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| Writing Advice: Cover Letters:When, Why, and How to Use Them |
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By Moira Allen
When you submit a manuscript to an editor, should you include a cover letter? The answer isn't always obvious. On the one hand, a manuscript stuffed into an envelope all by itself seems so -- well, naked! On the other hand, stating the obvious (e.g., "enclosed is a manuscript..." or "I hope you find this of interest") almost seems an insult to an editor's intelligence.
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Posted by Rose on Saturday, March 01 @ 23:24:23 EST (580 reads)
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| Writing Advice: Boost Creativity by Befriending Your Muse |
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MolliNickell writes "BY Molli Nickell
Want to boost your creativity? How about finding more time to write, regardless of how busy your life may be? Consider enlisting the assistance of your muse, a force of inspiration that is ready, willing and able to help you reach your goal of becoming published. "
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Posted by Rose on Saturday, March 01 @ 23:07:10 EST (477 reads)
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| Writing Advice: Why Every Writer Needs An Editor |
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By Bobbi Linkemer
Every writer needs an editor. No exceptions! There are several stages of your writing in which you might need an editor to help. If you are writing a book, you may even need more than one editor, since different kinds of editors specialize in different aspects of preparing a book for publication. Here are three of the most important.
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Posted by Rose on Thursday, February 14 @ 01:12:21 EST (410 reads)
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| Writing Advice: 10 Playful Way Tips to Revision |
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By Roberta Allen
These Playful Way tips can be used to help you revise any kind of creative prose--stories, short shorts, essays, novels, memoirs, journals, plays, screenplays, performance pieces, sketches, monologues--you name it! What is revision?
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Posted by Rose on Thursday, February 14 @ 01:02:50 EST (465 reads)
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| Writing Advice: Writing Well-- 6 Steps to Being Your Own Best Editor |
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By Marige O'Brien
One of the first important lessons a writer learns is that writing is a process, a series of steps that take an idea from concept to completed work. This is true whether the work is an article, a poem, a report, a short story or a book. Understanding this process -- and the role a writer plays in it -- is crucial to their success.
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Posted by Rose on Tuesday, January 29 @ 21:38:34 EST (725 reads)
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| Writing Advice: Write Your Life |
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Author:David Leonhardt
Take out a white piece of paper and place it on your kitchen table. You now have two choices. You can write or draw on it, or you can leave it there.
If you write or draw, you control the paper's destiny, the words or images it will express, the character it will display, the very meaning of its existence.
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Posted by Rose on Tuesday, January 29 @ 21:33:35 EST (473 reads)
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| Writing Advice: Writing Without Style |
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Author: Joseph E. Wright
Style manuals are all well and good, and in fact, highly desirable for newspapers. The average reading level of newspaper readers is the sixth grade. Over the years it became imperative that newspaper writing be simple, consistent, and use basic punctuation, even when that violated some elementary rules. The end result has been that borderline idiots may now understand today's papers.
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Posted by Rose on Tuesday, January 29 @ 21:22:03 EST (355 reads)
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| Writing Advice: How Much Should a Freelancer Charge? |
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Author: Moira Allen
One question I often receive goes something like this: "I am just starting out as a magazine freelancer, and would like to know how much to charge." The short answer to this question is "It's not your choice." While most forms of self-employment enable an individual to set his/her own rates (within certain limitations defined by the type of business, region, etc.), freelance writing is the exception. In this business, rates are determined by the market, and freelancers have very little control over what they are paid.
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Posted by Rose on Tuesday, January 08 @ 19:50:58 EST (864 reads)
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| Writing Advice: Articles - Become a Specialist Web Article Writer and Earn Cash |
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Author: Angela Booth
Here's a secret: Web articles are in hot demand. On Web sites, original content translates into high visibility and sales of products, or of advertising. So if you can write articles - even quite simple ones - you're assured of an income for your writing.
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Posted by Rose on Tuesday, January 08 @ 19:46:30 EST (579 reads)
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| Writing Advice: Advice for New Writers |
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Author:Aaron Paul Lazar
With the advent of email communications in the workplace, it's not uncommon to exchange dozens of messages daily. Sometimes, I sense a writer's "voice" in such messages.
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Posted by Rose on Friday, December 28 @ 13:03:30 EST (442 reads)
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