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Inspired and enthused about writing another adventure for Belle and Winnie, in my sequel to Belle in The Slouch Hat, I sat in front of my computer and placed my forearms on the armrests. I [...]
What’s the point of writing a book? Publishing it. In the end, that’s what we’re all after because writing is about sharing our ideas and knowledge. However, although publication is the ultimate goal, focusing too heavily on that—particularly when your book idea isn’t fully formed, let alone written—can prevent you from ever getting it done. [...]
People want information – and quickly! Web content is provided by writers who offer their skills and expertise in the art to give informative and entertaining content. Website contents are just like any other literary pieces. They have form and structure. Most importantly, they are comprehensible and engaging. When writing for website contents, you should [...]
Writing books for preschoolers presents more challenges than you might think. These books may appear easy to do because the writing style is simplistic, but achieving that simplicity can be difficult. Consider the way you normally write or speak. You naturally use complex sentence structures and a vocabulary which is too advanced for preschoolers. In [...]
The wrong thing for you to do is to immediately start writing the speech. Yet that is the strongest impulse you will feel. Fight that urge and instead think about what you want to accomplish.
Ask yourself the following important questions and then start sketching out your speech. You’ll be surprised at how quickly it goes [...]
I was hanging out a local pub waiting on inspiration to happen for my next screenplay. Everyone has their own way of clearing their mind to brainstorm. People do yoga, meditation, exercise, or other activities to help ideas flow. I chose to go down a different road.
At this point in my life I was in [...]
Authors have a lot of mundane details to wade through when they learn to write. Even when you think you have one aspect mastered, you may turn around and find that another nuance has been entirely overlooked. Each part of a story is like a puzzle that must fit together tightly to create an engaging [...]
Writing with an initial key purpose in mind is the key to the actual quality of the text created. If you are not following through with your true intention for writing it becomes simply a bunch of words on a piece of paper. If the outcome is to be creative from a descriptive standpoint then [...]
Have you ever had the inspiration to write a novel, maybe you started writing and initially the ideas were flowing freely, but as time elapsed, you begun to lose momentum until you finally gave up? If this sounds like you then it would be a good idea for you to learn how to write a [...]
When you seek advice on how to write a horror novel you will find that most advisors will tell you to get well acquainted with the writing of famous horror writers. This does not mean that you are to steal their ides. It helps you get an idea of how successful writers approach the setting [...]