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BPD may be closely linked and perhaps even contribute to the development of another disorder

Children's nonfiction is an underpopulated field. It needs strong writers. Give it your best and your work will find a warm welcome.

Sidebars are typically self-contained subjects that relate to the main story but work better on their own.

Explicit transitions help your readers see where the story is going

Read through the piece using topic sentences only. Can you make sense of the story using just those sentences?...your topic sentences don't have to make a perfect tale in themselves, but beware if they seem to jump from theme to theme.

to finding a lead is to use the best most dramatic anecdote from your story. Maybe you were saving it for the climax. Don't you need it here or the reader will never get to the climax.

Professional writers write to fit

when I get stuck trying to explain a difficult concept..I make myself explain it to a hypothetical sixyear old in a simulated conversation...If I can't do this, I'll know that I don't understand the subject myself...I can always make it more sophisticated if thats called for. Making it simple is what's hard.

Almost every field of knowledge contains tales of people struggling to overcome obstacle or solve mysteries. Find the story of your story and tell it as such, with a plot, chronology, and character.

Like good fiction, good nonfiction tells a story

neatness does not count, handiness does

get a historical character to speak directly to them, or startle them with an unusual fact

why the human mind love the number three

not recipes with precise measurements and instructions, but guidelines to the possibilities

Shaping information into a non fiction article is a dynamic process

the more you read the more easily you'll learn to recognize the focus on an article or book

If you can't explain your idea in a short paragraph before you begin your book, chances are your focus may still be fuzzy...you may not be focused enough to send your idea to an editor in a query letter

don't hesitate to call any expert for information

I always start my research in the children's section of the library because I want to know what's been written. if the books on my topic are outdated, I make sure my own book will have something new to add...if they have the same focus as mine, I know I'll have to look for a different angle

rhymed verse fails so often because the author tends to force the rhymes or use awkward phrases and unusual words that are never used in ordinary conversation

Look for ideas close to home or at your job

let curiosity and memory work for you

the pile of pasta on your plate is the research you've collected. The one strand you wind onto your fork is the focus you pull out of that pile of facts.

BPD may be viewed as the collage resulting from the collision of genes and environment

BPD may be viewed as the collage resulting from the collision of genes and environment

many psychiatrists believe that some of sigmund freud's most interesting cases of neurosis at the turn of the century would today be clearly diagnosed as borderline

constantly searching for good roles complete characters they can use to fill their identity void, so they often adapt like chameleons to the environment, situation or companions of the moment

borderlines are walking paradoxes...this inconsistency is a major reason why the mental health profession has had such difficulty defining a uniform set of criteria for the illness

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