Four Traits Of Successful Children's Book Writers
There's a difference between wanting to see your name on a book, and wanting a career as a children's book author. Anyone with a few bucks can publish their own story. The career mentality, however, is more complex. Check out some common characteristics. More ...
Writing Picture Books - How to Captivate a Young Reader
Have you been thinking about writing a children's picture book? There's always a great demand for original, fresh childrens' books. Here's some tips on how to write an entertaining picture book for children to read, share, and learn from. More ...
Freelance Writer Jobs at Elance - Bidding Strategies
The best paying work at Elance is in direct sales writing, lead capture pages, web content and email campaigns. Copywriters completing these type of projects through Elance often make $50 or more hour. Once you know how to bid on freelance writer jobs at Elance, you are well on your way to a steady income. More ...
Choosing a Picture Book Illustrator
Picture books are not easy to write. They must appeal to both the adult purchaser and the child. This book will teach the writing and revision process that will lead them to creating more salable picture book manuscripts. More ...
Five Ways to Shine as a Professional Writer
With the growth of social media and marketing techniques like online article marketing, it seems that everyone is a writer of one sort or another. I've read articles that claim anyone can write. But those of us who write for a living know that it isn't as easy as it sounds. With this new realm of competition at our doorstep, I've created a list of ways that can set you apart from those who are merely dabbling in writing. More ...
How I Learned to Make My Writing Pay, and You Can Do It Too
How come there's so much writing in the world, but most writers are poor? It's because writers are writing the stuff that makes other people rich. If you want to make money from your writing, you need to write the words that sell. In other words, you need to become a copywriter. More ...
How to Write a Cookbook
Writing a cookbook is often a dream of the passionate home cook, and even though the cookbook market is saturated, it is still one of the bestselling book markets because people love food and love imagining themselves making it. More ...
A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing
Although writing is an art, the many steps it is a part of transforms it into a process, in fact, it can be considered a seven-part process, entailing the following steps. More ...
12 Ways to Improve Your Newsletter's Format
Has your newsletter kept the same format for over a year? Is your newsletter's format based on a currently available template? If so, you may be losing subscribers and money. Over the last year, several major changes have occurred on the Internet. More ...
How to Write Your Information Product
When writing your informtion product Keep these considerations in mind; avoid texting contractions and smiley faces. Keep paragraphs short and don't worry about white space. Use the proper language level. Write for the knowledge level of your audience. And decide if your tone will be conversational or technical. More ...
Market Your Writing The EEASY Way
Marketing your writing is a skill. The great news is that anyone can learn how to do it. I don?t care how shy, nervous or introverted you are, you can learn how to market your work and have great fun doing it. More ...
Developing Plots in Fiction
Whatever your plot, it needs to catch and hold the reader's interest, which won't happen unless what is happening now is more interesting than what happened a few pages back. This is known in fiction as forward movement. More ...
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 Writing Jobs Galore - How to Add Value As a Writer
As an online freelance writer, quality content is the best way to continuously increase your pay rate and find new clients. The better your work the more freelance writing jobs you'll get over time. One of the best ways to make yourself more marketable is to learn about search engine optimization, or SEO. More ...
