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What Is a Ghostwriter?

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Plus, you’ll get to spend hours interviewing interesting people or creatively crafting stories. . The first step to starting any writing career is establishing a portfolio of things you’ve written, like manuscript drafts, or blog posts. . Chris Gardner wrote his 2006 autobiography with the help of the writer Quincy Troupe.

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Creative Mind Cleaning | Men With Pens

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I’m inclined to agree with Sir Doyle that the creative mind is very much like an attic, but there is one thing I disagree with: Crowding our brain up with too much knowledge isn’t exactly the problem that most of us encounter. When we neglect the attic of our mind, all our creativity goes to waste. You’re not sure, though.

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Dating Rules for Courting Your Clients

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If you give clients a freebie or cut them a ridiculously good deal (even if you’re trying to build your portfolio or help a friend), then you’re sending the message that you and your skills come cheap. These clients will only sap your creativity and eat up time that could be spent finding Mr. Right. What do you think?

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Business Competition is Good | Men With Pens

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Winning in a competition is not the same thing as being creative and innovative and coming up with new ideas. However, the drive to do my best, prove myself and find creative ways to get the scoops made me a much better reporter. Also, look inside your own self as a source of inspiration too. Powered by frugal

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How Brave a Writer Are You? | Men With Pens

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Cath – Writing (especially the more creative varieties) take a lot of energy, and I can sympathise with people who make excuses … but you’re right about the woman on the course; there’s not much point being there if you’re not going to write. Though I never thought of writing as climbing a mountain.

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The secret to writing powerful words | Men With Pens

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And your very own James participates in creative fiction challenges and even runs Escaping Reality. (Or Creative writing, people! Creative Copy Challenge #52 Reply Christine Myers ( @ladychrismyers ) June 24, 2010 at 3:31 pm Cheers to fiction writing! It’s no accident that several great bloggers also write fiction.

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The Crucial Secret to Great Marketing | Men With Pens

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Creative output in literature, music, and other arts is usually involved with a distinctive personal vision – one which often, though not always, includes marked personality elements of introversion and solitude. I find that a highly arrogant mindset (and actually one I often notice in the creative fields).