freelance writer with a Bachelor of Arts in English from San Francisco State University
As you learn to love poetry as a beginner, and then write as an amateur you soon or later discover that your love for writing might be something more. The feedback from your peers raises questions, should you publish? How do you go about getting noticed on a local, then a global stage? Is there …
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Speaking in public can be a powerful way to build a business. It can help raise the profile of your business, generate new leads and create greater profits. But speaking in public can be nervewracking and seriously stressful for first timers. Writing a speech can be a major challenge, especially for technical writers. We can …
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These days, you can publish your work without making huge upfront investments. With the help of online publishing channels (e.g. Amazon’s Kindle platform), publishing books can now be done by the writers themselves. In this article, you’ll learn how to take advantage of online publishing. Two Types of Online Publishing Services Single-Channel – With this …
Seeing your poetry in print can be a wonderful feeling, but the poetry market is one of the hardest to break into. The rejection letters can really pile up, and that can lead to some discouragement. But rejection letters should not get the would-be poet down. There are more markets available than many poets realize. …
Ever since the childhood days, I am a die-hard fan of popular Telugu fiction writers, Yandamoori Virendranath and Malladi Venkata Krishna Moorthy. What fascinated me about them is the way they meticulously organised interesting information around their storyline which makes novel reading enriching rather than simply being entertaining. And a further interesting fact about them …
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1. In-depth knowledge. As a sportswriter, it’s very important that you have in-depth, working knowledge on the sports that you’re covering. You must know how the game is played, the star players, its history, and the important statistics that you’re readers need to know. It will help if you have first-hand experience or if you’re …
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I’ve read hundreds of character development tips, and most are very good. Making a list of character features is great, but generally your characters come from you. I’m not suggesting you make all your characters the same, but I am suggesting that most of your characters come from your personal experience. How do I begin …
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My mobile rang about 16:00 on a Friday afternoon. “Can you proofread 32,000 words by Sunday at 18:00?” Proofreading: subject-verb agreement, the occasional comma, typos, nothing major. “Yes.” Two hours later the document landed in my inbox with a note, “Actually there are 43,000 words. Hope that is okay.” What? A mere third of an …
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Jean De Brunhoff / Babar Series This children’s book series originated in France in 1931 and has been a huge success through the years. Babar is an elephant who ventures away from the jungle when his mother was killed by a Hunter. Babar finds himself in Paris and learning about civilization. Upon his return, he …
A copy editor is a very important part of the content process. This individual helps to make sure that all copy created is fit to print. But with this kind of power also comes great responsibility. Here are the important elements of using that power correctly. Style One of the important aspects of an editing …
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