Plotting a Children's Book
How do we take an idea and develop it into a plot for a children's book? How do we work out what to write once we have the initial idea? Here's a basic plot outline. More ...
Freelance Writers Marketing 101
The one thing all freelance writers should begin doing at some point in their career is marketing themselves. There are so many ways to do that these days that the list is literally off the charts. So what can YOU do to help market yourself as a great freelance writer? More ...
Becoming an Online Word Compactor
Writing for online publication differs from writing for print. One difference is length; online pieces tend to be less than 1,000 words in length. Long text passages are difficult to read on-screen, so the key to writing successfully online
is to become a "word compactor". 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 Write Dialogue
Dialogue is an essential part of a story and writers strive to make sure the conversations written in stories, books, plays and movies sound as natural and authentic as they would in real life. 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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Ezine Publishing is Easier than You Think
The key to eZine publishing is that your eZine must have perceived value to the subscriber. Otherwise it is just more junk mail that wastes their time. Short tips, articles, quotes, poems and even audio and video clips are welcomed and appreciated by most eZine subscribers. More ...
Nine Ways to Advertise Your E-Zine and Become Known as an Expert
These nine effective strategies will help you get the most out of publishing your own e-zine. These simple techniques can help you to grow a massive opt-in email list, become known as an expert and explode your sales! More ...
Make Money Online From Article Writing
Article writing can be quite lucrative but also can be very tedious. One of the easy ways around it is to rewrite an article by putting it in your own words. More ...
The Parts of Speech
Analyzing a sentence and its components helps you understand the function of each of its nouns, verbs, and modifiers in the sentence so you can write better sentences. More ...
How to Enliven Your Writing
This book presents specific ways to write different types of stories, project ideas, and resources in such a way as to make short story assignments enjoyable. Cartoon illustrations and touches of color make the book attractive. More ...
