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How to Ferret Out Strong Verbs and Other Good Words, Part Two
Word Strumpet | September 30th 2008 by Charlotte Rains Dixon
Big Word Hunting, Part Two: The Thesaurus as Roget Intended It (This series began yesterday with a post on Strong Verbs) Since I have become a big game verb hunter, I have remembered how much I adore my thesaurus. It... read more
Great Helium Writing Opportunities 26-09-2008
Passive Income for Life | September 25th 2008 by Paul Immanuel
As mentioned before, I am a contributor in Helium for article writing and to earn some passive income there. (Do read my blog post on why I like to earn on Helium here) Once in a while Helium Marketplace has great writing opportunities to earn a one- read more
Full Speed Ahead with Solid Content and Page Copy
Word Bang | September 9th 2008 by J Rotman
Worried that content will soon take a backseat to Web 2.0 apps? I’m here to assemble the experts that say otherwise. Copywriters and content producers–put the pressure down. Web 2.0 is here, and fever is high, but it could be a too much read more
Plain Language
The RAB Experience | August 25th 2008 by Rob Baiton
Plain language and the lawyer, a question of compatibility.Diversionary tactics on the part of lawyers come from their fear that their expertise won't seem very special if they write it down in plain English.Andy Rooney (1987) read more
If only...
Hilltop Notes | July 8th 2008 by Joan L. Cannon
As too many fiction writers know, one of the most frustrating exercises is the search for an agent and/or publisher. Among the occasional rejection notes (in place of the non-response or printed forms), I've received two that said the reader didn't w read more
Your Strength of Writing
Writing; The passion of Expression | July 3rd 2008 by Rama Kant Mishra
Is writing your strength? If your answer is yes! There is another question for you to ponder upon and answer yourself. What is the strength of your writing? Or, rather, what are the strengths of your writing? I believe these questions are very straig read more
Critic again
Hilltop Notes | June 20th 2008 by Joan L. Cannon
Another wonderful book has come my way. It was published in 2002. I can imagine it becoming an English teacher's standby, especially where a school combines the courses termed "humanities." When the Emporer Was Divine by Julie Otsuka. As you can gues read more
Critic
Hilltop Notes | June 16th 2008 by Joan L. Cannon
Lately it seems to me that I've read more than my share of good things. So many, in fact, that I wonder if trying to be a writer has clouded or in some other way changed my critical capacities. I'd hate to think I've become so woolly-minded that I ca read more
A too nice manager
One More Day in Life | June 9th 2008 by aditya
was going through the newspapers as usual when i spotted this article on Live Mint on how being a too-nice manager is equally bad; instead niceness make things worse. you can read the article here this brought back reminiscences of my own time as a s read more
Best Blog Post of All Time
The Day Tripper Fly Fishing Blog | May 23rd 2008 by The Day Tripper
It's the kind of writing that I read and say to myself, "Damn, I wanna write that good." read more
Day 2 - Bum Marketing The Complete Guide
General Marketing Blog | May 11th 2008 by david hobson
Welcome to day 2 of our bum marketing guide. You should be aware that the only way you will succeed at this is if you can write good articles. As their is thousands of articles already out there on the Internet. You could optimize your article for se read more
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
Amazing Grace | May 3rd 2008 by Grace Andreacchi
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,als alle Knospen sprangen,da ist in meinem Herzendie Liebe aufgegangen. - Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)Yes, spring is here at last, a few dim rays of sunshine are making their way through the foggy dew, and who better than a read more
Good reading
Hilltop Notes | April 22nd 2008 by Joan L. Cannon
We're fortunate that the Internet provides so many nuggets. If we spend a few minutes a day, we find our panning will yield gold. I found today's on the Persimmon Tree site. Even if you're a reader who's under 40, try it out. read more
IS ALL FAIR?
Amazing Grace | April 21st 2008 by Grace Andreacchi
Orhan Pamuk and students from Rinkebyskolan in Stockholm, 12 December 2006. Copyright © Nobel Web AB 2006Photo: Hans MehlinI recently heard an interview with the writer Orhan Pamuk in which he was asked - had it changed his life much, winning the No read more
Say What You Mean
Amazing Grace | April 7th 2008 by Grace Andreacchi
It’s a fine gift to be able to say what you mean, and when I say a gift I also mean, of course, an art. The pursuit of this ideal has occupied great minds down the tolling ages. Some writers require for this purpose a vast vocabulary and an infinit read more
Ms. Kinder Was Right: Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Do Matter
Blogging Startup | April 6th 2008 by Jim Lockwood
Who’s Ms. Kinder? Ms. Kinder was my eighth grade English teacher. I assume she took the job when there was no more demand for Nazi drill sergeants. But despite Ms. Kinder’s Himmler-like techniques, what she taught us has proven to be v read more
Is Thinking Extinct?
Writer Chick Talks | March 26th 2008 by Annie Rodgers
Okay, so I’ve been studying up a storm, in order to become an Internet entrepreneur. You’d be amazed just how much stuff there is out there to learn. And how very much of it is free. I have a whole folder of free or almost free ebooks tha read more
What is ‘good writing’?
WriteBetterBlog | March 25th 2008 by Rich Cook
So what is ‘good writing’? How do you define what is ‘good writing’ and what isn’t? For many people, it’s probably subjective. It’s based on what you like. Some people like long, flowing sentences that express a great deal o read more
Picks of the day
Rachel from North London | March 12th 2008
I have just found Old Fogey's blog, through a comment left on this blog win which he mentioned that he had recently written about his experiences on Edgware Rd.The carriage filled with soot and smoke. We had obviously crashed. There were initial cri read more
How To Write Great Blog Content - The Pillar Article
Entrepreneur's Journey | February 8th 2008 by Yaro Starak
I was writing an article the other day and I needed a reference to what is good blog content. I realized despite being (I think) the blogger to coin the phrase “Pillar Article” I’ve never actually published a definition of it to my read more
6 Reasons To Hang Up Blogging In 2008
The Article Writer | January 7th 2008 by Matt Keegan
Back in December 2005 when I began to blog on a regular and steady basis, I was just beginning to get a handle on the blogosphere and how blogs operated. Up until that time, I visited a handful of blogs here and there, but my internet activity was de read more
Overcoming Writer’s Block
MatthewKeegan | January 1st 2008 by Matt Keegan
By Matthew C. Keegan Do you suffer from writer’s block? Is there a pending project you are putting off because you lack the inspiration to even get it started? You certainly are not alone. At various times you will go through extended periods o read more
I am blogger, hear me roar
The-F-Word | December 28th 2007 by Rachel
So, while I was on holiday hiatus, I was “roared” at by Harriet at the blog Feed Me! Many thanks, Harriet. Roar etiquette directs me to do two things: list three things I believe are necessary for powerful writing, and then send roars read more
Four Grammar and Spelling Mistakes That Plague the Internet
PureBlogging.com | December 28th 2007 by David Culpepper
A while back, a client of mine complained that the copy I wrote had too many dangling prepositions, which is a fancy way of saying I had ended sentences with prepositions — something all of our fifth grade language arts teachers told us not to read more
Of a mother and her daughter
Song of the waves | December 23rd 2007 by Abraham Tharakan
Everybody knows what a sunset is. The ball of fire rises every morning in the East and disappears over the Western horizon in the evening. The Navajo Nation calls the sun Morning Boy. They even have a song about it. If I recall rightly, it narrates t read more
Good Grammar is Essential
Creative Writing Blog | November 16th 2007 by Daniel
Good spelling, punctuation and grammar are essential to writing a quality piece of writing, regardless of the type. I would much rather read a horribly boring essay that is near-perfect in grammar then a uniquely interesting novel that’s loaded wit read more
20 FREE Pages for writing the One Buck Wiki Press Release!
OneBuckWiki Blog | November 9th 2007 by Max Lee
Are you a writer? We are looking for someone with good writing skills to write a press release for us. Do you have PR/Marketing/Advertising experience? This might be a great contest for you. Basically, you can take a look at our past Press Releases read more
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