How to Improve Your Writing - Basic Plot Structure
In discussing plot structure I thought I'd start with the most basic premise - Freytag's Pyramid. According to Freytag, a drama is divided into five parts: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. More ...
Freelance Journalism Explained
If you want to be a freelance journalist, you'll need to be spending much time hunting down stories, traveling, and writing under short deadlines. If you enjoy that, and if you're interested in some of the best opportunities for personal creativity, then freelance journalism may be for you. More ...
New Ways to Earn More Money as a Writer
One common theme among writers is how to make more money. The problem magazines are closing, Newspapers are cuting back on columnists, and magazines are cutting their stable of writers. Instead of fretting about doors shutting in our faces, why not focus on opening new doors. More ...
Six Ways to Break Into Food Writing
Publishers post guidelines for writers that require published clips to be sent with query letters. Writers cannot get published clips unless they've been published. Here are six ways to conquer that old Catch 22 and break into food writing. More ...
How to Start a Home Based Writing Business
If you love to write, and believe others could enjoy reading your work; then consider starting home-based writing as a part or full-time business. This article contains ten steps to start a home-based writing business. More ...
An Introduction to Freelance Copywriting
Copywriters are pursuing freelance copywriting more and more these days because of the great opportunities it offers. If you're interested in freelancing, then here are some basic pointers to help you get an idea of what is involved. More ...
How Authors Use Kickstarter to Fund Their Books
It's important for creative people, such as writers, to promote their latest book. Taking advantage of the latest technology, some authors are turning to is Kickstarter. More ...
Working as a Copywriter Can Be Lucrative
There are many ways to write for money, but copywriting is one of the most lucrative. An experienced, hard-working copywriter in North America can earn more than $100,000 annually. More ...
Copywriting - Where to Get Paid Jobs and Projects
Copy writing and proofreading is a freelance job that many consider these days. Many are seeking alternative sources of income and copy writing does not require any formal education and can be done from home by just about anyone. More ...
Writing Creative Nonfiction
Creative nonfiction is a genre that straddles the line between fact and fiction - the former because everything must be accurate and the latter because the author presents it in an interesting, associative, and dramatic way. More ...
How To Get Paid $1.17 For Every New Subscriber
The difficulty with building a quality list is it takes time and money. But what if there was a more profitable system that eliminated the freebie subscribers? What if you could generate a subscriber list that was made up of proven buyers, and each new subscriber paid you $1.17 to be on your list. More ...
Writing Picture Books for Children
Picture books look easy to write. They usually contain less than 1,000 words with stories that appear so simple that anyone can write one. In fact, picture books are the hardest of all children's books to write. More ...
How to be a Freelance Writer
You do not need to be the world's greatest writer in order to be a successful freelance copywriter. But to sustain your own operation, you need to alternate between a marketing hat, a customer service hat, a business owner's hat, and several other hats as well. More ...
Where to Seriously Get Paid to Write Online
Websites or website owners need content for their sites therefor one way of generating income on the Internet is writing content for websites. More ...
