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3 Ways to Experiment with Memoir Structure to Improve Your Narrative Arc

Jane Friedman

In a story draft, you’ll learn how to employ the elements of storytelling by crafting well-written, engaging scenes that use dialogue, sensory details, and action to bring your story to life. Choosing to write your memoir as a letter to a singular audience can help you hone your voice and decide which scenes truly belong.

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Powerful Onomatopoeia Examples in 7 Different Types of Writing

Make a Living Writing

624 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Non-fiction Just like in fiction writing, it is important to paint vivid descriptions in non-fiction texts to engage readers. Onomatopoeia has the unique ability to grab readers’ and audiences’ attention to create memorable names, slogans, tag lines, and jingles.

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Why Social Media is ‘Pay to Play’ in 2021 (And How to Get the Best Bang for Your Buck)

Neil Patel

Just look at Facebook’s audience growth since late 2008. As social networks focus more and more on increasing ad revenues, it’s become ever harder to grow an audience organically. In a nutshell, organic social reach is all about creating and nurturing an audience without paid promotion. Paid social media is your best friend.

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How to Build an Email Marketing List as Quickly as Possible

Neil Patel

The more you can engage with your audience, the more likely they are to sign up for your email marketing list. One method for engaging your audience is a giveaway. For someone in Videofruit’s target audience, which is online marketers, that’s a $3,000 value and an amazing prize. Host A Giveaway.

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Can You REALLY Make Money Blogging? 7 Things I Know About Making Money from Blogging

ProBlogger

On some levels I was at the right place at the right time—I got into blogging early (in 2002 … although I felt I was late to it at the time) and have been fortunate enough to have started blogs at opportune times on the topics I write about. It takes time to build an audience, to build a brand, and to build trust and a good reputation.

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Finding Readers Week: Corinne Talks Commenting, Engagement, and Are Forums Right For Your Blog?

ProBlogger

Corinne runs the successful blog skinnedcartree.com, and consistently gets genuine engagement from her readers and community across the board. Corinne introduced forums at the beginning of the year and has seen that engagement increase sharply. I knew nothing about growing an audience or how to promote myself.

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How to Get the Word out about Your New Blog

ProBlogger

They didn’t create that audience. I wrote my first guest post back in 2002, before guest posting was even a thing. But this guy’s been blogging for a year now, and he has a decent audience. You still need to get those people interested, connected, and engaged (which I’ll be talking about over the next few weeks).