Beware of Selling Your Rights

Jun 23
2009

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Most creative writers are so eager to sell their work that they don’t stop to consider what rights they are selling. The word “Rights” indicates how the buyer can use your work. “Rights” does not refer to anything pertaining to your copyright or what you can get paid for your document.

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Writing Rules for Success

Jun 20
2009

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Stories may differ in message, content and characters, but each one is required to have these 16 different elements. When you finish reading this article, you will be equipped with a checklist that you will want to keep.

  • The theme weaves the story together, and every story has a theme. This is the thread that weaves seamlessly throughout the story, revealing the general theme.
  • It will also have a plot, usually found in the center climax, or perhaps in a series of events.
  • All stories have an arc. This is the gradual increase of momentum that builds and builds to the center climax, and then resolves.
  • Whether a story moves fast or slow, it will have some rate of speed. Every story will have pacing.
  • You may do it formally or informally, but some kind of outlining goes into every story.
  • The resolutions at the end of the story sum up the questions raised within.
  • Every story must begin with a good hook in the first paragraph, or you won't have a reader to worry about entertaining.
  • All stories are told from a point of view; either first person, second person, third person limited or third person omniscient. The latest reports say editors are looking for third person limited.
  • Stories always center around the problems that characters have, and how they resolve those problems.
  • And, as you know, stories have dialog. The trick is to write dialog that actually sounds natural. Writers who want to learn to write believable dialog must learn to eavesdrop every chance they get.
  • The characters in your story will always have physical descriptions, emotional and psychological hoopla, etc.
  • It would be challenging to write any story without a little research. The research may be nothing more than defining an insane person, or studying irate parents, etc., but there will always be research.
  • A timeline will rise to the surface in every story. Some authors will dwell on the same scene for ages, while others skip ten years in one sentence.
  • You will have scenery and settings in every story, and if you're good, you can turn it into imagery.
  • And whether you like it or not, every story has verbiage. Out of every 2,500 words, you can cut 300-500 words.
  • Analyze the stories and articles you see in magazines; every one of them will have Show, Don't Tell. If I told you what show, don't tell is, I would only be telling and not showing since this article is too long already. I'll save that for some other time.

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Studying Transition Sentences

Jun 20
2009

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Creative writers and journalists sometimes have the problem of smoothly transitioning from one paragraph to the other, especially when they are changing the subject. Learning transition sentences is not hard. By the time you read this article, you will fully understand the trick to it.

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Use Inference to Hint at What You Want to Say

Jun 20
2009

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Creative Writers – do you know how to use inference? Read this article to sharpen your skills!

Creative Writers Use Inference to Say More by Saying Less

All creative writers use inference, whether by choice or by accident. You may think, “If I’m using it by accident, why should I spend my time studying it? ” You should study it because you can use the technique more effectively if you understand all the ramifications involved.

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How To Write A Novel: Tips For New Authors

Jun 20
2009

Writing a novel is a great undertaking. Many people will say sometime in their life that they want to write a novel. However, few have the drive and commitment to actually succeed. If you are ready to discover how to write a novel for the first time, this article can help you.

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7 Rules to Follow When Designing a Technical Document Cover

May 22
2009

Some companies provide their technical writers with design specs and guidelines.

But what if you are a “lone writer,” an independent contractor working out of your home office, or an employee who is asked to come up with a corporate design guideline?

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Writing Romance Novels: One Of The Most Popular Work-At-Home Career

May 18
2009

Many people would consider writing as a tedious task. Well, if you want to ask for an opinion, any endeavor is difficult if you don’t have the heart for it. And speaking about heart, writing romance novels can be fun and entertaining. You might not be aware of it, the truth is, there are still a lot of people who would love to pick up a romance novel and read it. It’s hard to comprehend these days that a person will actually try to read something like romance novel today as everybody is living in the computer and Internet age. But surprisingly, many people will read any novel the traditional way and 80% of the novels ever created all over the world consist of love stories and romance novels. So, what has this romance writing got to do with you? Well, you can try to take a shot in learning how to write a romance novel. Would you like to try how?

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Become and Regulatory Medical Writer and Make a Solid Living

May 14
2009

Medical writing is a special subset of technical writing that requires familiarity with medical and pharmaceutical terminology. It is a highly recommended writing niche for those with a head for numbers, formulas and general science.

And within the medical writing subset, regulatory writing is another specialty that pays very well since your employers are usually pharmaceutical companies that rarely have any cash problems.

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How to Make Global Changes with Paragraph Styles in Your MS Word Document

May 14
2009

In technical writing there’s usually more than one way to accomplish any given task.

Let’s say you’re given a Microsoft Word document and there are a lot of different paragraph styles in that document. What will you do when you are asked to right-indent all section headers AT THE SAME TIME by one tab stop and then to also change their colors to RED?

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Quick Guide on Best Creative Writing

May 14
2009

There is nothing superior than following your heart. if you have a inventive bent of mind then finding an outlet though the medium of creative writing is undoubtedly the most excellent field for you! creative writing comes naturally for a few of us and following it up as a usual full time profession is an excellent idea. Better still you can even employ this expertise of yours and get into teaching creative writing to others.. After all it is a very satisfying experience to share your knowledge.

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