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Top 20 Greatest Posts Ever Published on Write to Done | WTD
writetodone.com Jun 13, 2019
Working out the greatest posts ever published on this blog wasn’t easy. Well, this year Write to Done is celebrating a milestone. Ten years on, and she’s helped make Write to Done one of the biggest and most respected writing blogs on the net. Over...
Rejected Book: 3 Reasons Editors Reject Manuscripts
thewritepractice.com Jun 10, 2019
Has this happened to you? You finish a story and polish it to a shine, compose your cover letter, send the package off to an editor, and wait through an agonizing time period, only to get that form letter saying thanks, but we’ll pass. Your book...
6 Requirements for Writing Better Character Goals - Helping Writers Become Authors
helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com Jun 10, 2019
Maybe you have an immediate answer. Maybe your protagonist wants to save the world, survive, or live happily ever after. While those are all legit goals that have powered hundreds of good stories, what I’m talking about is what your...
Checking Online Ads? Here's How to Get More Writing Jobs
www.makealivingwriting.com Jun 9, 2019
Do you frantically scan the online writer job ads each week — or worse, each day? If you’re applying to lots of these writing jobs, you’ve probably discovered a painful truth. It’s rare to ever hear back, much less get hired off an online job ad on...
Why You Failed at That Last Goal You Set (And How the Rule of the Quick Win Can Save You)
goinswriter.com Jun 6, 2019
This past week, I ran the Please Don’t Starve Challenge, which was a free challenge for creative professionals who wanted to start making money off their “art.” Some people were authors, others were visual artists, and even others were craft...
How to Learn From Author Success Stories . . . Without Feeling Jealous
thewritepractice.com Jun 4, 2019
How to Write Interesting Scenes - Helping Writers Become Authors
www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com Jun 3, 2019
Here’s a secret about storytelling that many writers overlook. An interesting plot isn’t what makes an interesting story. Interesting characters aren’t what make an interesting story either. In reality, a story is only as interesting as its scenes....
Grammar Rules for Freelancers: An English Teacher's Dirty Little Secret
www.makealivingwriting.com Jun 2, 2019
Do you ever feel conflicted about grammar rules? I do. When I teach university English and when I write for freelance clients. I’m torn between the need to follow all the grammar rules taught in school, and the need to break them. It’s like I’m...
Why Anyone Buys Anything: How to Close the Sale on a Product Launch
goinswriter.com Jun 2, 2019
Why does anyone buy anything? Because the cost of not having it is greater than the cost of acquiring it. This is true for almost everything but especially for sales and marketing. If you want to thrive as a creative professional, you need to...
SEO for Writers: 5 Top Tactics to Attract Search Engines (and Clients) | WTD
writetodone.com May 30, 2019
As a writer, you know how to communicate ideas, tell interesting stories and ensure your clients’ satisfaction. However, do you understand SEO for writers? You see, one area where you may be lacking is marketing yourself. You don’t know what it...
Digital Marketing Agencies: 11 Places to Land Well-Paid Freelance Work
makealivingwriting.com May 29, 2019
Can you make money writing for digital marketing agencies? Yes. How about easy $100 assignments, $400 blog posts, or $1,000 long-form projects, and plenty of ongoing work? Find a good digital marketing agency to work with, and it’s totally...
Your Minimum Viable Product: How to Sell Something Before You Make It
goinswriter.com May 29, 2019
One of the challenges of being a creative professional is that you aren’t always sure what people will buy. It often feels like a game of Roulette, in which you have to create a lot of work, hoping someone will buy something. But what if it didn’t...
Character Personality: How to Discover Who Your Character Really Is
thewritepractice.com May 28, 2019
Have you ever written a scene that didn’t feel authentic or sit right with you? One very possible reason for such a scene is that your character did not act in accordance with their nature. As writers, we sometimes hit a fallback position where we...
How to Make Something & Sell It in 7 Days: Your First Digital Product
goinswriter.com May 27, 2019
People don’t typically buy what they need. They buy what they want. Which is why I love the saying, “Sell them what they want, give them what they need.” But how, exactly, do we do that? Listen to the audio version of this lesson here: The first...
4 Challenges of Writing for a Modern Audience - Helping Writers Become Authors
www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com May 27, 2019
Sometimes I think everything I learned about life I learned from The Andy Griffith Show. For instance, in the episode “Andy Discovers America,” when Andy is incredulous about the new school teacher “starting them awful young for history,” Aunt Bea...
Can Constrained Writing Make You a Better Writer?
thewritepractice.com May 24, 2019
Before we talk about the concept of constrained writing and tell you how it works, let me ask you this: Have you ever opened a new blank document to write, stared at it for far too long, and then realized you have no ideas, that your mind is as...
10 Things You Wish You Knew Before Launching Your First Blog | WTD
writetodone.com May 23, 2019
Have you ever thought about launching your first blog? Or maybe you’ve already done so and are finding it tough going? Well, imagine that you’re going camping in a remote forest for the entire summer. Naturally, you’ll have to make a number of...
How to Build to the Exciting Climax of a Story
thewritepractice.com May 22, 2019
We can’t wait to get to the climax of a story. It’s the most exciting part, the place with the most action and intense moments. Right? They’re the best parts of a story, right? You wouldn’t be crazy to think so. And yet the best parts of a story...
4 Signs You Might Be a Starving Artist & What to Do About It
goinswriter.com May 20, 2019
It has been almost two years since my book Real Artists Don’t Starve released, and I’m doing something fun for the two-year anniversary. I want to challenge you to not starve for your art. I’m rolling out a seven-day challenge to help you make...
20 of the Most Instructive Quotes About Writing - Helping Writers Become Authors
www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com May 20, 2019
Write your best story. Change your life. Astound the world. I’ve been really into writing quotes lately. Many of the posts I write are inspired by great things I read from other authors, so I decided to go on a hunt through my archives and find...
7 Writing Lessons I Learned From The Write Practice
thewritepractice.com May 16, 2019
What writing lessons do you need to know to be successful as a writer? I’ve spent seven years around The Write Practice, and I’ve found a few core lessons have transformed my writing. It’s with a bittersweet tone that I write this post, because it...
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