Updated: 04/22/19 | April 22, 2019 Earlier this year, I announced I was opening this website up to guest posters. For years, I turned away unsolicited guest posts, but, this year, I decided it was time to change that policy as I want to add more voices, opinions, stories, and tips to this site. I […]
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When it comes to the craft of writing, my favorite luminary is the late William Zinsser. His book, On Writing Well, is — in my opinion — the definitive work covering its stated subject. On Writing Well is an essential read for anyone who wants to elevate their prose. Zinsser’s primary focal area is word […]
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Recently, an art-collecting friend told me of a purchase she made on vacation. She was having an unforgettable visit to Amsterdam, filled with luscious ethnic foods, eye-popping architecture, hours meandering around the best art museums… you get the idea! On her second-to-last day, she realized she hadn’t found that perfect piece to remember the trip […]
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Types of rhymes in poetry. We’re all familiar with rhyming poems. After all, these are the first poems most of us encounter as children, from the delightful stories of Dr. Seuss to the hilarious poetry of Shel Silverstein. People often think rhyming poems are rigid, conforming to strict meter and perfect rhymes at the end […]
Continue readingFresh from writing his own first sci-fi thriller, physicist and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili chooses favourite books that tackle the Earth in peril Having written a number of popular science books, I decided three years ago to try my hand at fiction. How hard could it be, I reasoned arrogantly. Well, harder than I thought. But […]
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By Joshua Fields Millburn · Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram We are all writers now. Whether you write books, blog posts, emails, Instagram captions, or text messages, you are a writer. No matter your preferred medium, here are a few tips to help you write more effectively. Treat text messages like prose. Before hitting the send […]
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Predictive text memes are all over Twitter for a few reasons. First, they’re easy to do: All you need is 30 seconds and a phone; no Photoshop required. Second, they’re in a pliable format with nearly endless room for variation. And finally, they scratch that weird itch many of us feel on the internet: The […]
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This is the ultimate guide to writing AWESOME copy. So if you want: More traffic. More leads. More sales. Then you’ll love the actionable copywriting tips in this guide. Let’s dive right in. The post Copywriting: The Definitive Guide appeared first on Backlinko. Read more: backlinko.com
Continue readingBrian Sims’ non-apology yesterday failed to persuade many people that he’s anything other than a bigoted pro-abort bully, but hey, maybe this’ll do the trick: Actual ad published by @BrianSimsPA last year. pic.twitter.com/nEqF4z8rXF — Stephen Herreid (@StephenHerreid) May 8, 2019 No, seriously: Apparently he’s been at this for a while: You can’t make this stuff […]
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An introduction to prose poetry. Poetry is a vast landscape, populated with many different types of poems from free verse to sonnets to haiku. Prose poetry is unusual because its form deviates from the nature of poetry, which is writing in verse. Before we examine prose poetry, we first must understand the difference between prose […]
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