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 		How to Write the First Chapter of a Novel
Many people dream of writing the great America novel, but freeze when they sit down to begin. Writing a great first chapter can be the hardest part of crafting a novel.
The Secret to Conducting Documentary Interviews
How to give your subject active feedback when you can't make a sound, the light is in your eyes, and the camera is wedged in your shoulder.
How to Become a Writer
Learn the steps to form and shape your writing. Writing tips help aspiring writers take their ideas from early stages of prewriting to a final draft worthy of sharing.
Essential Sound Effects and Their Use on Radio
The art to finding exactly the right SFX for any production is a mixture of knowledge, experience and experimentation, and knowing just where to look helps too.
Writing a Novel from Start To Finish
Writing a novel synopsis is commonly viewed with dread by many writers, but by applying similar attention to scenes can help writers reach 'the end' of story.
How to Create Voices for Fictional Characters
Each fictional character is unique and they should have their own voice to reflect that. Dialogue shows the reader who the characters in your novel or short story are.
Haiku: An Easy Way to Write
Haiku poet Nicholas Klacsanzky discusses the main aspects of Haiku writing and understanding. With its stress-free style, it can be a viable solution to writing anxiety.
New Year's Resolutions for Writers
Why writer's New Years Resolutions should include setting goals - both big and small, personal and professional.
Continuity Matters
Plot continuity is one of the main points stressed to all writers, new and experienced. However, continuity of characters is equally important and easy to overlook.
The Ghosts in A Christmas Carol
On Christmas Eve four ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge. Here is a look at how Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past are portrayed on screen.
Writing as a Spiritual Discipline, Pt 1
Being a writer is not spiritually easy. One needs to be prepared for the vulnerability he/she will inevitably face.
What is Journalism Legal Writing?
Ever wonder how the legal system is portrayed in journalistic news? Learn all about legal journalism - what it is, they types of legal journalism media, and more.
How to Write Humour
Writing humour is one of the hardest forms of writing. What makes one person laugh out loud may leave another unmoved. A sense of humour is not the same in everyone.
Cambridge University Press Profile
Cambridge University Press, founded 425 years ago, has 35,000 titles in print, almost 2,000 employees in 53 offices worldwide and publishes 2,500 new titles each year.
How to Kick-Start Any Writing Project
New Year resolutions for writers can be short-lived. It's much more useful to have at hand a workable plan that will kick-start a writing project at any time of the year.
Bring Characters to Life When Writing a Novel
Building a cast of characters for a book without a computer, without a pen, and without even opening your eyes? It sounds too good to be true - but it actually works!
How to Integrate Sources in an Essay
Smoothly integrating sources into one's essay is a skill that any student can master. There are several ways to do it so readers don't get tired of one's paper.
What is PublishAmerica?
Like a vanity press, PublishAmerica makes many of its sales from book authors who buy their books and attempt to sell it to others. Is this book publisher a vanity press?
Publish Your Own Book – a Novel Success?
Along with the extreme reluctance of traditional publishers to take chances, the advent of print-on-demand publishing has fostered a huge growth in self-published novels.
Three Tips on How to Write a Children's Book
Writing for children requires a deep understanding of ageless childhood concerns along with up-to-date knowledge of how kids speak and what their present world contains.
Selecting Character Names for Fiction and Screen
Character names carry meanings and inferences that affect how readers will perceive a fictional person. This article lists several resources for naming characters.
Mass Media & Culture, Is it Tyranny or Education
From the development of mass media and culture in the Industrial Revolution to modern times. Can mass culture be seen as tyranny of the masses or does it educate?
Washington Post Merging Print and Online Staffs
The Web-print merger is under way at the Washington Post. Those who view the existing structure as unequal wait to see what kind of authority the digital side will have.
Virginia Lowe on How to Write a Children's Book
Virginia Lowe, founder of "Create a Kids' Book", explains the advantages of doing a short course in writing for children, and gives tips on how to write for kids.
Grammar for Beginners
The comma is one of the most difficult punctuation marks because, while it is not always necessary, its omission can sometimes make a sentence grammatically incorrect.
Are Academic Essay Writing Services Legal?
Plagiarism is considered a serious offense amongst academic institutions and professional writers, but online paper writing services are gaining customers by the second.
What Are Academic Essay Writing Services?
Getting an A on a school writing assignment might be as simple as logging onto the computer. Professional paper writing services are appearing all over the Internet.
Writing Poetic Prose
One of the most accessible and cost-efficient ways for fiction writers to improve the elegance of their prose is to read poetry.
Historical Fiction Writing and Research
If a writer tackles a historical novel, the history better be right. Accurate research establishes a writer's credibility and enhances the chance for success.
Publishing Poems and Prose in Literary Magazines
Submitting work to literary magazines can be frustrating; but there are steps any writer can take to increase the chance of an acceptance letter.
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