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Pro-Level Copywriting – Give Grammar the Heave-Ho and Get to the Freaking Point!

September 9th, 2010No Comments

When copywriting started working online, there were those who had been writing long-winded, multi-page sales letters to the modicum audience of one person on the end of the mailing list. That worked then, but it does not work now. Short, sweet and to the point. Cut the blabber and get to the concept you want [...]

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Words, Grammar & Punctuation

August 13th, 20101 Comment

There, their and they’re are not interchangeable. More often than not when I read a message on facebook, there’s a word misused and then another person attempts to correct it. Usually the word is corrected wrong, too. In high school, my English teacher shared a wall poster created by one of the upper classmate for [...]

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Search Engine Optimization – Why Experts Aren’t Experts

March 24th, 2010No Comments

By Laura Wheeler It seems that everybody is an SEO expert, even though, if you truly understand the field, you quickly come to realize that nobody knows everything about SEO. In fact, many people who say they do, are really just guessing.

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Writer Organization – Corralling Hordes of Paper

February 19th, 2010No Comments

As a writer, corralling your ideas and thoughts can be the most difficult part of getting a book out. Everyone struggles with organization, but it doesn’t have to be a total battle. There are ways to corral the mess and become organized. Get a planner. The first step to becoming organized as a writer is [...]

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Sentence Structure

July 3rd, 20096 Comments

Vary sentence structure to make your story interesting. It’s easy. Simply change the structure of the sentence, by moving the verb, adding prepositions, increasing word count or moving around the words. These structural fundamentals keep the paragraphs flowing. Increase readership. By including a few short sentences, and one line paragraphs, you capture the readers interest. [...]

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So, You Want to Write a Book?

June 24th, 20091 Comment

More and more, as I meet with local writers, I get the same story. It always goes something like this… “Jan, I want to write a book. I’ve got these three chapters done, read them and tell me what you think.” “Wow, these are great. I sense a lot of emotion here. You had me [...]

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Tags: Contemplation · Critique Groups · Editors · Novelists · Organized · Prepare to Publish · Purpose · Tips · Writer Rambles · for profit · motivation · novels

Revisit the Review & Editing Departments, Please

June 4th, 2009No Comments

Everybody has a different style of reviewing, rewriting, editing and checking out their own work, but sometimes I just find it shocking at the number of errors in written work (particularly, my own). After I’d taken a piece to the Reed Castle and bribed Mr. George with thick layers of chocolate cake and he still [...]

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Writer Passion – Risque, but Worthy

May 25th, 20091 Comment

What’s your passion? Are you writing what you feel? What you believe? How you understand the world? There are those who would have you believe that you must write grammatically correct, spell checked and appropriately worded compositions in a specific genre or style to get paid for your work. They may be partially correct, but [...]

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ACE Writers Presents – Time to Write

May 7th, 20091 Comment

You may have a book that is just on the verge of ready to send to the publisher, but you want to know what gets your book published, before you send it off. You know there are secrets that must be revealed somewhere… It’s right here – the secret 7 to publication. You’ll find the [...]

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Tags: Contemplation · Novelists · character development · motivation

Create a Reader Grabbing Resource Box

April 17th, 2009No Comments

Resource Box – Write a Stellar Reader Grabbing Resource Box & Drive Traffic The deadliest mistake in the world for an Article Marketer is writing a resource box that bores the readers, leaves readers wondering what to do, or tells the readers more than they want to know about the writer. Give it up! Write [...]

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