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Storyscaping in the Realm of Book Editing

Melanie Saxton

At the end of the day, all authors are storytellers. Available on Amazon I’ve always loved storytelling, from the time I repeated fairy tales to my siblings to the time I began writing magazine editorials and editing books. But what I didn’t expect was exposure to a concept called “storyscaping.”

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Before You Hire a Developmental Editor: What You Need to Know

Jane Friedman

Today’s guest post is a Q&A by Sangeeta Mehta ( @sangeeta_editor ), a former acquiring editor of children’s books at Little, Brown and Simon & Schuster, who runs her own editorial services company. Where do editorial letters—better known in our field as “edit letters”—fit in?

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What Are Google Web Stories?

Neil Patel

Owning your Google Web Stories content gives you the full advantage to leverage SEO opportunities and make the most of this immersive storytelling option. The paid versions, however, get you access to the Getty editorial image library and Getty videos. Google Web Stories can utilize the same concept as programmatic ads.

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Just What Makes An Audiobook “Original”?

Publishing Trends

Kruger explains on his author page that “storytelling is an oral tradition…When writing a story, I read that story out loud, both as I’m composing it and when it’s completed. For example, Star Trek: No Man’s Land was a tie-in with the tv show. And S&S just published Kent Kruger’ s The Levee , a novella, as an original audiobook.

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20 Creative YouTube Video Ideas You Should Use in 2021

Neil Patel

Another idea for a YouTube video is to watch a series or movie and talk about how it relates to a concept that’s relevant to your audience/in your field. Storytelling Videos. As I’ve already mentioned here on the blog, storytelling is one of the main powers in content nowadays. Tutorial Videos. Memory Videos.

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5 Things Highly Committed Content Marketers Do Better [New UK Research]

Content Marketing Institute

CMI founder Joe Pulizzi believes in this concept so strongly that he once said, “If you’re not ‘all in’ with your content marketing program, you should stop.”. For more perspective on publishing frequency, see this article by Michele Linn, former head of CMI editorial. Place higher value on creative output. Almost all (96%) of U.K.

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27 Reasons Why Your Content Sucks

Content Marketing Institute

It fails to establish credibility – an important concept from journalism that most marketers haven’t yet mastered. Credibility means quoting nonpartisan subject matter experts, using data from trusted, objective, neutral sources, and not editorializing. Yogesh Jain, founder, Concept Allies. Poor or no sources. Tweet this.

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