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  • From Information Age to Recommendation Age  By : Glenn Dietzel
    Society has moved from the Information Age to the Recommendation Age. The savvy author and entrepreneur who understands the Recommendation Age can become the industry leader in his or her area of expertise and build a business around a book even before the manuscript is complete.
  • Book Report Writing  By : Sameer Shah
    A book report is an exhibition/essay, presenting a short summary of a book and a feedback to it. It is by and large customized to its readers.
  • Online Competitions Opportunity for Drawing  By : Compete Around the World
    Writing is a creative activity. Whether you are writing about your own life story or creating stories based upon the plots and characters that exist within your imaginations, creativity matters.

    Fiction is the purest form of storytelling that is told with written words. In Fiction writing there is a great deal of flexibility. To make fiction writing more effective, theme, character, setting, plot, style, language, and Dialogue plays an important role. A good fiction writer should read a lot, listen and observe everything carefully before writing.
  • 5 Easy Steps To Writing Your Appealing Letter  By : upinder singh negi2
    You must write a hypnotic persuasion letter to help you achieve all your goals! Get the boss to give you a raise, induce that beautiful blue-eyed girl to be your lover and persuade your mother to buy a BMW Z3 for you this summer.
    Give me twenty minutes and I‘ll teach you step-by-step my secret writing your own success system. If you follow this 5 steps formula of writing, you‘ll never fail in this age of persuasion. Keep reading!
  • How To Recognize and Monetize Your Expertise And Passion – Part 1  By : Glenn Dietzel
    Business is about influence, or “leverage.” Your book that you will author is a tool to leverage your credibility. And the first step in preparing your mind for success is to see yourself as an expert.
  • Creative Writing Exercises  By : Kashyap Ray
    Writing exercise is a magnificent way for boosting your skill as a writer as well as to breed new ideas for the future work too.
  • Creative writing guidelines  By : Parthiv Goel
    Creative Writing will facilitate you to develop techniques and skills you need to become an effective writer.
  • 5 practical tips for information gathering online for academic writing  By : William King
    These days, the research tool of academic research is the Internet. The problem is that it has become too easy for anyone to leave the digital mark - not necessarily a good thing when you are looking for trusted, authoritative information. This little guide will show the strategies to discern good, quality information from filler.
  • Geek yourself up and out of the  By : Corgan Loir
    geeky terms to master and keep yourself up with the latest trends
  • Types of Report Writing  By : Kashyap Ray
    A report is a dreadfully official document that is written to serve the range of purpose in the engineering and business disciplines; sciences and social sciences. Therefore, they need to be clear-cut and accurate.
  • Script Writing Format and its Elements  By : Kashyap Ray
    A screenplay or script is a blueprint for creating a motion image. It can be modified from a previous work. For example—from a short story, play, novel or it could be from an original work in and of itself.
  • Technical Writing  By : Kashyap Ray
    Technical Writing, kind of expository writing or at times influential writing is most frequently used to transmit information or to persuade others for the business intentions.
  • Content Writing  By : Kashyap Ray
    Content writing is a skill to create the content. The creation of a good content is a means to get the hold of a people to go through your site and purchase the products. Apart from this, it reflects a good keyword too.
  • How to Select Your Essay Topic?  By : Derekgendron
    Your topic is largely determined by the type and length of the paper you are to write. In most cases you will be asked to write a literary, an argumentative, a position, or a descriptive paper. The length may vary from five to twenty five typed pages, depending on whether it is a brief report or term paper.
  • Argumentative News Articles  By : Bharat Jain
    The objective behind an argumentative essay is to induce an audience of a claim, for which you are presenting the rational arguments.
  • How to Write a Better Memo  By : Brian S. Konradt
    Size doesn’t matter. Such is the case with the memo. Isn’t it amazing how one relatively short document can be such a huge pain? The following tips show you how to construct a formidable, readable memo.
  • Great Technical Writing: Sell Your Readers On What's Important  By : Barry P.Millman
    Our humdrum, sterile headings and writing manner do little to encourage our Users to read parts of the product documentation that would be especially beneficial for them. This article presents two real-world examples, how they fail their users, and how to correct the problems.
  • Power of The Word  By : Tyler Benson
    Words possess magic power over us. Words of order, words of a sentence, words you use in your essay. They make all the difference in our life. That is why we should devote enough attention to the words we say to each other. Being polite, saying compliments to surrounding people gives fruit in the form of constructive and pleasant interaction with others.
  • Scholarship Essay Contests: 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Win in Essay Challenge  By : Linda Correli
    Learn how to write attention-grabbing and compelling scholarship essay to succeed in all kinds of scholarship essay contests.
  • Little Known Ways to Pass Essay Type Exams  By : Linda Correli
    Essay exams are just around the corner. How to prepare? Where to start from? How to write an essay well and cope with the writing anxiety on the big day? You will find the answers to these and many other questions in this article.
  • Essay Writing Services: Straight Way to Troubles or Last-Minute Relief?  By : Linda Correli
    Find out what essay writing services are all about, what they offer, how they run, and what is the best way to get your last-minute essay papers written at a mouse click and stay out of trouble.
  • Thesis Essay Writing Guidelines Every Student Ought to Know  By : Linda Correli
    Find out the essential information every student ought to know before writing a thesis essay! This will help you write an A+ thesis essay that will stand against the crowd!
  • College Essays Editing: Must-Do Check-Out Before Turning Your Paper  By : Linda Correli
    In this article you will find useful tips for editing your college essays before you turn them in to your professor. Use this as a checklist before you submit your college essay.
  • How to Write a Persuasive Essay  By : Linda Correli
    Stop worrying about writing a persuasive essay. Find out how to write a persuasive essay in three simple steps.
  • Master the Art of Persuasion for Your Essays  By : Linda Correli
    This article will provide you with helpful tips for writing a persuasive essay on any topic. You will learn to state, define and prove your arguments, as well as win your readers’ heart.
  • Essay Writing: What’s In It For Me?  By : Linda Correli
    Read this article each time you feel frustrated about essay writing and it will help you cope with your anxiety and write a splendid essay.
  • How to Write Better College Essays  By : Brian S. Konradt
    An outstanding personal essay, no matter how long, is sometimes the deciding factor for a prospective student. But it’s not enough to show proficiency with the written word -- at least not anymore. Today’s personal essays revolve around the sense of personality and style gleaned from each sentence, and it’s your responsibility to harness those elements.
  • Letters of Reference Defined  By : Shaun Fawcett
    There is a great deal of general confusion about the differences/similarities between letters of reference and letters of recommendation. For instance; which is which, and why? How are they different? In what ways are they similar? This article explains and demystifies letters of reference.
  • How To Write Cover Letters That Work  By : Shaun Fawcett
    Many people are confused about the term "cover letter". That's because most people don't realize that there are two main types of cover letters. There are "document transmittal cover letters", and there are "resume cover letters". Here's the difference; and how to write resume cover letters.
  • 7 Secrets For Beating Writer’s Block  By : Shaun Fawcett
    Most people can easily identify with the dreaded "writer's block". It is a well-known phenomenon that just about everyone has faced at least once in their lives. I used to suffer from writer's block, big time! Over the years I have developed a number of sure-fire ways to beat writer's block.
  • 10 Secrets For Everyday Writing Success  By : Shaun Fawcett
    During my 30-year career in a variety of professional positions in both the private and public sectors I have written literally thousands of letters and memos and hundreds of reports. Here's my "Top 10 List" for mastering your day-to-day practical writing tasks, both personal and professional.
  • 10 Secrets For Writing Killer Complaint Letters  By : Shaun Fawcett
    Here are 10 strategies I have learned over the years, by trial-and-error, for writing complaint letters that are guaranteed to get you attention and action.
  • Letters of Recommendation – Writing Tips and Strategies  By : Shaun Fawcett
    In addition to standard letter-writing dos and don'ts, there are a number of basic guidelines that apply specifically to most situations related to the writing of letters of recommendation. These are usually more "situational" than "how-to" in nature. Here's how to write a recommendation letter.
  • Letters of Recommendation Defined  By : Shaun Fawcett
    There is a great deal of general confusion about the differences/similarities between letters of recommendation and letters of reference. For instance; which is which, and why? How are they different? In what ways are they similar? This article explains and demystifies letters of recommendation.
  • Letter of Recommendation or Letter of Reference – Which Is It?  By : Shaun Fawcett
    It so happens that there IS a lot of confusion about the differences and similarities between letters of recommendation letters and letters of reference. For instance; which is which, and why? How are they different? In what ways are they similar? This article clarifies that confusion.
  • Resignation Letters: Don’t Let Yours Backfire  By : Shaun Fawcett
    A resignation letter is one of the most emotionally- charged letters you will ever write. The sentiments behind it are invariably volatile because of what it represents. In fact, studies have found that leaving a job can be as stressful as the breakup of a marriage. Here's how to resign with class.
  • Go With the Flow: Write With Transition Words and Phrases  By : Shaun Fawcett
    One of the most common weaknesses I see in day-to-day writing is poor logical flow from one idea or point to the next, with little or no sense of sequence, continuity, or relativity. Here are some tips to get some "flow" into your writing.
  • Passing the test of the cover letter  By : Amelie Mag
    Many people have asked themselves how to write a cover letter the best way. What is the recipe for the most successful cover letter? While there are a couple of hints and pieces of advice we can give, there is no way we can tell you from now that this or that kind of cover letter is the perfect one.
  • How to be a Public Speaking Star with The Use Of Computers  By : joshuap
    You can use computers to help you write your speech, as well as to help you research effectively, edit your work, check spelling and grammar and more. Computers can help you avoid wasting time; avoid never ending revising of your speech.
  • Presentation Skills  By : Tyler Benson
    Presentation skills are very important for a scholar and for a teenager. If you want to be successful in making a presentation, follow some of the advice given in this article.
  • Beware of Automatic Letter Generators  By : Shaun Fawcett
    If you’ve spent any time online looking for letter writing help you have no doubt come across software programs that “automatically generate” various types of letters. There can be problems with these. Here are two typical ways in which these software letter generators work.
  • Use Real-Life Templates For Writing Success  By : Shaun Fawcett
    At some point along the way, most of us have used what are commonly called "fill-in-the-blank" writing templates. We might have used them to write a letter, format an essay, or set-up a resume or CV. Using real-life templates instead will give you a much better letter; easier and quicker.
  • Business Letters: Keep Them Short and To The Point  By : Shaun Fawcett
    If you ever draft letters, or any other documents where brevity is important, you'll want to pay close attention to these little practical "tricks of the trade".
  • When To Say Thank You In Writing  By : Shaun Fawcett
    The purpose of this article is to tell you the whole story on when to write “thank you letters”, as they apply to a wide variety of situations — both personal and business.
  • Applying the K.I.S.S. principle in everyday writting  By : Marc Guidry
    Keeping it simple when it comes to grammar
  • Anyone Can Write an Essay!  By : ArticleTrader
    OK...so you have to write an essay, and you're not sure how to do it? No problem! When the process is broken down, its as easy as 1-2-3!
  • 7 Tips For Writing Thank You Letters With Class  By : Shaun Fawcett
    In reality, thank you letters are among the most important letters we will ever write. Whether business or personal, an effective thank you letter needs to be written with sincerity, tact and sensitivity. Here are 7 Tips that will help you do just that.
  • How To Improve Your Lousy Writing Skills In The Workplace  By : Brian S. Konradt
    This article provides fail-safe strategies to help refine your writing and help you to communicate with clarity, simplicity, and impact so you will never write junk again. You will learn five masterful steps to guide you in planning, writing, and refining an article; and you will learn how to avoid common writing mistakes.
  • Be a Well Paid Writer, Starting Today  By : Avril Harper
    Imagine writing a few words, several times a day, and waiting for checks for $10, $50, two hundred dollars or more to pop through your letterbox some time soon. That’s what life is like for writers of short manuscripts, commonly called ‘fillers’, who can make this a full time writing career or a wonderfully profitable hobby.
  • The Four Parts of an Academic Term Paper  By : ArticleTrader
    This article explains the functionality and interrelatedness of the four parts of a college term paper.
  • Improve Your Writing in Eight Simple Steps  By : ArticleTrader
    This articles explains how a student can improve his or her writing by following eight simple steps.
  • Writing/Typing Thoughts: Does It Help Solve a Problem?  By : Lanie Pambid
    Since my grade school years, I have already practiced writing my thoughts through small diaries and other journals...
  • How To Overcome Writer's Block  By : John Hayward
    What is writer's block?

    Well, I just can't think of a single darn thing to say. Oh well, I'm outta here!
  • Breaking Through Writer's Block  By : Marige OBrien
    A 5-step process designed to recognise, understand and overcome this affliction
  • The Written Word Strikes Back  By : Marige OBrien
    For years countless experts have led us to believe that technology would make writing obsolete. In the meantime, the internet relies on it now more than ever.
  • Writing Press Releases - Getting it right  By : Wadsworth
    For freelance writers, knowing how to create a press release is essential, and mastery of its key rules can be acquired with the right level of dedication, commitment and advice.
  • Press Release Writing Tips for PR People  By : Joan Stewart
    A press release is often your only chance to make a great first impression.
  • Overcoming Writer’s Block  By : Dawn Robertshaw
    Writing information products is one of the most popular ways of starting an online business. But it is not always trouble-free.

    How do you get started and how do you manage if you have never written a book before? In this article I'll show you how to produce and conquer all the problems and create a viable eBook.
  • Powerpoint does not make you a speaker:  By : netgeek06
    Powerpoint is the software that most speakers and presenters use while delivering speeches, lectures or tutorials. It is projected through means of slides wherein the speaker is supposed to describe or explain the slides. However, one must remember that Powerpoint is only for presentation sake and does not by any means make one a speaker just by using it.
  • Email Punctuation Matters  By : Kelly J. Watkins, MBA
    It’s important to convey a professional impression when you send email messages. This includes using proper punctuation. With email, there’s a temptation to just dash off a message without regard to any of the rules of proper language.
  • How to Love Writing?  By : Tyler Benson
    You can trust me that writing will help you to grow and develop your potential. When you write you discover whether you really understand the problem, or think you do; and the very process of writing makes you think, and think much.
  • Beginning Your Memoir Despite Family Guilt and Critic Voices  By : Linda Joy Myers
    When we write memoir, we reclaim our own voice, we stake a claim to our version of the story. Every family has multiple story lines. There is the "official" version, controlled by the most powerful people in the family, usually the parents or those who have the most to lose.
  • Several Steps in the Writing of College Application Essay  By : Jacob Parker
    Describes essential steps in the writing and composing of two most popular types of the essays- English essay and college application essay.
  • The Nightshift  By : C.F. Bettridge
    Sleepless in Seattle brings on new meaning when staying up all night has nothing to do with another person but rather the shameless addiction of the written word. I would love to be a day person at some point, maybe when I grow up because I do miss that late morning air however, the night dawns so quickly thus my day begins.
  • How To Learn The Art Of Creative Writing  By : Mark Woodcock -
    The term creative writing is used to discern certain types of inventive or artistic writing from other general types of writing. The field of creative writing is broad and includes many different formats and genres of writing. The broad and general description of it is purposeful in its effort not to limit the imagination of the potential writer, or that of the reader. Creative writing is totally different from other types of writing, such as technical writing, scientific wri...
  • Screenwriting Tips from a Screenplay Contest Judge  By : Gordy Hoffman
    After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these persistent issues.
  • Writing For Success  By : Katie Smith -
    Press releases and sales letters are key tools in marketing one’s business in today’s professional world. However, many professionals do not seem to understand the importance of enhancing their writing skills.

    Few people realize that the written materials they send to clients can make or break their business. A badly written press release or sales letter can make one sound like an amateur to a potential client; but a crisp, well-written letter can prove to a client that y...
  • 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". That made me pause. I wasn't so sure about that.

    You see, I am struck by how often I hear from writers who want to know if thei...
  • All About Freelance Writing  By : Nell Taliercio -
    Do you love to write? Do you have a knack for making words come alive on a page? You may want to consider freelance writing as a way to make a good living from home.

    Freelance writers write anything from newspaper columns to web content and even ebooks.

    Getting Started

    Before you go looking for freelance jobs, you should build up a portfolio of articles. You can write for your own website or blog, offer to write free articles for friends, or contact your local pape...
  • Horror Movie Scripts - 10 Steps To Writing A Horror Screenplay  By : Henrik Holmberg
    A horror movie has certain rules. If you break too many the audience will be disappointed.

    This is a very short, no fluff, blueprint of how to write a horror script.
  • Benefits of Writing in Journals  By : Nomad Rick
    The benefits of writing in journals are fairly well established due to the long history of journal writing. From Anne Frank to Di Vinci, journal writing has proven itself.
  • What is holding you back from being the writer you want to be?  By : Deanna Mascle
    As a writing instructor and coach I work with writers every day who are not reaching their full potential. What holds them back?
  • How Can Press Release Increase Web Traffic?  By : Allen Borwn
    Publicity is indispensable to run a business, whether your business is located at the market center or on Internet. When a business has little or even no budget to promote, "Press Release" is the most advantageous method to promote business.
  • Writing Resources: 7 Books For Improving Your Manuscript  By : Britt Gillette -
    Whether a crawling novice or polished professional, writers from every walk of life have room for improvement in their work. An endless array of rules and techniques must be kept in mind when writing – punctuation, grammar, transition, show don’t tell, etc. As a result, it’s extremely important to have a firm grasp on the fundamentals. By stressing the fundamentals, coaches and trainers have transformed individuals of modest talent into world class competitors. Why should wri...
  • Citation Machines  By : Peter Vermeeren
    What are citation machines? As per definition, “citation machines are web tools designed to assist teachers/ writers in modelling the proper use of information”. It may look as a complete definition to the common reader – but it actually does not say much. The first time someone mentioned “citation machines” phrase to me, I was stumped. And I am a regular user of the net, with a moderate knowledge of the Internet and surfing. So, in order to understand the term, ‘citation mac...
  • What Aspiring Authors Can Learn From The 2005 Publishing Year  By : Sophfronia Scott
    'Tis the season for evaluating the year gone by! Over the next few weeks you'll see plenty of articles summing up the successes and failures in industries all across the board: television, movies, automobiles, retail. It's no different for the publishing industry. Already the New York Times has run an article examining publishing's good, bad and ugly decisions of 2005. There are many tidbits here and there in Publishers Weekly as well. While the overall message can seem daunt...
  • Resume Writing - 3 Tips For Success  By : Amber Lowery
    Resume writing is possibly the biggest stumbling block for folks who are looking for a job. While it may seem simple, there are allot of subtle things that really matter. Potential employers are flooded with resumes in response to their job postings, and you only have a few short moments to make it or your resume will end up in the trash. So, how do you optimize your resume to make it likely to get read? Here are 3 great tips to get you started.

    1. Be Comprehensive, yet S...
  • How To Write A Great Sales Letter--When You Hate To Write  By : Kevin Nunley
    I can sit here all day giving you tips and hints on headlines and phrases that sell. But none of it will do you any good if you just plain hate sitting down at the keyboard.

    If you can't stand writing, you're in good company. Most of us feel the same. I once asked a high school English teacher how many of her 300 students liked to write. "Oh, about 9 of them," she said.

    Everyone from Mark Twain to Bart Simpson has faced a blank sheet of paper for hours with no idea of w...
  • Choose the website correctly  By : Tyler Benson
    Clients are so different. Someone will ask his friend to call and order the essay; the other will ring up himself and will elaborate on the content of his work for hours. Another believes that informing the custom service about the topic of his dissertations 3 days before the deadline he can expect flawless work because he pays quite enough. You will be surprised, but the work quality does not depend only on its price.
  • Seven Secrets Of Highly Creative Writers  By : Steven Barnes
    The Lifewriting™ approach to your writing career demands a relatively high creative output. It isn’t designed to coddle people who nurse a single story for years before sending it out.

    But students often protest that they simply don’t come up with many good ideas, and that the ideas they do generate are appropriate for novels.

    In my opinion, basic ideas have no intrinsic length. The TREATMENT of an idea has an intrinsic length. The Civil War can be treated in a one-pa...
  • Top Secret! The One-Year Path To Publication  By : Steven Barnes
    There is a way to virtually guarantee your publication within a single year. No, it has nothing to do with self-publication. This path is not for dilettantes, and will push you to the limit, but it has worked for dozens of my students, and it will work for you.

    It is based on writing principles first proposed by two giants in the publishing field, science-fiction writers Ray Bradbury, and Robert Heinlein, over thirty years ago. And no, you don’t have to be a science fictio...
  • Effective Networking For Writers  By : Sophfronia Scott
    'Tis the season for conferences and seminars! Many of my friends have all been conference-hopping in recent weeks and we've been discussing how fruitful these gatherings can be when you can make great and lasting contacts. But how do you come away with something more substantial than a stack of business cards? Here are a few tips to keep in mind.

    1.) Speak Up! The Magic of Telling

    "Isolation is a dream killer," says life coach Barbara Sher. One of the women in my mast...
  • Tag, You're It! (Or, How To Write Slogans)  By : Larry Johnson
    Some call them "tag lines"; others refer to them as"catch lines" or "tie-in-slogans." Whatever the words used to refer to them, they are perhaps the most important part of your promotional writing.

    Do you recognize any of these? :

    "Like a rock..."
    "Fly the friendly skies..."
    "It's the real thing !"
    "Quality is job number one"
    "The quicker-picker-upper"

    Most of those tag lines are recognizable by us without even including the name of the company or product....
  • How To Write A Research Paper  By : Fawad Imam
    Introduction

    Writing skills are essential for succeeding in high school, college, and at a job. Writing is not just an end result, but also a process that helps us develop our ideas and think logically. Begin by brainstorming topics, collecting information, taking a lot of notes, and asking a lot of questions. Keep your notes and sources organized as you go.

    When developing a topic,one should look for patterns and relationships, try to draw conclusions, try discussing o...

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