Starting a Career in Freelance Content Writing
As a frequent visitor to online forums filled with entrepreneurial stay-at-home-moms (and dads), I see posts every other day asking questions along the same line. How do I go about starting a career in writing? Where did you get your first writing assignment? More ...
Nine Secrets to Winning a Customer With Copy Writing
You could be the best in your industry and have something that people desperately need but if it doesn't come across in your copy, no one will buy it. Here are nine secrets for copy writing that will win customers. More ...
How to Fact Check
Meticulous authors do research prior to committing their thoughts to paper. Not all authors are so careful. Editors have a responsibility to fact check before printing an article or book. If you're an editor, the tips here could help you build a reputation as a reliable source. More ...
How to Price Your Copywriting Services
When I first started offering online copywriting services I was faced with how I would price my work. Some copywriters quote you a price based on how many hours it will take to complete the project. Other price based on a flat fee irrespective of the hours it will take to complete the job. 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 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 ...
Avoid Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement
In our writing, two things that are obviously to be avoided are plagiarism and copyright infringement. Although plagiarism and copyright infringement are similar, there is a subtle difference between the two. More ...
How to Publish Your Own Newsletter
With the Internet as your medium to deliver to your subscribers, you can publish your own newsletter on a regular basis. If you follow the right strategy, you don't even have to write the content or even a single word if you wish, and your subscribers wouldn't mind! 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 ...
Your Book is a Business
Once the final draft is written, you're no longer an author. You're an entrepreneur with a product to sell, and it's critical that you start thinking that way. Instead of spending your time on editing and proofreading, you've got to invest your time in marketing activities. More ...
Six Overlooked Freelance Writing Niches
Having a niche writing business is the most lucrative way to earn a living as a freelance writer. Most writers, however, often overlook the follow six niches that could provide them with a very prosperous writing business. More ...
How to Make Your Role Playing Game Enjoyable
Role Playing Games are extremely popular today. Using programs like RPG Maker can be a fun way to make games. Here are some tips to keep in mind when creating your first few RPGs. 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 ...
12 Web Sites that Pay for Writing
Advertisers have found that having a blogger write about their product or service is a much more effective way to advertise than posting ads. This has created a new opportunity for you to get paid for writing. This is a list of 12 places on the Web that pay you to write. More ...
