| 551 | WARMING UP: TEN EXERCISES FOR FICTION WRITERS Preview: Would you expect to wake up one morning and successfully run a marathon without any preparation? Would you think it reasonable to sit before a piano and--with little or no practice--play a concerto? Probably not. Why, then, do so many people seem surprised to discover that the will to write isn't always enough to overcome the blank screen or page?... (more) Published By: Dr. Erika Dreifus Submitted: 14 February,2004 |
| 552 | FREE Ezine Advertising That Works Preview: Free Ezine Advertising That Works! By Neil Moran www.forfreedom.ws Copyright © 2004 When I say free ezine advertising, I'm not talking about the free ezine ads that some publishers offer, this technique is FAR more powerful than that. One of the best ways to get free traffic to your site, is to write articles for ezines. Now before you shudder... (more) Published By: Neil Moran Submitted: 16 February,2004 |
| 553 | From Idea to Published Book ... How to self-publish the easy way! Preview: I've been involved in publishing for over a decade now as an author, editor, and project manager; however, it wasn't until just a few years ago that I decided to move into self-publishing. Indeed, my first few projects involved consulting for others and, now, I am involved in my own, personal projects. It has taken a while for me to come back arou... (more) Published By: Edward B. Toupin Submitted: 22 February,2004 |
| 554 | Five Steps to Goal-Setting Preview: What would you like to achieve in your lifetime? Author Basil S. Walth once said, "If you don't know where you are going, how can you expect to get there?" These are words well spoken, because whether you're working toward freelancing full-time or selling your novels, you need a roadmap. Goals are indispensable. They provide direction, long-ter... (more) Published By: Jennifer Minar Submitted: 25 February,2004 |
| 555 | HOW I WROTE MY FIRST NOVEL Preview: At age 19, I told my English professor that I was writing a novel. I'd written the first chapter. How interesting! How wonderful! She wanted to know if the novel was about me. I told her that the main character was like me--a college student, at the time--and that her name was Yasmine. But she was NOT me. I was adamant: I wanted to write outsid... (more) Published By: Yolanda A. Reid Submitted: 27 February,2004 |
| 556 | Increase Your Freelance Sales With an Online Resume! Preview: Freelancing is a competitive business, especially in today’s fast-paced, e-focused world. Often there are hundreds of writers are competing for the same, limited number of assignments, and the writer who can best showcase his or her abilities is the one who lands the job. Editors, however, are very busy people, and don’t have the time nor the in... (more) Published By: Kelly Kyrik Submitted: 01 March,2004 |
| 557 | Characters In A Romance Novel Preview: Before you even begin writing your novel, you need to know who your characters will be. Minimally, you would want two major characters, the hero and the heroine. They will interact mostly with each other throughout the novel. How they interact with each other will determine the outcome of the story. Will they resist each other in the beginning of... (more) Published By: Patty Apostolides Submitted: 05 March,2004 |
| 558 | Seven Ways to Make Your Fiction Compulsive Reading Preview: Do You Have What It Takes to Grab and Hold Reader Attention? Does your fiction writing do the sales work for you? Do you have that magic ingredient to hold readers until story's end? What are readers looking for in a good read anyway? This article tells you how the What's In It For Me? (WIIFM) formula, normally applied to commercial endeavors,... (more) Published By: Raven Submitted: 08 March,2004 |
| 559 | Writing For Sex Markets Preview: Many professional freelancers will go their entire career without ever once writing a story about sex. Oh, they may craft a racy scene or two in the course of writing the next Great American Novel, or they might someday write an article about the latest in sexual research, but that's about as far as many writers will ever take the concept. Then ... (more) Published By: Katy Terrega Submitted: 13 March,2004 |
| 560 | A Canada Winter Preview: The youthfulness of children, memories, and the young at heart melt the frozen grip of the dreaded season. Not all find it so terrible, just take a walk around the block before it thaws and you will hear snowmobiles and the shrieks of hilarity from kids sliding down the hill. Our hill one winter was the chicken coop roof. The drift reached the eav... (more) Published By: Rudy Hiebert Submitted: 13 March,2004 |
| 561 | Sowing the Seeds of Opportunity: How to Multiply Your Freelance (Writing) Work Preview: You can turn your $200 fee to write a press release into $2,000 to carry out an entire PR campaign simply by convincing clients to invest in campaigns, instead of individual assignments. Campaigns achieve better results and cost less in the long-term for clients, compared to individual assignments. And, of course, as the freelancer, you get paid m... (more) Published By: Brian Konradt Submitted: 18 March,2004 |
| 562 | Know Money to Make Money Preview: Know Money to Make Money by Ivon T. Hughes http://www.writerscontest.ca/ The experts are always telling us that getting paid for what you know is one of the most effective, least time-intensive ways to make a buck. Well, if you know anything about money (and you don't need to be a financial whiz), writing articles for financial websites can be a... (more) Published By: Ivon T. Hughes Submitted: 18 March,2004 |
| 563 | Top 10 Tips to Complete a Creative Writing Project Without Losing Your Creativity Preview: Have you ever started a creative writing project with great excitement, only to have your interest dwindle as the process, itself, interfere with your creativity? How do you keep the momentum going and continue to enjoy the creative process? Follow these tips for high creativity, fun and success! 1.Create a writing environment that inspires you. ... (more) Published By: Ginger Blanchette Submitted: 22 March,2004 |
| 564 | Making The Time To Write That Novel Preview: Finding the time to write a novel is one of the major issues confronting writers, particularly those who haven’t been published yet. How does one justify to themselves, or to their loved ones, that they need time to write if they have demands on their time, like a job, or a house to be cleaned, a family to be fed, or shopping to do? They make the... (more) Published By: Patty Apostolides Submitted: 27 March,2004 |
| 565 | Developing Screenplay Ideas ... My well runneth --- in many directions! Preview: Recently, I started a screenwriting and movie-making group here in Las Vegas. Our objective was to begin at, well, the beginning of the process and work all the way through to an edited movie. Sounds easy? Yes! Is it really? Not at all. The one thing I ran into at the very beginning was the problem of demonstrating the development of an idea into... (more) Published By: Edward B. Toupin Submitted: 27 March,2004 |
| 566 | The Pros and Cons of Print on Demand Publishing Preview: The Pros and Cons of Print-on-Demand Publishing Read Online at http://www.graphicopublishing.com/history/article_pod.html Written 04/01/2004 When I was five years old, my parents bought me a manual typewriter for a Christmas present. I practiced every day until I was able to type letters to my grandparents and other relatives. Although it is safe... (more) Published By: Victoria Ring Submitted: 03 April,2004 |
| 567 | How to Have an Effective Writing Group Preview: The works you’ve written are numerous, ranging from short stories to even the novel, hidden in a storage bin (under the bed) collecting dust. But there comes a time when you must wipe away that dust, regain your pride, and prepare your babies for publication! But, how do you get such a critical, unbiased eye to analyze your works, offering both pr... (more) Published By: Stephen Earley Jordan, II Submitted: 07 April,2004 |
| 568 | Mission Possible: Get Published with Goals, Guidance and Persistance Preview: You send me an e-mail. You tell me you’ve written over three hundred poems since you were 16 (in your teenage angst stage). You mention the novel you’ve completed and it’s really good (it really is!!!), and the novel-in-progress. You mention how the International Library of Poetry has published one of your poems. (But, whom haven’t they published?... (more) Published By: Stephen Earley Jordan, II Submitted: 07 April,2004 |
| 569 | To Blog Or Not To Blog Preview: Web logs, commonly referred to as "blogs," represent all the rage right now in online publishing. Not really a newsletter or traditional html page publishing, blogs resemble more of a web-based diary where the creator records their thoughts, posts links, or responds to questions. With so much confusion online and an absence of "personal touch,... (more) Published By: Jim Edwards Submitted: 08 April,2004 |
| 570 | The Three Cs of Writing an Excellent all Purpose Headline Preview: Since the headline is the first contact your readers have with your message, it must reach out to them. Promise them a benefit. Tell them how they will be better off if they read the rest of the ad. Use action verbs. Save ten dollars is a stronger heading than Savings of ten dollars because of the verb. Headlines can be classified into the f... (more) Published By: Steven Boaze Submitted: 08 April,2004 |