Grammarly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But with one sign pointing toward the fiction titles and another indicating that nonfiction is on a different floor, you realize you’re not sure what genre the book, based on a true story, belongs to. This example illustrates the problem of distinguishing between fiction and nonfiction. What is fiction? Let’s dive in!

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Smart Blogger

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Fiction vs nonfiction: two categories, two different worlds of reading and writing. Whether you’re a voracious reader or an aspiring writer, understanding these differences can transform your reading choices and writing style. Fiction captures our imagination with its diverse storytelling methods. Let’s begin.

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Enchanting Marketing

JANUARY 16, 2024

So, below follow 4 ways to use surprise in your writing and keep your readers captivated … 1. Further reading: How to hotwire your words (and make your writing sparkle) >> 2. For instance, Raymond Chandler makes his readers pay attention by using creative, sometimes crazy similes. Go for just a sprinkling.

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Make a Living Writing

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Bullet Journaling for Writers – An Overview Becoming a full-time or even part-time freelance write r requires you to keep tabs on an endless amount of moving parts. It is a creative and flexible system that not only enhances productivity but also can help you understand your own creative process even better than before.

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Make a Living Writing

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Are you a creative or literary writer looking to share your words with a larger audience of your peers? The new year is just around the corner and there are plenty of literary magazines looking for high-quality writing for their next issue. To submit a non-fiction piece, writers must send a query to their New York City office.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Another year ends, and once more, it's time to reflect on our creative goals. If you join the community, you get an extra solo Q&A show monthly, as well as behind-the-scenes videos on planning for the year ahead, AI and creative business, plus discounts, early access, and more. Click here for fiction bundles and box sets by J.F.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

Join my community and get access to extra videos on writing craft, author business, AI and behind the scenes info, plus an extra Q&A show a month where I answer Patron questions. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. For my fiction and memoir as J.F.

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Make a Living Writing

AUGUST 28, 2023

From learning the A to Z of new writing techniques to listening to everyday stories from industry experts, podcasts have emerged as an indispensable resource for every writer’s toolkit. The Essential Guide to Writing a Novel ? Check out The Essential Guide to Writing a Novel 3. London Writers’ Salon ?

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This article makes the classic mistake of conflating all kinds of artists and creative industries and painting them all with the same brush. The agent or publisher has to have genuine enthusiasm for the story or writing itself. Is it for your short fiction in literary journals? Congratulations!

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Make a Living Writing

DECEMBER 13, 2022

You know…without a lot of experience, writing samples, or a massive portfolio. Freelance writers (even if you’re new) can get paid to write, if you know where to look. Freelancers can break into writing for this pub with feature articles on: Western and English training methods. Build your portfolio. Grow your network.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 18, 2023

If you join the community, you get an extra solo Q&A show monthly, as well as behind-the-scenes videos on AI and creative business, plus, discounts, early access, and more. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. I abandoned both when I ran out of things to write about.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 5, 2024

Several years ago, I attended a writing workshop held in a beautiful locale, with sumptuous food and dreamy scenery. We didn’t read screenplays, discuss structure, or do any writing exercises. Today’s post is by author and book coach Andromeda Romano-Lax ( @romanolax ). Only the teaching was bad. And not just bad.

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Smart Blogger

DECEMBER 8, 2023

We’ll navigate through the essentials, tackle common pitfalls, and explore not just the ‘what’ but the ‘how’ of synopsis writing. Synopsis vs. Summary When it comes to condensing content in both fiction and nonfiction contexts, two terms often surface: synopsis and summary. Let’s dive in!

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Smart Blogger

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Writing and Publishing : For writers and publishers, the distinction is crucial for targeting the right audience. Novels are often used for literature and language courses to teach narrative analysis, creative writing, and cultural studies, while textbooks and reference books serve different educational purposes.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

JULY 7, 2023

 For a change of pace from client work, why don’t you consider entering writing contests in 2023? It will give you a chance to flex your creative writing muscle in a way you don’t normally get to when you are doing work for other people. You may find something valuable in what they have to say about your writing.

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Elna Cain

JANUARY 12, 2023

Content writing is a fantastic way to work for yourself and make money at home! While most content writers write for businesses to boost their online presence, other sectors, such as the medical and legal industries , will also hire content writers. Well, obviously, you need to know how to write ! But don’t despair!

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 1, 2024

2023 was a year of change, culminating in my 15-Year Pivot , and so 2024 will be a year of consolidation and optimization of my new creative and business processes — as well as writing and creating, plus surfing the wave of more change ahead. It will be a non-fiction book under J.F.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 13, 2024

The project encompasses public libraries, authors, curators, and readers working together to connect library patrons with great self-published work, primarily in fiction. Her writing has been published by Terror House Magazine, Horror Tree, Defenestration, and Amsterdam Quarterly. Side note, I adore funny speculative fiction.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 7, 2023

I bet you just asked Google to search for creative writing prompts. Or was it writing ideas? It doesn’t matter if you’re halfway through writing a book, sweating over social media posts, or journaling about your own life, all writers get stuck for creative ideas sometimes. How Do You Use Writing Prompts?

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Melanie Saxton

JANUARY 27, 2023

As a health writer, I found it very moving to write this piece titled “February is Health Month: Building a Circle of Red in Montgomery County” for City Lifestyle magazine. I specialize in editorial and literary writing and editing for magazines, nonfiction books, and fiction manuscripts.

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Grammarly

APRIL 10, 2024

Users can feed it various types of data, and in return, GPT-4 can produce outputs that include detailed written passages, in-depth explanations, computer code, and creative compositions, all in a manner that closely mimics human thought and language patterns. It was trained on BookCorpus, which consists of 7,000 unpublished fiction books.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 19, 2023

Author Elisa Lorello’s exploratory dive into ChatGPT led her to discover its usefulness to fiction and nonfiction writers, and she shares them all in her new book The AI Author Assistant: How to Use Chat GPT to Optimize Your Writing Progress and Income While Retaining Your Human Touch. Let’s just say I took one for the team.)

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Elna Cain

JANUARY 1, 2023

Another accomplishment I’ve had because of my writing is landing some high-paying and notable clients this year. To help you achieve the best in 2023, let’s go over some freelance writing resolutions you can set for your business. If you’re writing for $.10/word, 19 Important Freelance Writing Books You Need.

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Make a Living Writing

OCTOBER 16, 2023

If this describes you than applying for writing fellowships might be a good fit for you and your goals. If you are already working on a passion project or have an idea in your head, there are plenty of writing fellowships for the 2023 and 2024 season you can apply for. What is a Writing Fellowship?

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 21, 2024

How can you build a creative, sustainable career as a ‘mid-list' indie author? ” Stephen King ; Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. I fail to keep track.

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Melanie Saxton

DECEMBER 27, 2022

From physicians needing autobiographies to professional athletes needing memoirs to corporate creatives with a fiction novel concept, I’ve written for them all! The authors have great stories but need help with the writing. You can trust me to handle your unique manuscript or writing assignments with the utmost care.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In the intro, Finding readers [ ALLi blog ]; Writing the Shadow Kickstarter. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid , writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker.

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Melanie Saxton

MARCH 28, 2023

Be inspired by The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival and seek a professional art book editor to assist with your book-writing project! Graduating high school seniors were asked to reflect on the presence or absence of patterns in the works they submitted in 2D, 3D, Short Fiction, Short Non-Fiction, and Poetry.

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Grammarly

JANUARY 24, 2024

When you write, your goal is to communicate. Read on to learn how to write discourse. Your writing, at its best Grammarly helps you communicate confidently Write with Grammarly What is discourse? Your writing, at its best Grammarly helps you communicate confidently Write with Grammarly What is discourse?

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Since 2016, I've been writing and podcasting about the impact of artificial intelligence, AI, on authors and the publishing industry , and this impact has only become more significant as the years have passed. I also narrate my own nonfiction books and also some fiction short stories and my travel memoir.

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Kayleigh Moore

AUGUST 22, 2022

Will companies move more writing work in-house, cutting freelance budgets? I niched down my content writing work to focus solely on clients in the ecommerce software space. Lately, I’m feeling the same way I did about two years ago when the world was shut down, and I was debating whether or not I should get a PPP loan.

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Grammarly

APRIL 23, 2024

There are plenty of creative AI applications for writing—from emails to thank-you notes. Work smarter with Grammarly The AI writing partner for anyone with work to do Get Grammarly What are AI titles? How to use AI for content titles All AI writing tasks begin with a prompt.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

JULY 7, 2023

 For a change of pace from client work, why don’t you consider entering writing contests in 2023? It will give you a chance to flex your creative writing muscle in a way you don’t normally get to when you are doing work for other people. You may find something valuable in what they have to say about your writing.

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Or get paid to write from time to time? In this post, you’ll learn exactly how to make money writing – different strategies, how to do it – basically, everything you need to know to succeed. No wonder this promise of creative and personal freedom attracts so many people. Absolutely. Experience shows that vague plans fail.

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The Write Life

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Have you ever Googled “writing contests”? Besides, there are plenty of free writing contests that encourage and inspire boundless creativity with real cash prizes and career-advancing opportunities! We found 40 reputable, well-reviewed, free writing contests for poets, fiction writers, essayists and more.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Dictation techniques Throughout the years of my writing journey, I identified three methods you can employ when dictating: Watching the screen as you speak your words Not watching the screen as you speak your words Recording your words and transcribing later The first one many people are familiar with. Write while walking a nature trail.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 25, 2023

In this nexus of fact and fiction, writers can mine, select and transform their real life journeys, turning points and discoveries into story. Working definition of autofiction Short for autobiographical fiction, autofiction uses elements of autobiography and fiction to examine decisive aspects of the writer’s life.

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