Enchanting Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2023

Do you ever wonder how others edit their writing ? It has some visual detail ( the yellow station wagon ), and it feels like the start of a story: Why did they get drunk on screwdrivers? The writing has become sensory , almost like a movie. How to revise your writing. Want to know more? The rough draft.

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Enchanting Marketing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

How can you be personal without oversharing? Let me tell you a tiny story first … The email confirmation from the hotel looks promising. He asks me how to pronounce my name and wonders where we’ve come from today. In the world of online writing, we often talk about followers, audiences, and email lists.

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Elna Cain

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Maybe you’re interested in this writing niche and want to see what it’s all about. As a SaaS writer, I learned how important content writing is for a marketing strategy, not only with my own business but also with B2B SaaS companies. What is SaaS and SaaS Writing? SaaS stands for software as a service.

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Enchanting Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

And beautiful writing? I used to think that beautiful writing was just about a poetic writing style. Beautiful writing is vivid, concise, and rhythmic. But the more I think about it, the more I realize there’s more to beautiful writing than style. Beautiful writing is alive. Beauty is not a luxury.

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Write Freelance

JANUARY 21, 2023

Finding and enrolling in the best creative writing courses in India has been more difficult than I thought. At least it used to be, seven years ago when I had just dived into freelance writing. I wanted to hone my skills and practice fiction writing too, which is when I started looking for creative writing courses online.

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Nick Ursborne

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It can read about how it feels to walk on a beach with a loved one at sunset, but it can never experience it. We can outshine the work of AI by writing with a high level of emotional intelligence. Emotional stories engage us at a profound level. Then write copy that acknowledges and addresses those emotions.

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Enchanting Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

If you want to write better sales copy, then learn the principles of persuasion and study how the best copywriters write their copy. How does their copy engage? How does it take away your objections to buying? How does it take away your objections to buying? How does it nudge you to buy?

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Nick Ursborne

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Once I’m done researching and outlining with GPT-4, I open up Nick-4 and look for ways to add Emotional Intelligence to whatever I’m writing. In other words, I’ll never just start writing based on the output of GPT-4 alone. One of the best ways to add the human touch is to tell a story or two. A powerful product story!

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Nick Ursborne

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But perhaps the easiest way to communicate emotion is to write from a perspective of personal experience. I can give you a detailed description of how to change an inner tube if you get a puncture while out cycling. I can give you a detailed description of how to change an inner tube if you get a puncture while out cycling.

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Storytelling Copywriter Copywriting Writing 230

Nick Ursborne

OCTOBER 13, 2023

All those wonderful stories swirling around in your head. And who was the hero of these stories? They taught you how to write more objectively. And for goodness sake, keep yourself out of everything you write. Write within the same format as everyone else. The writing gets even more formal and structured.

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Nick Ursborne

MARCH 12, 2024

Long story short… any emotion you feel is accompanied by a physical response. I asked it, “How would you feel if I gave you a puppy?” It replied, “I think I’d be quite puzzled about where to put it or how to take care of it, considering I don’t have hands or a home in the usual sense. We know how it feels.

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Elna Cain

MARCH 17, 2024

How do you find freelance work online? Or, what if you have absolutely no experience writing online or writing for freelance clients? How the heck are you suppose to find online freelance work? Well, I’m going to share twelve easy ways to gain freelance writing jobs even if you have no experience. Yes and no.

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Enchanting Marketing

MAY 9, 2023

It’s one of the most asked questions in my inbox … Why is writing so hard? How can I get my thoughts on paper? What are the routines that make writing easier? Writing IS hard. Yet, there are ways to make writing more joyful. First, write a crappy first draft. Writing is thinking. What to do?

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Nick Ursborne

JANUARY 4, 2024

Do you start your writing project with AI, and then tweak the outputs to make the copy more emotionally intelligent? That’s how most people do this. And it’s how I do it myself, some of the time. Let’s say I want to write a short blog post about saving for retirement. Which comes first, AI or EI? I’m being empathetic.

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Enchanting Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Writing is just so hard. She wishes she could write as if she were chatting with a friend. Heather rereads her favorite quote by Kurt Vonnegut, stuck to her monitor on a yellow Post-it note: Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.

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Elna Cain

APRIL 15, 2024

I’ve been hearing a lot of stories about ultra-long job interview process steps, multiple people involved, and at the end of all the hoops candidates go through, they are told they didn’t get the job. I find this crazy. It’s no wonder recruiters, human resource people, and marketing managers are involved in hiring.

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Nick Ursborne

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Companies find it hard to resist the math of using AI to write at least some of their copy and content. And sometimes, when writing informational content, optimized for SEO, and published in bulk, with some light human editing AI can come close to being “good enough”. First, I write a prompt for an AI tool like ChatGPT.

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Enchanting Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What’s the foundation of good writing? Such sentences sneak into my own writing, too. And I keep learning from the masters … “All you have to do is write one true sentence.” When Hemingway faced writer’s block, he told himself: All you have to do is write one true sentence.

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Jane Friedman

MAY 14, 2024

Amazon • Bookshop When my memoir Forces of Nature was on submission with publishers, one editor said she loved the story, but couldn’t get past the fact that I had written it in present tense. From the very beginning, I felt my story demanded to be told in the present. They are vivid, nuanced, meaningful stories.

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Enchanting Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Someone who rambles on so much you can’t follow their story. But could it be that a dash of wordiness sneaks into your writing? Let me tell you a quick story first … It was 2011. To keep your writing focused, determine its purpose: Write for one reader and know what you want them to do. It’s easily done.

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Melanie Saxton

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

If you are thinking about writing your unique story but aren’t sure how, now is a great time to get in touch with me for ghostwriting services! A fresh new year awaits us in 2024 — how exciting to put together a plan and finally finish your manuscript! Let’s discuss your story and plan a way forward.

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Publishing Trends

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Where applicable, the US publisher is listed after the local publisher, separated by a “/”. The lists are taken from major newspapers or national retailers, which are noted at the bottom of each list. Download the full list as a PDF here. The post International Bestsellers, August 2023 appeared first on Publishing Trends.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 24, 2024

What if you could get a fresh perspective on your writing more often—for free—even before showing it to others, so you can put your best foot forward? This is possible if you set up a listening pass—where you listen to your story read aloud by text-to-speech on your computer or mobile device. OR Your dreams can make you starry eyed.

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Grammarly

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Writers everywhere naturally want to know about AI story writing and also have some questions. How does storytelling technology work? Is creative writing with AI really creative writing? What are the best methods for using AI in fiction writing? But on a pragmatic level, AI story writing is lackluster.

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Grammarly

APRIL 9, 2024

An epistolary novel entails a type of writing that tells stories through letters and other documentation, putting the reader into the head of one or more characters. Work smarter with Grammarly The AI writing partner for anyone with work to do Get Grammarly What is an epistolary novel?

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Grammarly

APRIL 10, 2024

It’s been said that artificial intelligence is not going to eliminate everyone’s job; it’s going to eliminate jobs for people who don’t know how to use AI. Read on to learn how to create an irresistibly compelling, intricately tailored, and deeply impactful brand story with AI. What is brand storytelling? What is gen AI?

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Because tropes, simply put, are things like themes, plot devices, archetypes, and structures that pop up regularly in stories, especially stories within distinct genre categories. Tropes help readers find stories with elements they already know they like. The same goes for stories. Tropes are a staple of genre fiction.

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Content Hacker

APRIL 14, 2024

You’ve got a blog, but you’re stuck on what to write about. 120 Best Blog Niche Ideas to Write About Generating consistent and engaging blog ideas can be challenging. Are you ready to write your next blog post? Sound familiar? Coming up with fresh, engaging blog topics can feel like pulling teeth sometimes.

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Make a Living Writing

MAY 6, 2024

From centuries-old Charles Dickens novels and Shakespearian plays to modern-day blogs and advertisements, imagery remains one of the most commonly used writing techniques. In this article, we will explore examples of imagery in film and literature, practical tips, and techniques to help you bring your writing to life.

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The Write Life

JANUARY 9, 2024

Pets can be a wonderful inspiration, and there are many outlets looking for your stories. If you’re writing an expository feature, be sure to research fully and use accurate citations. If you’re writing an expository feature, be sure to research fully and use accurate citations. How to pitch: Pitch allcreatures@guideposts.org.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Yes, writing short can be far more difficult than letting the pen rip. And writing a short description of your novel — like the three tight paragraphs you need in a query letter — is one of the hardest tasks of all. What do such details tell us about where the story is headed and why that matters? Every square inch—i.e.,

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 27, 2024

The more painful the event, the more you’ll want to write about it. To figure out what’s important, and how to write about it, you need to identify your memoir’s beats. Creating a beat sheet populated with your book’s key moments can help you identify how your narrator changes and which scenes illustrate this transformation.

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Jane Friedman

JUNE 14, 2023

This month’s Ask the Editor is sponsored by The Writing Consultancy. I have a great story, but maybe for the wrong time. I have a great story, but maybe for the wrong time. In the first 25 pages, as the story flickers to life, it’s drowned in an ocean of backstory. It also features first-page critiques.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 30, 2024

Your protagonist must have a story goal. That is a piece of writing advice that rarely gets elaborated upon. Sure, it’s easy to identify a protagonist’s goal in a quest story, romance or mystery, but even in these novels, the action might not begin until chapters 4 or 5. Avoidance is a deceptive concept.

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Grammarly

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re a student tackling reading assignments or a book lover wanting to share your latest read with friends, mastering the art of story summarization is a critical skill. Work smarter with Grammarly The AI writing partner for anyone with work to do Get Grammarly What is story summarization?

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 25, 2024

When mystery, thriller, and suspense authors plot their stories, one of the biggest consistent hurdles is designing twists that work. I’ve written previously about how thinking about your villain’s motivations can unblock a climactic scene in a thriller. How do we ideate twists that work? What is a twist?

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The Write Life

MARCH 20, 2023

Since more people than ever before are interested in true crime stories, you might have wondered how to write true crime and what it takes to be successful. If you have wondered about the true crime book genre, how to write true crime, and wondered what it takes for you to get your foot in the door, we will cover that and more.

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