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How to Improve Your Writing Skills

by Melissa Donovan Source link How to improve your writing skills. Today’s post features excerpts from 10 Core Practices for Better Writing. These excerpts are from “Chapter Five: Skills.” Enjoy! Writing Skills When we talk about writing skills, we usually think of the basics: the ability to write sentences and paragraphs correctly with proper grammar,s

Writing Prompt: Take Your Character Shopping

by Sue Weems Source link I stood in a long line last week while a single checker bumbled through multiple orders, finally requiring a manager to come take over. I’m a notorious snoop (I mean, people-researcher), so I began furtively sizing up the purchases of those around me while I waited. And what I founds

Featured Indie Book: iDENTITY (Cynthia Kumanchik)

by Alan Kealey Source link Featured Indie Book on Indie Author News: Science Fiction Novel iDENTITY by Cynthia Kumanchik. iDENTITY: The year 2040 is populated mostly by millennials and the robots to whom humanity has…

Authority Pro for WordPress: Demonstrate Your Expertise and Build Trust

by Brian Gardner Source link Authority Pro is a fresh new design by our Lead Designer Rafal Tomal and the team at StudioPress. The big idea behind this specific design is to help you put the full extent of your expertise on display. Consistently demonstrating your likable expertise over time is what allows you tos

9 Tips for Starting a Profitable Sustainable Freelance Writing Business

by Anne Wayman Source link Starting a profitable sustainable freelance writing business is more common sense than rocket science. That said many of us started our writing business in a slap dash, maybe no plans way. While some of us made it work, we recognize we could have had more success early on had wes

Write! 1.56.0: Changing The Basic Properties of Text

by Joyful Jerboa Source link In this update, we have added a few more features such as an ability to install Write! without having administrator rights, ability to change the basic properties of text and fixed minor bugs. Here’s what’s new in Write! 1.56.0: The ability to hide tabs in Normal mode. To activate thiss

Don’t Let Lack of Education Tank Your Resume

by Grammar Chic, Inc. Source link College isn’t for everyone; there are many who don’t pursue higher education, and for any number of reasons. Perhaps it isn’t financially feasible, or perhaps it makes more sense for the individual to jump straight into the workforce. There is nothing wrong with any of this, of course, buts

Everybody’s a Suspect: A Love for ‘Scream’

by Ash Nickell Source link Classic final girls usually make it through a horror movie bloodied, terrified, and shaken to the core from […]

How to Identify Blog Comment Spam

by Jennifer Mattern Source link Whether you run a niche blog, a personal blog, or a professional freelance writer blog targeting clients, you’re bound to come up against blog comment spam at some point or another. If you open your site to comments, this is simply a reality you have to deal with. That doesn’ts

Writing your draft: how to finish a novel

by WW Office Source link One of the hardest things about finishing a novel – before you think about ideas, characters, or plotting – is finding time and confidence with all those words to write. Maybe writing a novel seems like a mammoth task, a … Continue reading →