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How Printing Innovations (and More) Created an Enduring Class Divide in Books

Jane Friedman

Our concept of intellectual property was centuries in the future. Others railed that penny dreadfuls debased prose, corrupted youth, and caused crime. Booksellers identified with the gentry and served only the “carriage trade,” buyers who arrived not on foot or by bicycle or public transportation but in private carriages.

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Brands Often Overlook This Superhero of Storytelling

Content Marketing Institute

OK, maybe writing this article as a comic script isn’t such a great idea, even if prose is at a disadvantage when discussing such a visual medium. A picture can help somebody to understand what you want them to do, whereas prose requires an abstract to concrete translation that not everybody’s going to be able to do.

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How to Use Metaphors to Engage and Encourage Readers

ProBlogger

His novel, Shantaram , is comprised of moving metaphorical prose that calls readers to action, whether it be to laugh, cry, or to delve deep within themselves. Metaphorical writing can be used to transport the reader to an imaginary world, all with the unification and comparison of two unrelated objects. Metaphor pitfalls.

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Everything You Want to Know About Becoming a Freelance Copywriter

Susan Greene

I’m continually searching for new approaches, new trends, new concepts. I’d start from scratch in coming up with concepts, subheads and layout. The business was to be a medical transport service, which I’ll call MTS for the purpose of this story. I kept the length and all the nonsensical, pointless prose about the elephant.

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10 Writing Styles That’ll Transform Your Narrative (+ Examples)

Smart Blogger

It embodies the tone of your prose, the cadence of your sentences, and the specific words you choose. From a young girl’s journey in a dystopian future to a riveting tale of a detective in 1920s New York, creative writing can transport readers to any setting, any era. Consider J.K. Making the intricate understandable.