Grammar Underground

MAY 15, 2023

With regularity” may be the worst assault against my prose yet. For starters, skilled editors know that, in publishing, conciseness is a virtue. They can turn prose into a night of the living dead.” And in that role, I am, from time to time, the victim of editorial malpractice. So what’s so bad about “with regularity”?

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Smart Blogger

APRIL 14, 2023

Publish Personal Poetry Blog Blogging is a great way to make money if you know what you’re doing. Self-Publish Poetry Book Ever thought about putting your poems together into a book? Today, thanks to Kindle and Amazon, you don’t need a publisher — self-publishing is the new black. Plus it’s simple.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

JULY 7, 2023

Shooter Flash: Monthly Shooter Flash spotlights bitesize brilliance with one winning story each month, which we publish online (plus in an annual anthology) and trumpet on social media. Danuta Gleed’s first collection of short fiction, One of the Chosen, was posthumously published by BuschekBooks. The editors will judge.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Instead of setting the scene with lengthy prose, dive right into the meat of the copy by addressing your reader’s pain points. After all, publishing a book could take anywhere from weeks to years. Focus on making clear, concise statements. Let’s say you’re describing a gaming chair.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Each of my published books was birthed from the pages of my notebooks and is peppered with snippets of dreams and morsels of dream wisdom. As you record dreams in your journal, you are creating an encyclopedia of plots, landscapes, characters, themes, and ideas you can return to any time you need material for your poetry and prose.

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Jane Friedman

JUNE 20, 2023

Photo by Akhilesh Sharma on Unsplash Today’s post is excerpted and adapted from the recently published Build a Better Business Book: How to Plan, Write, and Promote a Book That Matters by Josh Bernoff ( @jbernoff ). Write the question and the objective, and you’re almost ready to write without pain. All you need is a fat outline.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 12, 2023

How authors might approach co-creating with AI if they want to work with traditional publishers What remains the same despite advances in technology: “Creative AI is going to change everything. Then I would each generate one sentence of a love story, and I published that in Lit Hub a couple of years ago now.

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Make a Living Writing

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It’s the rebel in the literary world, saying things in a way prose never could. In a world flooded with information, poetry is that cozy corner where you can slow down, breathe, and feel something real. So, why is poetry important? One such famous piece is Laura Gilpin’s “Two-Headed Calf.”

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Grammarly

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

To enhance your prose. ORIGINAL] Which blog was your article published in? REWRITE] In which blog was your article published? . However, be careful because some phrasal verbs also require an object, and it’s still incorrect to use them without one. I planned a movie night to help my friend get over. What is a preposition?

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I never thought of myself that way, at least not until after reading the reviews of my first essay collection published over a decade ago. For starters, it has helped sharpen my prose. But am I a humor writer? What made something funny? How did the humor enhance the story? Where did I get in my own way?

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Smart Blogger

MAY 11, 2023

The term “content writing” covers everything that goes into planning, writing, editing, and publishing written digital marketing content. Write Like a Chameleon Much like some chameleon species can change skin color to match their surroundings, great content matches the place it’s published. Persuade with powerful prose.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 19, 2023

They said ebooks (especially self-published ebooks) were going to kill the printed word and put traditional authors, agents, editors, and bookstores out of business. Digital publishing-on-demand was disruptive, and the industry needed to adjust and adapt. But here’s the thing: it did. Yes, AI will cause disruption.

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The Write Life

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Poets and Writers Magazine publishes a bi-monthly magazine, which brings you information all in one place. It publishes information on literary grants and awards, publishing deadlines, profiles of writers, and tips to succeed as a writer. That might be a good way for you to get your ideas published in a legitimate magazine.

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Smart Blogger

APRIL 13, 2023

Make your voice heard and get your words published. Learn more here: 57 Metaphor Examples That’ll Pack Your Prose With Persuasion Allegory vs Parable Allegories and parables are very similar because they both have two layers of meaning and are complete stories. But here’s how the parable differs from allegory: Less symbolism.

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Smart Blogger

JUNE 5, 2023

Plagiarism Checker Premium users have access to the Quillbot plagiarism checker, which scans your text to find sections that don’t accurately credit work published in books, research papers, academic papers, or news sources. No more worry about whether your prose is up to the task. Get those book proposal summaries done quickly.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 9, 2023

If an official style guide isn’t available, check out the written content they’ve already published. But a perfect writing sample is one that’s so good the hiring manager will want to publish it. Criteria #5: Format Many job ads will describe frameworks for the type of content they publish. They want results.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

He burst onto the scene as a 23-year-old wunderkind, publishing his first book to breathless praise and a lucrative advance. And he discovered that when he read the beginning of his book, the prose didn’t pop. Remember Jonathan Safran Foer? But what stuck with me was the way he talked about how he found his first paragraph.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Traditional publishing is not a monolithic thing. There are different kinds of publishers, and authors want different things out of a publishing deal and relationship. Georgina Cross talks about her experience with two different traditional publishers and the pros and cons of each. Welcome to the show, Georgina.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 20, 2021

Hart is the author of  Storycraft , now in its second edition, and the newly published  Wordcraft , both available from the University of Chicago Press. I’m also convinced that it produces unoriginal prose that’s much stiffer and more cramped. That indeed proved to be the case.  A.

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In a 2011 study published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , experts found that our brains process “tangible” (i.e. And in a study published for Brain and Language in 2012, psychologists found that a certain part of our brain is “activated” when we read sensory words. sensory) words faster than other words.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In the intro, Amazon changes ebook return policy [ Society of Authors ]; Spotify introduces audiobooks [ Spotify ; FindawayVoices ; Publishing Perspectives ]; Neal Stephenson on The Sword Guy podcast. I use Publisher Rocket for researching book titles, categories, and keywords — for new books and for updating my backlist. Show Notes.

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BKA Content

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Blogs published in your name should reflect your personality and overall company philosophy and mission. A well-written company blog post helps you establish an individual online personality that people will come to know through regularly published posts. 10 Reasons Why BKA Content Is the Right Blog Writing Service for You.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Of course, the Hemingways, O’Connors, and so many others have more than demonstrated the power of a more spare approach to prose (not that they haven’t produced their share of elegant, lyrical, and yes, longer passages too). McCarthy imploring him to kindly dumb things down. That’s just business. SO WHAT TO DO? It’s simple. (No, No, really.)

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The Write Life

OCTOBER 3, 2022

With thousands of dollars in cash prizes and numerous opportunities to secure a publishing contract, you’re sure to find the right free writing contest for your work. (If This boutique publishing firm offers cash prizes and promotional packages to winning authors. Deadlines: Quarterly on March 31, June 30 and September 30.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 29, 2015

You love prose, you love language, you love how a perfectly-constructed sentence can say so much more than just letters put in order. If you’re unlike me, however, you love to use lots of words, and write mountains of prose. You just have to put your foot down and publish! If you’re anything like me, you love words.

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Article Writing

AUGUST 10, 2022

Rest assured, they all want hard-hitting journalism – or Truman Capote-style prose – but are willing to spend no more than $20 on it. Paying per word – most published writers are paid per word. You will get many proposals now that you’ve published your job posting. Download Here our 10 fundamental marketing questions.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

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. They shook your emotions because the writer cared. Emotion shines through your writing. If you’re filled with enthusiasm, it comes across in your work.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 6, 2011

Since then, I’ve been running a copywriting business, become a regular blogger , and have had “>two “>books published , with a third “>just recently released. The author wrote solid prose in a welcoming style about interesting content – but I couldn’t get through the book. That was a year ago. Moderation?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 3, 2014

Two short months after she first pressed “publish”, Eden Riley , one of Australia’s best bloggers, pointed her out in the crowd of a Digital Parents conference. “ With a long-held dream of writing, Katie believed she could seamlessly marry her newfound nutrition knowledge with her love of prose. Well, let’s find out. The Beginning.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Try not to judge your initial draft by the standards of a finished one or published book. I regularly do three edit passes in working with an author or a publisher, sometimes more. One reason revision so often goes awry for authors is the temptation to focus first on perfecting the prose. Revision is a process—often a long one.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A great example is my good writer-friend Allison Landa, whose memoir, Bearded Lady: When You’re a Woman with a Beard, Your Secret Is Written All Over Your Face was finally just published by Woodhall Press after a 17-year (yep!) journey to publication, which had begun while she was still in the MFA program at St.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. I had a bunch of publishing contracts, and they all went very badly. I don't know if I can release this book any better than these publishers, but I know for sure I can release them just as bad. You're kind of one of my gurus at the moment.

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Grammarly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Or how Carolyn Keene keeps producing Nancy Drew mysteries ninety years after the first one was published? The works created by ghostwriters can be any type of published writing, including the following: journalism. literary prose. Some romance publishers pay just $65 per story. You’re not alone. magazine articles .

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 9, 2023

Every published author starts with that burning query. Writing Space Every published author knows the undeniable magic of a personalized writing space. Visualize Your Success : Close your eyes and imagine holding your published book. Step 5: Publishing Your Book Ah, the final frontier. Was it a main character?

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 23, 2024

I had wanted to get into prose poetry and brought three books with me on the subject…and touched none of them. You can spend 8 days and 7 nights with 25 fellow writers and publishing industry professionals in literary luxury, crossing the Atlantic on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2. I let that bucket go, and I let myself be okay with that.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 28, 2011

Whenever you publish a blog post, you want to send it to your list. Whenever you publish content, you can copy and paste the article from your WordPress dashboard and blast it away. The default prose says “Heading 1 Heading 2″ etc. It’s slightly better, and after all, ProBlogger uses AWeber.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 31, 2023

In the intro, Draft2Digital acquires SelfPubBookCovers ; Different types of creative energy [ Self Publishing Advice ]; Twitter becomes X [ The Verge ]; TikTok text posts [ The Verge ]; What AI can help you do in 30 mins [ Ethan Mollick ]; Discovery Writing with ChatGPT by J. That works for them, they publish books. It's very exciting.

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