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Freelance Writers: To Make More Money, Keep Your Clients Happy

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

As a freelance writer, your job is to create a product that your customers absolutely love. Once you’re in business, you probably want to stay in business, so you can continue paying the bills, eating, and so forth. So here’s a little secret to freelance writing success: it is easier, less time consuming, and less [...]

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How Many People Can Squeeze Into A Writing Project?

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Sit down at a content development meeting for a publication or large Web site, and you might wonder how writing could be so complicated. Look at all the people: editor, writer, researcher, copyeditor, proofreaderand who or what is a subject matter expert, anyway? And don’t forget about the project manager, who has responsibility for schedules [...]

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The War of Wordcraft

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

I love to write. I hate being misunderstood. So I write, edit and revise. Actually, I perform quite a war dance on my keyboard as I create my posts.
Weapons of Mass Construction
I use Microsoft Word 2000, Dictionary.com and Google. The dictionary and thesaurus in Word are pathetic, as are my outdated reference books of [...]

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Screenwriing Christmas Films: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Deconstructed

Monday, April 13th, 2009

From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters at www.managing-creativity.com/
The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.
Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.
The Hero’s Journey:
a) [...]

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Who Will Read Your Article – Writing an Interesting Article

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

When writing an article it not only has to be informative but interesting as well. Almost anyone can put words down and describe their company, product, or any topic really, but knowing how to effectively write an interesting article is not as easy as it may seem. To write an interesting article you should start [...]

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Visual Formatting: Making it Look Good

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Have you ever been reading a story that has your attention, but the visual formatting is a little distracting? In other words, the content is great and you’re into it, but you wish it wasn’t so hard to look at?
Try this when you’re editing/writing your own work. While you’re checking for things like spelling and [...]

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College Term Papers

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Writing a quality term paper as part of your educational career can be an arduous task. But if you plan well, the exercise can turn out to be an interesting learning experience. This is because writing a term paper is not just about simply putting information on paper. The process involves research and interaction with [...]

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Expending Client Base in Interpretation and Translation Services

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Networking with another professionals and companies is the key to grow freelance translation or interpretation business sector. It is also very challenging to develop steady cooperation with perspective clients since the market is overwhelmed with any type of translation services. However, if one possesses creativity, and knows which domains are demanding, and less competitive, he [...]

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Effective Screenplay: Out of Africa (1985) Deconstructed

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon – understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.
The Hero’s Journey:
Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.
Gives the writer more [...]

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7 Steps Toward Successful Article Writing

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

As you write the outline for your next article, there are seven steps for you to consider in order for you to write successfully. I have put these steps into an acrostic, PURPOSE, which can help you write something that your readers will find interesting, informative, and memorable.
Passion. If you do not show passion [or [...]

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