How to Write a Fairy Tale
A fairy tale is a story set in a magical realm, with human characters as well as supernatural beings like fairys, witches and wizards. The heroes of these stories often face unnatural situations against evil villains. 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 ...
How to Market Yourself Successfully as a Writer
Marketing should be on top of your priorities after production of your writing. You need to adopt various strategies to get your name out there and display your prowess. Here are a few useful ways to promote yourself and achieve success. More ...
New FTC Rule Regarding Social Media Writing
The FTC considers any endorsements or testimonials in social media writing to be deceptive advertising. The Federal Trade Commission has announced that starting December 1, 2009 all people who write web content must disclose any compensation
they received. More ...
How to Catch the Writing Bug
If you earn income as a writer, or use writing as a marketing tool, you know how difficult it can be at times to write. I started writing for my website and newsletter a few years ago. Sometimes writing would be torture. Then one day I caught the writing bug. More ...
How Much You Should Charge for Freelance Writing
You don't want to price yourself out of the freelance writing market, but you want to get paid for the quality of your writing. So, what do you charge? This is a question that gets asked hundreds of times by new freelance writers. More ...
Are You a Terrible Writer?
Adam Kosloff, who has written 31,000+ original web pages since 2003, says you don't need to have perfect writing and grammar to pump out web pages, blog posts, eBooks, emails, etc, effortlessly and rapidly. 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 ...
Get Paid for Writing Product Reviews
There is only one website to my knowledge which pays people to write product reviews. Ciao pays money when you write a review on a product and post it on the website. Every rating and read which it receives by other Ciao members will give you a certain amount of money. 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 Be a Succesful Freelance Writer
It may come as a surprise to you, but thousands of people all over the world are looking for freelance writers to fill their web sites with quality content. And they're willing to pay well, for the right person. More ...
Article Writing Errors
This is the number one mistake that writers make. Don't talk about what you are going
to write, don't discuss your articles before writing them, and don't spend endless
hours trying to find people to purchase your articles. Just write. More ...
Popular Young Adult Fiction Themes
Young Adult fiction has exploded over the past few years. The Young Adult audience (pre-teens and teens between 13 and 18 years old) is a hot market, steadily growing in popularity and garnering the attention of young readers. More ...
How to Establish an Online Presence As an Independent Author
In the digital age, the choices of an author changed dramatically. The big publishing houses are not as strong and e-books are becoming more popular each year. It's not hard to see why more authors choose to take the independent route. More ...
