Unless you’re enrolled in a college-level writing course, you won’t get much chance to have fun penning essays after you graduate from high school. Though essays, and essayists, were once literary icons, the art has declined in recent decades. The heyday of the essay saw the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau […]
Writing a thesis, whether it is in middle school, high school or at the college level, requires you to follow some very basic steps. You can, of course, expect the degree of difficulty in writing the paper to increase as you move up the academic ladder. The fundamental steps that must be followed to create […]
Every paragraph has three basic components. Each of these components comprises a segment of the whole, just as they do in all basic forms of writing. The fundamental steps to ensuring your paragraph is properly constructed require a well-written introduction, body and a conclusion. While this might be breaking paragraph writing down to its most […]
Coherent writing steps: Three easy steps to smoother transitions in writing. Often our tasks as writers require us to blend together different aspects of a subject and still keep the flow of wording smooth and easy to follow. To accomplish this, you want to ensure that your transition from one idea or aspect of the […]
Short story writing guide: Three steps to short story writing success. Putting together a short story can be a bit of a challenge, especially if there’s a cap on the word count or number of pages. While some writers have no problem keeping their fiction brief and to the point. Others find it almost impossible […]
Copy Writing Guide: Four steps to sales copy writing that sells! Copy that sells a product or service, or maybe even a person, is not that difficult to write. Your basic writing skills and the ability to follow a few simple steps can take you from work order to finished product with ease. Whatever you […]
There’s a myth that says only fictional writing needs to be creative. This implies that any other sort of writing, i.e. non-fiction, can be as dull as dishwater and that’s fine. To this I have only one response. Rubbish! Your non-fiction may actually require more creativity on your part to become a readable item than […]
You love to write but aren’t ready to take on a full-time job. Maybe you like living in the country but all of the jobs are in the big city. Whatever your reasons for not being a full-time, “employed” copywriter, there are plenty more good reasons to make your money as a freelance writer by […]
Four Steps to Writing Marketable On-line Articles. Article writing of certain types can be either an indulgent time spent waxing most eloquently about your favorite topic, or it can be a chore. It is not only the topic, but also your approach, that determines which it will be. Obviously it is easy to convey your enthusiasm […]
Dreaming of writing a book? Perhaps you work in a field where publishing a book is a mark of your success. Specialists in many professional fields often pen books that become learning texts for those who follow in their footsteps. Most would-be novelists, however, want to pen an epic story that will merit them a […]