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Use Quotations to Enliven Your Writing
Sprinkling quotations into your writing is a very effective way to improve it. Doing this serves a number of functions. Quotations summarize a point you’re making in your work. They also emphasize this point. A quotation by someone both famous and respected gives...
Writing Practice Makes Perfect
If you want to have a successful business, you need to either get comfortable with writing practice or have deep pockets to hire a writer. Even if you do have a large surplus to invest in your business, you could probably think of a dozen better uses for it. You’ve...
Write With Your Own Voice
Many beginning writers make one mistake that dooms their books to failure. The don't write with their own voice. They avoid putting themselves into their writing, thinking that an objective, personality-free tone will make them sound more professional. Instead, they...
Difference between Content Curation and Content Creation
As a blogger, you don't always have to create content from scratch. Content curation helps busy readers - and you. The more comfortable you get with blogging, the more you can focus on providing value for your readers. Here’s an area where readers will greatly...
Writing Tips: How to Polish Your Writing
These basic writing tips help you become a better writer. People are writing more now than ever before. Whether it’s writing emails, stories, books or blog posts, you must know the basics of writing. Don’t show your writing inexperience by making rookie mistakes....
Writing Style: How to Keep Your Audience Awake
Whether you’re giving a speech or writing a memo, email, or book, remember that both the words you use and how you arrange them (your writing style) have a powerful effect on your listening or reading audience. I recently attended a presentation. The subject was...
Writing Your Best Content: 4 Myths that Keep You from Writing Irresistible Content
Writing your best content begins with understanding the purpose of your writing. Are you creating a blog post or a sales page? Do you want to attract more people? Do you feel stuck? If you’re lacking the leads you need for your business or finding that although you...
12 Top Writing Tips You Should Know
Looking for writing tips? Along with the quality of the information presented, you should also factor in readability. Focus on making your writing as easy to read as possible. Your goal is for readers to understand and absorb the information you present, so don’t make...
Are you a bad writer?
It is common for writers to have doubts about their abilities. This, like the fear of imperfection, can stop people from launching their writing careers. The label of "bad writer" stops them in their tracks. Bad writing is fixable. Stephen King disagrees with me. In...
89 Reaching People Through Your Books – Doug Lawrence
Doug Lawrence, former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, now works as a mentor. He describes the rewards of that work as “seeing somebody grow as a person, first and foremost, growing as a person having that…
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