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21 Personification Examples (+ Definition & Related Terms)

Smart Blogger

Whether you’re writing a poem, studying a play, or even looking for some ways to spice up your copywriting, personification is a powerful figure of speech. Dexter Morgan, Dexter (2006 – 2013) I’m Dexter and I’m not sure what I am. Do you need some good personification examples? Not quite sure what personification is?

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The Bastardization of Writing (and How I Learned to Live with It)

Men With Pens

The dawn of a new era has begun — the Age of Copywriting — and it’s marked by one indisputable fact: People don’t have much time to read anymore. So I started learning about copywriting. Maybe you’ll find, as I did, that copywriting isn’t that evil after all. The age of novel writing is over.

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How to Win Your Spot in the DFW Writing Course

Men With Pens

There are no points given for fancy words or brilliant prose. Post by James Chartrand James Chartrand is an entrepreneur, a pro copywriter and the founder and CEO of Men with Pens and Damn Fine Words , the game-changing writing course for business owners. Come back here and leave a comment that links to your post. That’s all.

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How to Write a Winning Post for the DFW Writing Course

Men With Pens

There are no points given for the fanciness of the words you choose or the quality of your brilliant prose. Post by James Chartrand James Chartrand is an entrepreneur, a pro copywriter and the founder and CEO of Men with Pens and Damn Fine Words , the game-changing writing course for business owners. That’s all.

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How to Fight Your Way Through the Writing Gap

Men With Pens

One of the biggest barriers facing a new writer – a blogger, a novelist, a copywriter – is the self-knowledge of just how far away you are from their ideal. When I first started copywriting, I was afraid to show my work to anyone. I was afraid to show first drafts to my colleagues. I was afraid to show fifth drafts to my clients.

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Are You Trying to Be Too Smart?

Men With Pens

Does your website copy look like you’re trying to impress that professor who won’t give out an A unless you blind him with such stunning prose that he rocks back in his leather-upholstered chair, glassy-eyed, pipe askew, groping blindly with his grading pen? Copyright 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc - All Rights Reserved.

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Why You Should Write When Life Sucks

Men With Pens

If you’re passionate about your topic, your prose engages more than a polished piece on a subject the writer didn’t really care about. Copyright 2006 - 2010 30 Sous Zero Inc - All Rights Reserved. They shook your emotions because the writer cared. Emotion shines through your writing.

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