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Brand Storytelling: Where to Start?

by Grammar Chic, Inc. Source link Present someone with a list of facts and figures and they’re likely to forget everything you told them; tell someone a story, meanwhile, and it just might linger with them. That’s the basic concept behind brand storytelling, which is closely interwoven with content marketing. Basically, and very much unlikes

Who Can Enter a Food Writing Contest?

by diannejacob Source link Recently I wrote about a misstep when the head of an organization won the organization’s own food writing contest. If you haven’t read it, see  IACP Strips Winner of Cookbook of the Year Award After Outcry.  Since then, Adam Salamone, chair of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP),  said IACP hads

Just Be Yourself

by JW Source link There are no rules. If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too? No. There are no rules except the ones you learned during your Show and Tell days. Have fun. If they don’t want to be friends with you, they’re not worth being friends with. Most of all,s

Poetry: Rhythm and Meter

by Melissa Donovan Source link Does your poetry have rhythm and meter? Rhythm is everywhere: we hear it in the hum of vehicles and appliances. We feel it when we walk or run. We see it in the very rising and setting of the sun. Even our hearts beat to a rhythm. Rhythm is built intos

Writing Sequels: 5 Sequel-Writing Secrets From Jessica Jones

by Jeff Elkins Source link Writing sequels is difficult. The Marvel Cinematic Universe currently consists of nineteen feature films, four network television weekly TV shows, and eight online streaming shows. Writing sequels to a genre-stretching side story that exists in a massive universe beloved by fans must be near impossible. This weekend Jessica Jones seasons

New Indie Book Release: Letting Go of Holding On (D. Duquette)

by Alan Kealey Source link New Indie Book Release: Letting Go of Holding On – D. Duquette Women’s Fiction (222 Pages – February 2018) Letting Go of Holding On is incredibly raw. With twists and turns at every corner,…

How to Craft No-Brainer Marketing Offers [Free Poster]

by Hashim Warren Source link Want to craft high-converting offers? Below I’ll tell you how I failed multiple times over several years until I finally learned how to cap off my marketing funnels with can’t-miss deals my customers were eager to pay for. But before we dive into persuasion strategies and tactics, let’s address yours

Why Self-Publishing Works (And Why It Doesn’t)

by Cate Baum Source link What sort of books do well with self-publishing? Which don’t? And why do we hear success stories of self-publishers making millions? Cate Baum discusses the choices to make when self-publishing. We’ve all heard the cries. Self-publishing means you keep control over every aspect of your book journey! …

Foreshadowing in a sentence: Connecting story events

by Jordan Source link Foreshadowing is one way to connect scenes in a story across your longer story arcs. Here are examples of how to use foreshadowing in a sentence, along with related foreshadowing tips: 1. Foreshadowing characters’ fates in exposition Foreshadowing (literally ‘showing before’) is useful for telling readers what happens to characters in as

Flog a BookBubber 131: Kory M. Shrum

by Ray Rhamey Source link Writers, send your prologue/first chapter to FtQ for a “flogging” critique. Email as an attachment. Many of the folks who utilize BookBub are self-published, and because we hear over and over the need for self-published authors to have their work edited, it’s educational to take a hard look at theirs