Writing Resources

Organizing Your Data to Write Better Copy - Neroli Lacey  Last quarter I talked about interviewing / gathering data.  So now you’ve got several thousand words of notes, hopefully digitally recorded.  What comes next?  GETTING ORGANIZEDI suggested organizing your interview questions into 4 groups.

Copywriting Tone: 5 Reasons Honesty Beats Puffery Any Day - Adam Barone  It never fails.  Every conversation I have with a potential or ongoing copywriting client at some point turns to the topic of tone.  "We want our copy to be edgy.  " "I think a light-hearted copy tone would work best.

New Year's Resolutions for Writers - Amber McNaught  Whether you're an experienced writer looking to boost your career or a complete novice desperate to break into the world of freelance writing, there's a good chance that you'll be using the New Year as the excuse you need to start a whole new writing regime.

Writing Sites: Why You Might Like to Give Them a Try - Joy Cagil  Journalists are familiar with the panic of deadlines and novelists can identify with the horror of blank pages.  Then, what about the desperation of those who feel the urge to write and do not dare or do not know where to go?

A New Nonfiction Book Details The Montana Prison Riot Of 1959 And Investigates Jerry Myles, The Psychopath Who Caused It - Kevin S. Giles  In Jerry’s Riot:  The True Story of Montana’s 1959 Prison Disturbance, author Kevin S.  Giles captures the conflict that ensued between career convict Jerry Myles, who had done time at Alcatraz Island and other federal and state prisons, and Warden Floyd Powell.

Reviewing New Writers - Harriet Silkwood  New writers are very vulnerable and need to be handled gently, but not with kid-gloves.  Keeping a friendly tone is very important for the reviewer.  Because we are working together online, we can’t see each others faces or body language.

How To Become A Freelance Copywriter In New York - Niall Cinneide  As a freelance copywriter in New York, your work is never done.  What?  Do you mean to say that it is hard to find regular freelance writing jobs, even here in New York City?  For those looking to succeed, employment is hard to find only because we lack the knowledge of where to find the work we want.

Copywriting Makeover: Know Where Your Customers Are In The Buying Process Part 2 of 2 - Karon Thackston  In part one of this article series, I introduced a client of mine (AEwebworks) who suffered from some copywriting traumas.  The basic diagnosis was a lack of synergy within the copy, ineffective use of testimonials, a lack of focus on the target customer’s buying process, and the inability of the current copy to support the search engine goals of AEwebworks.

The Benefits of Writing Ariticles - Maria Boomhower  You have a business; you are new and want to build a client list.  However, the public doesn't know much about you.  One of the best ways to build the relations, credibility and to help get people to know more about you and your area of expertise is to write articles.

Framing Your Story: Writing Tips for Online Marketing - Sarah Benoit  The Art Of Self Promotion One of the keys to small business success is the ability to develop, write, edit and design your own marketing material.  In order to accomplish this goal a small business owner must learn the essential art of self-promotion.

Book Proposals 101.: What Publishers Want - Sophfronia Scott  Lots of writers like to talk about writing books.  You hear very few talking about writing book proposals.  Maybe that's why it's easy to forget that a strong book proposal is the first step to getting a great deal for your non-fiction book.

Subtle Writing Techniques of the Mystery Writer - Gerard F Bianco  Here is the first of five articles taken from my lecture series, "Subtle Writing Techniques Used in Creating a Successful Mystery Novel.  " This series is designed to explain the working methods of the mystery/suspense writer, offering insight and understanding into the technical process of writing.

Cookbook Publishing - The Basic Ingredients and the Secrets to Success - Denise Hamilton  You are about to embark on the most exciting enterprise of your life -- publishing a cook book!  You will soon learn that writing a cook book is truly a fun, exciting and challenging project – more than you can imagine.

Writing the Denouement for Mystery Stories - Mary Arnold  I've read many mystery novels in which the writer left out the denouement, but, in my opinion, a mystery without one is seriously lacking.  Admittedly, I grew up reading Hercule Poirot, in which he always demanded to gather up all the suspects so he could demonstrate his brilliance in deducing the meaning of all the perplexing clues and fingering the murderer.

How To Learn The Art Of Creative Writing - Mark Woodcock  The term creative writing is used to discern certain types of inventive or artistic writing from other general types of writing.  The field of creative writing is broad and includes many different formats and genres of writing.