Writers block is one of those mysterious ailments that is blamed for late assignments, missed deadlines, and failed dreams. Some people claim it is merely a myth while others find it plagues their writing. As someone with more than two decades of professional writing, editing and teaching experience...

The most critical lesson in writing a love scene is that it is similar to making love in the real world: when done well, it is messy, chaotic and somewhat animalistic. The civilized approach does not work; it leads to the greatest drawback of all: predictability. Does this sound familiar? The leadin...

The murder mystery genre' is alive and well and living at an on-line bookstore just a mouse click away. How is it that this over-utilized method of story-telling has remained so fresh and compelling after well over a hundred years? The answer lies in the basics of writing. Grab Them Where it Hurts a...

WHY WE LOVE STORIES Tell me a story! Just one more story! Okay, here's one for you about a forty-six year old lawyer. Harry's stuck in the backroom of a creaky, old law firm and under his senior partner's thumb. Life is going nowhere and his chances of making real money are fading fast. His wife pla...

In Alain de Botton's engaging book, The Art of Travel, he distinguishes between the anticipation and recollection of travel versus the reality of actually traveling. When we anticipate, we study travel brochures and create in our imagination all sorts of exotic adventures, lying ahead of us. Once re...

You may want to considering hiring a person who understands SEO and the other manners in which an Internet business can be marketing online in this day and age. Obviously, your SEO copywriter must have a solid understanding of the essentials of Search Engine Optimization. When I do SEO for a client...

You are sick of duplicate content? Welcome to the club. What should you do different than 95% of article writers on the net? Article directories and the web in general have been flooded by a tsunami of junk content on just about any topic you can imagine. However, a great deal of this content does n...

Have you ever read a passage and felt the breath of life, then was too speechless to describe it? That's writing at its best. The method for creating such a moment comes from the use of emotions. Emotions are one of the single most important, touching, impressive and non-intrusive writing tools. It...

Having difficulty to start writing an article? Actually, writing articles isn't as hard as you may think. If you understand the rules of proper grammar, own a word processor or word processing software that includes a spell checker, writing articles becomes quite easy. You will find the following 7...

The world of creative writing is an ever expanding one as stories or genres continue to evolve in a natural reaction to the changes in time. Having confirmed writing skills, however, is not enough to succeed in creative writing. Having passion for it is more important than having technical expertise...

Start your writing with conflict if you want to guarantee sales, grab an agent or publisher, get paid a big advance. Your protagonist wants something and your antagonist wants to block it. If you want to be the publisher's star-of-the-month, just hand out a strong dose of conflict right up front. Bo...

I recently decipher an zestful tale on romance writing. It was certified in SiteProNews - as beneath as I am concerned, the 'Google of Newsletters'. It is my infatuation one era to procure an romance into SiteProNews! Mark Daoust said in this news item The Misunderstood Marketing Method, that except...

Today, writers have to find new ways to get their material out. The phenomenal growth of the ebook industry is no accident. This new medium of distribution is fast, efficient and extremely profitable. If you want to start your new business of selling words, the same words, over and over again withou...

Someone said: "Writing is either easy, or it's impossible." He was lying. I can't tell you how to finish your book, but I can tell you how I finished mine. Please apply these simple, difficult steps to your writing process. 1. Appropriate aptitudes and psychopathology I've always scored highly on th...

OVERVIEW Most product documentation sounds like their product is the only thing in the User's life. Such thinking results in User confusion and dissatisfaction. This article presents three real-life examples of this attitude, and what should be done to remedy these unfortunate situations. The articl...

I began my writing career as a poet, and I'm still a poet. So my journey into fiction was never a planned career move. In fact, my first short story arrived as a complete shock. No kidding. Because I have written and published poetry in books and magazines for years, I've developed a writing schedul...

If you've always wanted to write a novel, but found the traditional structured process too frightening or overwhelming, maybe your imagination works in a more organic fashion like mine. In that case, start with your main character and the idea the character gives you for the plot. Then close your ey...

It is the dramatic question that grabs your reader and holds him or her. It creates a narrow path that forces the reader into suspense that won't let go. It moves the story forward. All bestseller-kind-of novels have it. Have you noticed that untrained eyes want you to explain everything in that fir...

Who is the Bigger-Than-Life Character in Your Bestseller-Kind-Of-Novel? The main characters in the bestseller-kind-of novel are bigger-than-life. No wimps here. You can't just tell us what they do; you have to show us what they do. Prove that they've bigger-than-life. These are people who find ways...

OVERVIEW You, a non-writer, have just been assigned to write the documentation for a product your company produces or markets. You may be stressed out about the assignment. Fear not! This article will get you started on the path to writing a successful document. QUESTIONS AND NOTES As soon as you ge...