Writing Tips

Recipe for a Style Guide

Mar 17th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Writing Tips

Wired Online has recently announced its plans to drop capitalization in internet, web, and net, but Wired Magazine continues to capitalize these words. Which should you do? For the most part, it’s up to you. To ensure consistency on such tricky words, most editors will have a style guide.
This kind of style is the way […]



Want to start a publishing revolution?

Mar 15th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Writing Tips

Calling all publishers, editors, journalists and freelance writers. It’s time to breathe more life into your copy. Turn your articles into living pieces that spark measurable debate, get closer to your readers and engage their mind and soul - we’re talking revolution.
As it was in the beginning
Publishers have for many years relied on letters to […]



Keys to Characterization

Mar 15th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Writing Tips

Far too many inexperienced writers create flat, stereotypical characters: the brave fireman, the damsel in distress, the strict schoolmistress. The best characters are those who evoke emotions within the reader: fear, admiration, affection, laughter, horror. If the writer fails to make us care about the characters, no matter how ingenious the plot, we will toss […]



How to Catch the Writing Bug

Mar 15th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Writing Tips

If you earn income as a writer, or use writing as a marketing tool, you know how difficult it can be at times to write. I started writing for my website and newsletter a few years ago. Sometimes it would be two or three weeks between articles. Sometimes writing would be torture. Then one day […]