Writing Resources

The War Of High Quality Writing Instruments – The Fountain Pen - Gray Rollins  High quality writing instruments have been around for centuries and continue to exist; from the first pencils in 1584, to the quill pen, to the reign of the fountain pen from 1925 to 1940.  These high quality and highly functional writing instruments were being made around the world in beautiful styles and with an elegance and class not previously seen in a writing instrument.

Writing A Book - Tips From An Author: Tip 1 - www.GetPlotted.com  Any good work of fiction has a basic set of components.  Without these various elements, your book will be unsatisfying, or worse, unreadable.  Many new authors make the mistake of copying or 'aping' an existing writer's style, or a popular genre - this can result in formulaic or cliched stories that probably won't be easy to sell to agents and publishers.

Ghostwriting for Fun and Profit - Amanda Baker  We've all heard of ghostwriters.  For some, a ghostwriter is the ghostly assistant to junior detectives on a PBS kids' show.  For most, however, a ghostwriter is someone who writes for another, in the name of another.

Copywriting Makeover: Know Where Your Customers Are In The Buying Process Part 1 of 2 - Karon Thackston  When you begin to write copy for any product or service, there are a few things you have to take into consideration.  The first is always your target audience:  who you’ll be writing to.

How To Put The Power Of YOU In Your Web Writing - Bruce Carlson  One of the most important words in the vocabularyof a Web writer is the simple little three-letter word"you".  Many Web writers fail to understand the importanceof this little word, and for that reason they don'tattract an audience of hungry readers.

Reading & Writing English: Words Ending In "D" - Frank Gerace  The different sounds that the letter"d" takes at the end of a verb in the past tenseAn extract from the book:  Word Power by the author of this article.  The English language indicates that the action of the verb is in the past by having some form of the "d" or "t" sound end the word.

Tackling a Writing Assignment: How To Get Started - Jan Kovarik  Writing assignments are often considered the worst possible class or course assignment.  There's nothing worse than sitting down in front of a computer, with a blank screen in front of you.

How To Write A Problem Solving Article - Richard Cussons  If you are like me then topics and ideas for writing articles about my product, service or niche can be tricky and getting started even worse.  You will probably know the problems people have in your industry.

Write A Picture! - Nick Smith  It can take quite a leap to get from the written word to a movie screen.  A screenplay, for all its clear descriptions of where characters are and what they say, has to work hard to meet the dramatic immediacy that we expect from films.

Book Review: The Sound of Paper - Catherine Franz  She splits her year between New York City and Arizona.  Ihave been a fan since her first book and especially enjoyed"The Artist Way.  " I like to believe that I was one of thefirst to devour it page by page, exercise by exercise.

It’s Good To Be A New Writer: Breaking The Myth That Experience Is Everything - Shelley Wake  There’s a rumor out there in the publishing world that an editor won’t even look at the work of a new writer.  It might be true for certain types of writing, but after interviewing hundreds of editors, I’ve found that most are more open to new writers than you might think.

Two Styles of Mystery Writing: Cozy and Hard-boiled - Mary Arnold  Cozy novels do not have graphic violence, and little or no sexual content and abusive language.  Society is "viewed as orderly and controlled, and the crime is a failure of the society to function correctly" (Niebuhr 7).

Writing Sales Copy That Sells - David Riewe  When writing a sales copy, all internet marketers know that a long copy will sell more than a short copy.  This does not mean that the more words the better; the quantity and the quality of detail is what will improve its performance.

Quick Strategies For Writing Your Essay Under Pressure - Linda Correli  Hidden pitfalls are on watch for your paper success in every paragraph of the essay you write.  They are notorious misprints, insidious misspellings and numerous stylistic, syntax and format errors.

Could You Write Performance Reviews For Money? - Niall Cinneide  Writing performance reviews can be an excellent way to earn a living.  Who wouldn’t want to go from place to place watching actors, singers, and chefs perform at their best (and maybe their worst)?