Classifying Children's Fiction
A book is children's fiction if the main character is a child. Adults read about adults. Children read about children. When reading a book, the reader likes to relate to the main character. More ...
Grammar Websites - Best Tool to Learn Correct Grammar?
Using a good onlne grammar checker will make you appear to be more of an expert writer than if you are leaving mistakes in your writing. More ...
Three Overlooked Keys to Making Outstanding Games
In my many years of independent game development and watching with other independent teams there are three main crucial points that I see young game developers completely miss over and over again. More ...
Writer's Rip-Offs
People who want to write form a huge market. According to Writer's Digest magazine, ten per cent of the US population want to be writers. And where there's a market, there are scams. All over the world, you can see vultures' eyeballs light up with dollar signs. 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 ...
You Can Write Children's Books
If you've always enjoyed telling children stories, this book will guide you through the first steps - from writing them down to submitting them with confidence. From inspiration to publication, Tracy Dils shows you how to write the very best children's books and offers important tips for getting published. 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Eight Essential Questions For Aspiring Ezine Editors
Online business 'newbies' have no doubt heard that offering a free newsletter is one of the best ways available to build their business and their profits. They're also a lot of work. Here are a few things to think about before you get started. More ...
11 Ways to Simplify Your Book Editing
After you've come up with a topic, brainstormed interesting angles and arguments and done all the writing, your book still isn't finished. Here are 11 ways to simplify your editing. 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 ...
Profit From Your Own Hollywood Gossip Rag
People love to sign up for free email newsletters. Only a few make money for their owners. There are some that make hundreds of thousands of dollars each year for their owners. What's their secret? 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 ...
