell, the next task is to effectively convey our message. Copywriting is the art of writing words and messages that successfully sell a product or s...
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Ten Essential Tips For Submitting Articles
by Dwain Berlin.Submitting well planned articles on-line will increase traffic and can even launch your career when handled right. They'll drive traffic from all over the net and show an excellent return on your tim...
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Poetry in a Nutshell
by Gary R. Hess.Poetry is more than just rhyming and prose that is in meters and verse. It is an art form. It is something that can not be judged by its cover and can not be critisized to the point where it just "su...
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The Author Within
by Esther Smith.Just about every marketer on the Internet claims to be the best around and would have you believe that no one else knows as much or can teach you as quickly and thoroughly as they can. It would see...
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3 Tips to Achieve Your Writing Goals
by Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ.1. Make your goals achievable. By achievable, we mean realistic and attainable. You might unconsciously have set a goal even others will have a hard time achieving, even if they had the means and the...
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5 Benefits of Keeping a Personal Journal
by Patti Testerman.Everyone who has kept a personal journal knows that writing is a therapeutic process that helps integrate seemingly unconnected life events. Some believe the process works because the physical act o...
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Can Your Theme Be Proved In Your Story?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – Your theme has to be something you can prove in your story - It doesn’t have to be a universal truth. This means that your theme doesn’t have to be something that happens in r...
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Does Each Element of Your Story Further The Theme?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – Whichever theme you choose, all the elements, which make up your story, dialogue, conflict, scenes, etc should be written with the theme in mind. Your theme should progress t...
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Have You Tested Your Theme Against Your Plot?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – How we usually begin the preparation stage in the writing process is… We think of an idea for a story We think of a suitable theme We plot Once we come up with a theme an...
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Is The Theme Running Throughout The Story?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – It’s no use coming up with a theme and not using it. Short stories are about a character or characters and about one situation or happening in those characters’ lives. By con...
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Does Your Theme Contain Character, Conflict, Resolution?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – For a theme to work and the story, which will revolve around the theme, it has to contain three things… Character Conflict Resolution What’s the reason for this? If you...
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Does Your Story Have A Theme?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – It should. A theme is a one-line explanation of your story.. Every story should have one because our stories are about something. When I say should, I mean that this isn’t a...
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Does The Title Reflect The Story?
by Nick Vernon.Short Story Writing Tips – We all have different tastes in what we like to read. Some have a particular taste for horror, while others prefer romance or fantasy or crime stories, etc. My favourite ge...
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The Viewpoint Character
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – I have said above that if a secondary character tells the story of the main character, then the spotlight should be kept on the main character. This shouldn’t be taken to the...
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Creative Writing Tips
by Nick Vernon.In the beginning of your story you have to grab your readers’ interest and sustain it till the end. Our hook is our character. Readers keep on reading to find out more about the character. To see wha...
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Have You Tested Your Plot?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – Our plotting stage is our testing area. Everything in the plot should be tested for its effectiveness before we put in into our stories. If you believe something in your plot...
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Does Your Plot Suit Your Characters And Vice-Versa?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – When an idea comes to us for a short story, we either think of a story line first or a character first. Whichever we think of first, and later on build, we have to make sure t...
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How Are You Plotting?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – Writing is a creative process and how every writer chooses to create, is individual to them. Likewise, with plotting, every writer plots at a level they are comfortable with. ...

Have You Completed A Character Questionnaire?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – Complete a character questionnaire for each of your main characters or even secondary characters that play a vital role in your story. This way you will know your character(s)...
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What Can Go Into A Plot?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – We all tackle plotting differently. How you plot will be individual to you, as it is with every writer. Below is an outline of what can go into a plot. How much you choose to ...

Do You Plot With Your Character In Mind?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – You are plotting the story. You write down what will happen, what problems will arise, what obstacles you will place so the character won’t reach his goals immediately, what h...
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Choosing Character Names
by Nick Vernon.How do you choose a name? Do you put down the first name that pops into your mind? Initially that’s what I used to do, until someone pointed out to me that there are a few things to take into conside...
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Have You Plotted Your Story Before Writing It?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – The writer, who doesn’t have the time to plot, always finds the time to rewrite. Sound familiar? I’ve been guilty of this too, back in the early days of my writing apprentic...
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Do You Know What A Plot Is?
by Nick Vernon.Creative Writing Tips – What a plot is and what a story is can be sometimes confusing. If you think they are the same… They are not. A plot is the outline of your story. The story is everything inclu...

 
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