How to Customize Your Bio for Different Speeches
To customize your bio for consideration for a speaking engagement, start with your basic boilerplate bio that covers all the essentials. Remember I don't care where you went to school or how many year... read more |
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Put Enthusiasm Into Your Writing
Writing that lacks passion and fervor is dull and uninteresting. The writer will be short of the desire to make the work the best it can possibly be. Of course, that will show through in the writing; ... read more |
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Taking Monumental Risks
If a writer is to succeed he or she must take risks. What are these risks?One of the first risks is the usage of time. If the idea of success is to write for one’s own satisfaction only, then writing ... read more |
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Hero's Journey – Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas is another successful story that follows the Hero’s Journey template. Mirroring this template allows the screenwriter to write effective screenplays and stories.The Fade In introduces the c... read more |
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Seven Free Ways to Keep Your Work Safe From Plagiarizers and Information Thieves
Fortunately in the United States copyright is a simple thing. When we write something and say it is ours, according to copyright law, what we write is automatically copyrighted and protected. However,... read more |
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Six Writing Techniques That Will Increase Your Creativity and Your Ability to Learn
Why do so many people hate to write?Many of us have a strong fear of writing. Memories of red marks covering our papers still evoke feelings of shame, and the mysteries of grammar and spelling continu... read more |
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How To Find A Professional Editing Service
A professional editing service will be one that meets the demands of the company or business, perfectly. To find a qualified editing service for your needs, consider the following services that they ... read more |
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Write a Short Book to Launch Your Speaking Business
The myth continues-that a real book must be in print and it must be over 160 pages. Rethink the premier approach: Write a short book to get more bookings, get your word out to thousands, gain credibil... read more |
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Hero's Journey – Meeting with the Goddess
This is the seventh stage of the Hero's Journey.The hero encounters a value that drives him to consciously and forcefully enter the world of the antagonism – something he has previously resisted on so... read more |
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Speech/Language Disorders in Adults
Speech is the physical act of producing sounds. There are
four major categories of problems. One cause is a physical
abnormality, such as a dental gap due to missing teeth or a
gap between teeth. ... read more |
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Apotheosis and Synergy
Every hero has a seminal insight - the apotheosis. Once you know what that insight will be, you can start building your story up to and beyond that point:In The Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne's a... read more |
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Avoid the Top Ten Costly Author Mistakes with Professional Coaching
Maybe you are thinking about it. Maybe you don't know it it's worth it. A book coach can help you save time, frustration, and money down the drain because you will stop book writing, publishing, and p... read more |
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Al Pacino Scarface - Story Structure Template for Screenwriting
An excellent remake, starring Al Pacino, of Scarface, the Shame of the Nation (1932). This story structure has 53 stages and is best understood by watching the film simultaneously. Using story structu... read more |
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First Time Authors – Clearing Publishing Hurdles
You had an idea for a book. It was a good idea and you sat in front of your typewriter or computer and hammered out a draft. You went through a flurry of emotion as the weeks and months went by, but y... read more |
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A Dozen Ways to Get Your Career Started As a Freelance Children's Writer
Chances are, you won’t be the next J.K. Rowling. After all, she’s the
only children’s writer on the planet who makes over a billion dollars from
her work.But that doesn’t mean you can’t make a livin... read more |
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Business Writing Secrets Vol. 1
One of the most important aspects in the business world is writing. It is the critical process of communication inside a corporation and of course in the B2B (Business to Business) and B2C (Business t... read more |
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How To Say More Than Words
The study of vocalics or paralanguage deals with the non-verbal qualities of speech. These qualities include pitch, amplitude, rate, and voice quality. Linguists argue that the way in which a person... read more |
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Murder Walls for Crime Novelists
A Murder Wall is a vital tool for crime novelists. Imagine trying to write a story without knowing your suspects or their possible motives. For any great crime novelist, your job is to treat your nove... read more |
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A Hard Look at Easy Readers
Children six to nine still love to cozy up to a parent or grandparent and
hear a story. But they’re also starting to formulate their own reading likes and dislikes and to choose their reading materia... read more |
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Hero's Journey – Woman as Temptress
Beyond three and four act story structure, lies the Hero’s Journey.The Hero’s Journey is the most usable story structure consisting of at least 106 stages and the template for successful contemporary ... read more |
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What Do People Want To Read?
Not long ago I found a wonderful book – “The Top 10 of Everything 2002” – which listed the world’s best selling books of all time. Want to know what they were?The top five were the Bible, followed by ... read more |
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Do You Say What You Mean?
It's generally accepted that the majority of people learn to speak from a very early age, and on average a basic vocabulary is formed between the ages of four and six years old. As we get older our ... read more |
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Bodies With Lots to Say
I once read somewhere that at least 90% of language is non-verbal. How do we communicate then if only 10% of a language is actually spoken? The simple answer is body language. In general day-to-day... read more |
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Effective Communication: Hear the Unspoken, Speak Well, and Say What You Mean!
Are you a good communicator? Do people understand you easily? I've had several experiences lately that made me realize once again the tremendous importance of EFFECTIVE communication. I tend to forget... read more |
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How Not To Get Published
If someone had told me in 2000 that I'd publish four books in
2001, I'd have called him an eejit.The last time I'd been published was 1989, and that doesn't
count because I paid someone to do it. I'd ... read more |
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