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Writing & Speaking
01st September 2007
The purpose of an expository essay is to present, completely and fairly, other people's views or to report about an event or a situation. Expository writing, or exposition, presents a subject in detail, apart from criticism, argument, or development; i.e....
31st August 2007
Address every issue that could be a concern. Begin with a list of every reason why a prospect doesn’t buy. He may want it, need it, even crave it -- and be quite capable of paying your price. Yet still, he doesn’t buy. So you need to go deeper to disc...
31st August 2007
There is so much power in the written word. With the Internet being such an accessible place to get your written word out, there's no reason why you can't become a recognized name in your field in six months or less.
At no other time in history has it ...
31st August 2007
Copywriting should not be difficult.
Copywriting should make money.
Copywriting should be emotional.
Why? Emotions are strong. Emotions are what drive sales. Emotions, with the right understanding and argument, can be directed, molded, and shifted in...
29th August 2007
This is not a review of Losing Nelson or England, England, or a record of visits to Chester. As the title claims, it’s a reflection, a few observations on culture and identity seen through Englishness. The trips to Chester are offered by the way, as...
29th August 2007
A speech at the awards ceremony for the Libros International Children’s Writing Competition. 20 July 2007
Like the students who entered this competition, I started writing when I was quite young. I wrote a lot of poetry in my early teens. I wrote a ...
29th August 2007
The title of Mission's first chapter is Michael. Here is how it starts ...
Enter Michael, dishevelled and panting. His movements are hurried, agitated and anxious. The kitchen door creaks on its hinges after his disinterested push. It does not close an...
29th August 2007
Saville won the Booker Prize in 1976. In such a vast novel it is inevitable that the pace will occasionally quicken and slacken, but a book like this can be read over weeks, almost dipped into as the passing phases of Colin’s life unfold. David Story wa...
29th August 2007
by Philip Yaffe
You may not have thought about it, but newspapers provide the best examples of clear, concise, dense (factual) writing you can find anywhere. Otherwise people wouldn’t read them.
Journalists not only write superbly well, they do so...
29th August 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Julie Gray
I got my start writing first person essays for small publications and online ezines. First person essays are a rough game; the pay ranges from nothing to maybe a few hundred bucks. And the prestige factor is nil unless you...
29th August 2007
There's the old fairy tale about the young man who unwisely opened the bottle and, inadvertently, set free the genie. The problem then � for him and everyone else � is to get the thing back in the bottle before it does any damage. It's not usually eas...
29th August 2007
If you want to work online, you've probably run into many philosophies about niche marketing. A niche is a narrowly focused, highly defined subject. When you write for a niche, your writing can be very deep, but it cannot be broad. For instance, sports is...
28th August 2007
One of the big decisions for you to make as you write your book is to consider whether you want to find a traditional publisher for your book or self-publish.
Until a few years ago, authors considered self-publishing only after being turned down by tra...
28th August 2007
Part One: Desire and Fear
Creating convincing characters that are believable takes time and discipline. Creating dynamically real individuals without imposing your own thoughts and impressions upon them is not easy to do, but this step is often the dif...
28th August 2007
Mistakes using that and which are probably the most common usage errors we have to fix at Precise Edit, and you will find examples of them in many texts. Many editors and professional writers make this m...
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