...sometimes it also matters where you place them! "She told him that she loved him." You might want to have a look at this suggestestion from "The Writer's Circle" - it is a great exercise, especially for writers! 🙂
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4 TED-Ed Lessons about Punctuation
I have posted about this subject before, but I guess it is always worth to revisit the "how to...". Because, as the TED-Ed folks state so correctly in their post: "Punctuation is hard. Even the most seasoned writers can get tripped up on the rules." So, here it is: How to use a comma, a… Continue reading 4 TED-Ed Lessons about Punctuation
TED Ed: John Green talks about online Learning
TED-Ed: “How to write fiction that comes alive” – Nalo Hopkinson
Harvard Business Review: “Why remote Work thrives in some Companies and fails in others”
Needless to say, it is in my own interest to promote the idea of remote working/online working. Still, there is only so much one can do virtually... and in favour of taking a step back to get a look at the proverbial "bigger picture": "Why Remote Work Thrives in Some Companies and Fails in Others"
How do you manage your Bookmarks?
[Free download] If you are anything like me, you like surfing the net, you read discussion forums on social media, you do your research – and you keep finding interesting articles worth reading, links to useful resources, tools, providers etc. So you bookmark them in your browser, try to find some proper tag words etc.,… Continue reading How do you manage your Bookmarks?
All within Reason (aka “The Ripoff-Artist”)
Imagine you are the chef and owner of a rather decent restaurant. One day, you read a post by somebody who is looking for a good meal, a special multi-course meal. This somebody, they have a rough idea about what they want to eat, they even have drafted a recipe but need a pro to… Continue reading All within Reason (aka “The Ripoff-Artist”)
What is wrong with this one, hm?
I have just found this (not!) cute little add, and I quote (1:1): "want high quality article writers for my team $1.5 per 500 words" Seriously!?
Darren Rowse of Problogger.com talks about his “early Days”
Darren Rowse from Chris Guillebeau on Vimeo.
Check the Tension Curve of your Manuscript
A great and simple method to test and visualize the tension curve of your novel: Rising Tension.
A handy Guide to Punctuation Marks
Here is a simple example sentence by Noemi Tasarra-Twigg on Freelance Writing Gigs: I had a sleepless night thanks to Susan Cain’s “Quiet” Question: Where do you put the period? Inside or outside of the quotation marks? I thought I knew. Guess what: It seems I was wrong. Part of the answer seems to be:… Continue reading A handy Guide to Punctuation Marks
In case you should ever be required to THANK THE ACADEMY…
...to get on that stage and receive one of those little bald golden guys and string some grateful words together... For your convenience: a template for your next Oscars Acceptance Speech!! Hah! I am right now in the process of ticking one point off my bucket list: Watching the Academy Awards while actually being in… Continue reading In case you should ever be required to THANK THE ACADEMY…
About Time Management – not only for Writers
I just found this article about time management over at the Harvard Business Review - and since I am sort of prone to time management issues as well...
Emily Harstone has “An Argument for Writing Short Stories”
...and she has written it down over at "Authors Publish", one of my recently discovered "haunts". And in case you are wondering... yes, it seems they accept submissions as well.
Why Good Writing Begins and Ends in Poetry
What does the fabric consist of that makes a good writer? I daresay, one ingredient is the love of language. Having said that, I really like this article and the way the writer defines (and finds) poetry…
About 15 years ago, as I worked on the final stages of my dissertation, I often got stuck (as people working on dissertations tend to). Sometimes days would pass without my producing anything. But eventually, I would remember my foolproof method for getting unstuck: reading and writing poetry.
Let me note for clarification that poetry had nothing to do with my dissertation subject. I wrote a very social-sciency study of students in a freshman composition class. From a semester of observing, reading papers, and interviewing students, I crafted a set of case studies trying to explain why some of the students gained more than others. My final product reads way more like anthropology than it does like Nikki Giovanni.
Nevertheless, I turned to poetry while I wrote, as I have turned to it many times before and since. And wherever I see brilliance in writing, I find elements of the…
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Successful Self-Marketing on the Internet is like naming a Whale… err… or something
If you are a writer/blogger you probably want to make your voice heard - or rather have your words read... which is basically a no-brainer. The internet can be a great way to work on that (well, at least for the bloggers among us that venue is rather self-explanatory). Chances are we all want to… Continue reading Successful Self-Marketing on the Internet is like naming a Whale… err… or something
(Writing) Contests and Participating Fees
Hmmm... so an organisation/company/private person establishes a writing contest. And offers prize money. YAY! BUT... in order to participate, you need to pay a participation fee. This seems to have developed into a rather common practice nowadays. Now... ...is this a legitimate way to finance the contest? ...or is this just another way of getting money… Continue reading (Writing) Contests and Participating Fees
The One-Sentence-a-Day-Strategy
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
Connecting your (Marketing) Content with the right Audience
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
The “Storysaurus”
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”
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