I recently had the pleasurable challenge of working with seven Navy SEALs on communication skills. They were fine young men, and their writing and presentation skills varied based on their educational level, from a GED to a college degree
A Creative Writer’s Secret for a Professional Query Letter
Editors know what they are looking for in a query letter. This guide follows the teaching of Noah Lukeman, editor, novelist, literary agent and teacher at Writer’s University.
How To Write A Sports Report In 4 Steps
Thinking of writing sports reports? Here are 4 easy steps you can follow to create the perfect Sports Report.
How to Write a Successful Query
As editors become increasingly swamped with inappropriate manuscripts, more and more publications are closing their doors to unsolicited submissions.
How to Write an Article for a Student Magazine
Here’s how to write an article for a student magazine that really sings, drawing on your own experience to provide interesting first hand material.
How to Write and Publish a Book About Your Historic Neighborhood
What better way to preserve your neighborhood’s history than with a book? It’s a permanent document that can be passed down through the generations.
How To Write Follow-Up Articles For News Outlets – 3-Step Guide
If you have a good story that is relevant to the issue, provides fresh perspective and is different from what the news outlet or any of their rivals are likely to have, then you have an excellent chance of seeing your byline the next day.
How To Write Gardening Articles: Tips For Gardeners And Writers
Believe or not, my first published article – and one of the first things I ever had published – was about gardening. There’s a good demand for garden-related bits…. grow your own is back in fashion…. and it’s not too technical, so it’s a good place to get started. Here are a few tips to help you.
How To Write Great Children’s Poetry & Rhyming Stories
Children love rhyme. The rhythm of the text, the way the words bounce off the tongue can be especially appealing to young children who are mastering language and reading
How To Write Like A Journalist – 4 Key Elements
In a hard-hitting news story, there is no room for opinion, advice, humor or commentary. Most importantly, you should dispense with flowery writing and twinkling prose.
How to Write News Articles for Your Local Newspaper: 4 Things Freelancers Must Know
The key to freelance journalism is to keep plugging away with quality work so that the editor will always have time for you.
How to Write Juicy Short-Story Introductions
The awful truth is that no matter how fabulous your story is, if your introduction is lame, your readers won’t go further than the first few paragraphs. So it is definitely something you should not overlook.
Magazine Writing – How to Write Winning Query Letters
While there are many online writing gigs to be found, magazine writing still offers the most lucrative pay for journalists and other nonfiction writers.
7 Important Tips in Business Writing
Letter writing is a form of communication. Thoughts, feelings, opinions and intentions are written clearly so that the reader will fully understand what exactly you wish to say
5 Ways to Increase Your Value As a Ghost Writer
Passion for what you do keeps you going when the job is tough. It’s an important component to life as a ghost writer. Yet, passion without the skill to discover what your client needs is economically valueless. You must have the skill to see what your client’s wants and needs are.
How to Write an Informative Restaurant Review
Writing a restaurant review is a fun way to share your thoughts and impressions about your dining experience. To write an informative review, you need to have knowledge about what key points you should include in your review.
Inspired by JK Rowling – How Do Generation Y Writers Make Big Money?
It starts off with a book, an adventure, and then as a young person you want to read more and more adventures, be it Harry Potter or any other kind of fantasy, sci-fi, young-adult, urban and so on.
12 Job Application Tips for Copywriters
This article is for any writer – experienced or not – who plans to apply for a copywriting job. It presents 12 tips (in order of importance) on how to apply in such a way that you stand a chance of making the shortlist.
A Creative Problem-Solving Tool for Journal Writing
If you have problems – and let’s face it – we all do, then journal writing can serve as a creative problem-solving tool.
5 Steps to Start Journaling For the Health of It
For most of us, there’s a lot more going on inside our minds and bodies than we let on. We may carry ourselves with the utmost confidence, when in reality we feel like a mess.
Journalism 101: Introduction to Writing for a Publication
The Lead The first sentence or two of the opening paragraph or a stand-alone introduction, the lead is the most important part of the story.
Jump Into Freelance and Write Your Own Future
If the passion of writing is in you, then consider making it full-time business. A lot us dreams to be our own boss so we can break free from our bosses who always yell and command us on what things we need to do.
5 Secret Tips for Keeping Business Clients Happy
Freelance writers pursue business clients for all of the right reasons. Businesses can offer writers lucrative assignments that are mutually beneficial.
5 Tips For Launching a Successful Freelance Copywriting Career
When I quit my day job, freelance failure was not an option.From the moment I made the decision to start my business, I expected to succeed. Here’s why.
Traveling Jobs – Learn How to Write Travel Articles and Holiday Reviews
A dream of many writers is to get traveling jobs and travel for free. In this article you can learn how to write great travel articles and holiday reviews..
19 Questions to Help You Write a Memoir
There are more than six billion people on the planet and I am a firm believer that every one of us has a story to tell.
How Much Money Can A Writer Earn?
One question that everyone always wants to know is how much money can you earn as a writer? Read these tips on how you can maximize your earning potential.
How Much Should a Book Editor Charge?
Although rates vary from one book editor to another, here are the standard prices book editors charge for editing pieces.
How Much Should a Freelance Writer or Blogger Charge?
With time and experience, a freelancer will become familiar with the field. How much do you need to charge? Read this article for general guidelines.
Freelance Writers: How to Add Social Media to Your Freelance Writing Business
A personal account of how one freelance writer added Social Media Writing to their business, and how you can too.
Tips on How to Become a Comic Book Artist
Comic book artist David Cassaday is one of the most well-known names in the comic book industry today.
How to Become a Food Critic
There is only one job that will marry your love for fine cuisine with your impressive written communication skills and cutting wit. Here’s how to do
How to Become a Magazine Writer – My Four Best Tips
Do you want to write for magazines? Here are 4 need to know tips on how to make money writing for magazines as a career.
How to Bid on Freelance Writing Jobs Through Online Marketplaces
Professional freelance writers usually use five steps to generate a steady flow of work. Here’s how you can increase your chances of successful bidding.
How to Break Into Magazine Writing
Thinking of getting into a career in magazine writing? Linda Formichelli offers three expert tips on how to break into the magazine industry.
How to Build a Portfolio With Little Or No Experience
If you’re really cut out to be a freelance Web Writer you need to build your credentials and properly targeting your market. Here are tips on how to do it.
Freelance Writing Advice – How to Build Your Portfolio When You’re Starting Out
New to Freelance Writing? Here are some helpful tips on how to create a portfolio when you are trying to establish yourself as a writer.
How to Earn Money From Freelance Writing
For those in the freelance writing field, there is a great potential for a nice income. Here are need-to-know tips on making money with freelance writing.
How to Find the Highest Paying Freelance Writing Jobs Online
The following article gives some need-to-know tips on how to find the highest paid freelance writing jobs online, and how you can make more money writing.
How to Journal – Where to Begin
The keeping of a personal journal has been a pursuit of human society for many hundreds of years. Here’s how to start writing your journal today.
How to Network As a Freelance Journalist
As with many professions, freelance journalism can be about who you know, not what you know. Here’s how you can network your way to success.
How To Pitch A Story
Here are some helpful tips on how to pitch a story to an editor and how you can ‘hit a homerun’ with your article pitches.
How to Plot a Film Script
Good stories are told using some type of structure. Plotting a film script can be difficult, here’s how you can write a convincing and successful plot.
How to Quote a Copyediting Job
Transitioning into a work-for-hire copyediting gig? Read this article to find out tips on how to provide quotes for copyediting jobs.
How to Start a Career As a Freelance Copywriter
If you have always wanted to be a Freelance Copywriter and don’t know how to break into the industry, read the following article for need-to-know tips!
How to Start a Grant Writing Or Fundraising Business
Thinking of getting into Grant Writing and want to start your own business? Here’s how you can get started and fast track your writing career today.
Practical Tips on How to Start a Memoir
If you are someone who feels as though they have lived an interesting life, you might decide one day to record it all in a memoir, here’s how.
How to Write a Magazine Article
If you want to get your article published in a magazine, you must first sell your idea to the editors with a great query letter. But once you have an assignment, how do you write an interesting article that will keep your readers interested and keep your editor coming back to you time after time with assignments?
Five Tips for a Successful Music Review
Writing an informative and captivating music review can be a challenging task. Here a 5 helpful tips to writing a successful music review.
Don’t Lose Readers, Get the Narrative and Dialogue Balance Right
A good story deserves a good narrative-to-dialogue balance to keep your audience enthralled and turning those pages. How do you get the balance right? Read the following article to find out how.
Surefire Ways To Get Your Magazine Article Queries Accepted
There are certain ways to get your magazine queries accepted. Read the following article to find out how.
Seven Secrets To Getting Great Ghostwriting Gigs
Here are 7 great ways to break into the ghostwriting genre and find those high-paying assignments you’ve been looking for.
3 Must-Do’s for Getting More Grant Writing Clients
Although it can be difficult to get more grant writing clients, here are some easy steps you can take to obtain and keep them.
Getting Paid to Write on the Internet: Can it be done?
There are many people today on the internet who write at a ninth grade level, with no prior experience, and are getting paid a full time income for it. How much are they getting paid? Read this article and find out.
4 Tips to Improve Your Ghost Writing Career
Are you having trouble getting your ghost writing career off the ground? Here are four tips that ghost writers can’t live without.
Ghost Writing Contracts – 3 Tips on Negotiation
To boost your chances of getting that lucrative ghostwriting contract, check out our three contract negotiation secrets and tips.
Ghostwriting Is Not For Sissies: 6 Lessons Learned The Hard Way
Insights into the life and lessons of a ghostwriter, and how to make ghostwriting a suitable career path for you.
Ghostwriting Rates: Avoid the Client-Turned-Casper
If you pick up a freelance writing job as a ghostwriter, consider yourself lucky. Ghostwriting is a great way to earn money, while expanding your knowledge and expertise. Here are some tips on what to charge your clients and how to avoid pitfalls.
Ghost Writing Tips – 6 Ways to Eliminate Procrastination
Procrastination is the enemy for self-employment as a ghost writer. Read the following article for 6 need-to-know tips on conquering your procrastination tendencies & writing for success.
Good Query Letter Vs Bad Query Letter
What is a good query letter? Here is a sample of both a good query letter and the query letter from hell.
Gossip Writer: Your New Career, No Kidding!
Gossip writing is a rarely discussed category for freelance writers. There are many avenues your career can take, so here are some tips on getting started.
Grant Writing Jobs – A High Demand Writing Career
If you love to write, are highly organized, and enjoy working for a good cause, grant writing may be the perfect career for you. With more than 1.5 million nonprofits and thousands more organizations depending on grants in the United States alone, grant writers are in high demand. Read the following article for tips on how to break into this industry.
Freelance Writing: Have an End Goal in Mind
Simply stating “I am going to be a freelance writer” isn’t going to make it happen. Read on for how having an end goal can provide clarity in your career.
High-Paying Freelance Writer Jobs in Demand Right Now
Niche writing is handy when you’re a freelance writer and one of the hottest niches around right now is Internet Marketing. Here’s how you can find your niche and create a successful writing career.
Horror Fiction – Ten Cliches to Avoid
For anyone thinking about writing in the horror genre, there are certain situations that, over the years, have been done so often that the audience knows exactly what to expect. If you’re trying for the big scare, here are 10 situations to avoid, and alternative scenarios to consider when writing Horror Fiction.
Horror Story Ideas – The Haunted House Or Hotel
Hotels, inns and even simple bed & breakfast places are great fodder for kicking up the horror muse in all of us. Here’s how to gain all the inspo you need.
Creative Writers – Horror Writing
What kind of horror story do you want to write? Your options are as wide open as the type of ‘monster’ you wish to create. Here are tips on writing within the horror genre
Copywriting – How Copywriters Use Weasel Words to Bend the Truth
Copywriters use weasel words to plant an idea in readers’ minds that is bigger than the actual claim being made. Here is how they do it.
How Do Ghostwriters Earn Money?
This article describes how you can make money being a ghostwriter and tips on what you need to know to make it a sustainable career option.
How I Became a Syndicated Columnist, And You Can Too!
When people ask me how I became a syndicated columnist, I usually say, it just snowballed. And basically that’s what happened. Here’s how you can do it too.
How Much Does a Copywriter Make?
How much money you make as a freelance writer depends on your skills and experience. Here’s a rough guide to follow as to how much you can charge clients.
Five Ways to Find A Journalism Story
In the journalism you write, you are your own best editor. See something, hear something, is that a story? If YOU’RE interested it means someone else probably will be, too
Can You Make a Living Doing Freelance Article Writing For Magazines?
Freelance article writing for magazines has been the staple of independent writers for decades, and it’s still going strong. If you are willing to become a real professional freelance writer and establish a business around your writing, then you can build up a clientele that will pay you again and again for doing something that comes natural to you.
Freelance Copywriters Should Be Concerned About Economics of Niche Marketing Vs Box Store Approach
It’s been of concern for many years that the independents are disappearing. They simply cannot compete with volume discounts possible for larger organizations who source
Freelance Copywriting Career – What Does A Typical Day Looks Like?
This article will look at 7 daily rituals involved with operating a freelance or advertising copywriting business and address some of the pitfalls involved.
Freelance Copywriting – How To Get Writing Jobs
Establish the focus or purpose of the article. Determine the message that you want to get across to the reader. Be aware of the audience and write in a style that will interest your readers.
Freelance Editors Need to Develop a Niche Market
The term freelance has lots of possibilities embedded in it. And when we talk of freelance editors, we mean those who do not belong to any company but they undertake freelance editing jobs independently
Freelance Journalism – How to Pitch Ideas to Newspaper Editors
Freelance journalism is not only a way to open a door to a full time reporting job; many prefer the freedom that freedom that freelancing allows and also the fact that they can start without a college degree.
Breaking Into Freelance Medical Writing
I’m delighted to give up-and-coming freelance medical writers a little personal advice. And my first tip always is to join the American Medical Writers Association
Tips For Breaking Into Freelance Newspaper Photography
Have you thought about freelancing for a newspaper? Photojournalism is one of the most challenging, exciting types of photography.
Freelance Proofreading – The Real World!
If you have particular skills and expertise in a certain area, then follow that tracks through. I loved education, so it still remains my major proofing interest. I made up flyers and placed them in universities or city writing centres, anything was worth a try.
Freelance Writer Tips – How to Create an Effective Web Site and Blog
If you want to be a successful freelance writer, there are many things you will need to know. One of the most important steps you can take to taking your writing seriously and encouraging others to do the same is to create an effective Web site and/or blog.
Freelance Writers – A Dozen Ways to Stay Focused on Your Writing
Schedule your writing for YOUR most productive time of the day. For example, don’t leave your writing for the very last thing at night if you’re an early bird who is most productive in the mornings yet tends to get worn out by 9:00 p.m.
Freelance Writers – How to Package Services So Clients Will Be Clamoring to Buy Them From You
Many freelance writers don’t realize it, but the skills they possess are literally worth thousands of dollars. They are uniquely positioned to take the marketing knowledge they possess and turn it into a cash-generating machine. Following is how and why.
Freelance Writing – A Medium to Generate Income
There are many freelance writers writing for various newspapers, magazines and other editorials. One can really make a sound income
Freelance Writing and Copywriting – Every Writer Needs a Bio
You’re a writer: do you have a bio? Every freelance writer and copywriter needs a bio, because people need to know who you are before they’ll hire you. Discover how to write a killer bio today.
Top 10 Things You Should Do to Win a Freelance Writing Bid
While many freelancers have already taken or are seriously thinking to take on freelance writing as their profession, many professional writers too, are joining them seeing the enormous money-making potential of the market. Read on for the
Freelance Writing For Ad Agencies Can Make You Rich
If you land a gig with an ad agency as a freelance copywriter, you can expect excellent pay and repeat work if you do a good job. Read the following article for tips on how to secure these exciting positions.
Freelance Writing For Environmental Publications
The earth matters. Our planet is in danger. Many of our world’s species are under threat of extinction. As people are becoming more aware of the current threats to our environment, more publications are emerging to update and inform readers of the latest environmental news and trends.
Freelance Writing For Magazines
Writing for magazines is a great place to freelance because you can earn a good paycheck writing cover stories, features, how-to articles, interview pieces, product or travel destination reviews, and other types of articles. Here’s how you can create a successful career in magazine writing.
Freelance Writing For Trade Magazines
Breaking into trade magazines as a freelance writer can be tricky. Many editors of trade magazines choose not to list their writer’s guidelines
Finding Work With Freelance Writing Job Markets
Choosing freelance writing as a profession is the easy decision; the work begins when it comes to looking for freelance writing jobs and freelance writing gigs. Read the following articles for advice on how to find the right work for you.
Making Freelance Writing Niche Types Fit: A Few Niche Types by Definition and Description
We must make freelance niche types fit our needs, wants, values and lifestyles, and we also must make ourselves fit freelance niche types.
3 Types of Freelance Writing Personalities: Who Has the Easiest Time Making a Full-Time Living?
For many of these types of freelancers, they may find it hard to make a full-time living freelancing because they quickly discover that what they consider slave wages is a good living to others. Read the following article to discover who has the easiest time making a full-time living?
Freelancing to a Healthy Second Income – Is Freelancing Right For You?
So, you’re sick of the rat race and have decided to at least supplement your income by working at home as a freelancer? Read these tips and decide if it’s right for you.
Social Media: How to Use Geographic Targeting to Attract Clients
From location-based tweets, to Facebook geotagging, Google Places and Four Square: read about how to use Social Media geo targets to attract clients.
A Problem in Fiction Writing: Writing Truthfully Versus Writing Accurately
A writer can reveal his story accurately if he chooses to. If he chooses to insert inaccuracies to emphasize or exaggerate a point that imparts a truthful perception, he has creative license to do so. We have no part in that.
Writing Vividly: the Power of Description
The literary market always has a demand for descriptive articles and short stories. A writer’s success in any line of literary work depends largely upon his power of description. It pays to have the skills to describe well, to paint vividly and accurately in words, any scene from memory or imagination.
Finding Success in Writing – The Beginning
With the success of many authors, poets and creative writers, many teachers continue to stress the importance of writing
Five Golden Rules for Writers
Regardless of what sort of writer you are and how much you love to write, there are probably days when you’d rather clean ditches than face another blank page.