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Day 4 (30 Day Blogging Challenge) Plot Your Novel
There are several schools of thought when it comes to plotting out a novel. The first one is: don’t plot your novel! For some people, the very act of sitting down and working out what the story is going to be about and the twists and turns of the novel takes away from the experience…
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Five Tips to Finding your Freelance Writing Style
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” Richard Bach The internet has opened up a lot of opportunity to writers to earn money from freelance writing. The beauty of freelance is that you don’t have to give up your day job and dive straight in, but that you can use your spare time…
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30 Day Blogging Challenge Day 2: Q & A
Five years ago, I created a post which asked, so – what exactly do you do? It came about through a challenge posted by Naomi Dunford of Itty Biz who had been asked by a reader of her blog, “So, what do you actually do?” It made her stop and think about what she actually…
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30 Day Blogging Challenge -Day 1
When I interviewed Sarah Arrow of Sark e-Media for this blog last year, I was impressed by her 30 day blogging challenge. The idea is to blog for 30 consecutive days – something I have not tried before. I kept coming back to the idea, but the time never seemed right. Now, in February 2016,…
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Could You be a Good Freelance Writer? Part 1
If you think that you have to be a perfect writer to be a freelance writer, then think again. Many of the most successful freelance writers do not consider themselves to be perfect, just good at what they do. Many of them bring other skills to their work, such as the ability to network or…
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Freelance Interview – Meet Kevin Carlton of WebsiteCopywritingServices.com
Name: Kevin Carlton Website: websitecopywritingservices.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/Write_Online Google+: http://plus.google.com/+KevinCarlton LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevincarlton Bio: Kevin is a freelance copywriter and blogger with a methodical and no-nonsense approach to writing copy. He is owner of UK-based SEO copywriting service Write Online, which helps businesses large and small get the most out of their online presence. He also provides…
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August blog – where have you been since January?
Good question! Life got a little busy in the middle of February and did not calm down again until June. That is one reason for my neglect of this blog. By the time the dust settled, we had a holiday and then just all the stuff that goes on after a holiday. Suddenly it’s August.…
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2024 wrap up and 2025 goals
I have begun this new year by documenting the writing goals I have achieved. Looking back and comparing where you are at the end of this year can help you work out what you want to achieve the following year. Last year, I aimed to rewrite and publish a novella that I had worked on…
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Where to find story ideas
Have you ever read a story and thought that it was amazing and that you could never do that? Generating story ideas acts a little like a muscle – the more you use it, the easier it gets. Actively looking for story ideas can help you to generate more. You want to begin writing stories…
