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On a beautiful day they would walk in the park Where the music was playing until after dark. And the people would come there to laugh and to dance And the violins would play there for fun and romance. A couple is walking and crossing the lawn And he’s taking her hand for a dance… Continue reading Bandstand
Zeit Man hat Dir gesagt, dass Zeit alle Wunden heilt. Also setzt Du Dich hin vor die große Wanduhr und zählst Sekunden Minuten Stunden werden zu Tagen. Und die Zeit vergeht und Du sitzt und wartest, beobachtest das Zifferblatt und wunderst Dich, dass nichts mit Dir geschieht.
I have a confession to make: I can sometimes be verrrrrrrrrrrry slow about my writing. Often... I mean, I find myself in total awe when reading about the supposedly typical working day of other writers, who can write for hours and hours and somehow manage to produce content that is thousands of words worth -… Continue reading The One-Sentence-a-Day-Strategy
a.k.a. "Why No One’s Reading Your Marketing Content" by Jayson DeMers, published by HBR.org So - you've written a great text (and maybe it is even SEO-optimized). But what else can you do to get more people to actually read it? How can you improve the distribution of your content? Well, you might get a… Continue reading Connecting your (Marketing) Content with the right Audience
I found this a while ago on FB and can not seem to find the original FB-poster, or otherwise I'd at least tip my hat to them. Anyway, this is about a very easy idea/way to structure your story: Enter... the Storysaurus! According to blogger Jamie Harrington it is "a dinosaur with spikes on his… Continue reading The “Storysaurus”
...by Kate Messner This is part of the reason why I am (still) on Facebook... not to post selfies, not to tell people that I am bored/sick/hungry/tired... but to find stuff like this in my news feed. *smiles* You can check out their website here.
Click to enlarge. (Found this at one of my Facebook friends, who found it elsewhere... someone on Tumblr... who found it... wherever...)
aBook. Have just descovered this blog... and I am SUCH a fan!
...looks like something I need to check out... http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/ ...that is, after I manage to get a grip on my imnotanativeenglishspeakerinhibitions. For all you less inhibited or otherwise interested... well, see above! 🙂 ~~~ P.S.: Have any of you ever tried to branch out regarding writing in other than your native language(s)? If so, please,… Continue reading The BBC Writers Room…
...im Schaufenster der Ratinger Altstadtbuchhandlung. (I found this in the window of one of our local bookstores...;))
I looooove what I have just found on Darren Rowse's Problogger website: How to Beat Your Competition Online by Trying this One Thing It is marked as a "guest contribution" - so kudos to whoever you may be! 🙂 Aaaaaaaaaaand: I think I should go now and see about some additional visual content...
I am still half asleep, and it is already past noon. Ummm... no, that does not mean I live the life of the rich and famous and have been partying till dawn... it just means that todays's a national holiday here in Germany, and I've spent the better part of last night (or more likely… Continue reading A Pro-Blogger and “9 Unsexy Truths about Making Money Online”
Love this article from "The Renegade Writer": Trouble Paying Your Bills? 4 Ways to Make Your Freelance Writing Career More Secure Subscribing to the right writing blogs and newsletters is a great thing for information, training, news, inspiration... and even makes sense as a way of procrastination...
When it comes to writing and I need to push myself a little… I try to get back to the things that, long ago, made me want to become a writer. In many cases, that has been READING. So I go back to one of my fave books, or certain movie scenes etc. It might… Continue reading Writing Kick
If you read German, too, you might have seen yesterday's post about recommendable newsletters for writers (here resp. at suite101). One of my recommendations was/is the website and the relating newsletter http://www.writing-world.com - and here is one of the reasons why: Let me direct you to this great article by Moira Allen of "Writing World"… Continue reading Copyright, Public Domain, and the Wild Wild Web (an article by Moira Allen)
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