Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2018

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. Arrow (1963-66).

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Grammarly

APRIL 3, 2023

In other cases, like with dialogue, free verse poetry, and direct response copy, sticking to grammar rules can make it harder for readers to connect with your work. 3 Direct response and email copy You probably read direct response and email copy just about every day. Not all email copy is direct response copy.

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 12, 2024

It’s little wonder then why writers, bloggers, copywriters, students, and creatives from all fields use swipe files to fine-tune their writing skills and brainstorm fresh ideas. What a Swipe File is NOT We’re not talking about copying. People believe the lucky (and most creative) ones are just being visited more often.

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Grammarly

APRIL 10, 2024

Users can feed it various types of data, and in return, GPT-4 can produce outputs that include detailed written passages, in-depth explanations, computer code, and creative compositions, all in a manner that closely mimics human thought and language patterns. This eliminates the need to copy and paste your work between platforms.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 2, 2024

They identified material fit for reproduction and offered favored printers the exclusive right to copy it— “copyright.” In 1623, the preface to the First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays denounced the “surreptitious copies” that had “maimed” his work. Printers were appalled: Authors wrote, printers copied. Anyone could copy them.

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Grammarly

APRIL 18, 2024

You can generate text for various business, personal, academic, or creative applications. Grammarly , for example, can help you write text inside apps like Microsoft Word or Gmail, so you don’t have to copy and paste your content into another system. Text generation Enter a prompt, and Gemini will respond with conversational text.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JULY 15, 2022

But somewhere in the last century, the shouty little mark fell out of fashion in literary prose. In creative writing, exclamation points have power, but not as much as you might think. It was a vinyl copy of  Help! ) Creative License. (Samuel Richardson,  Pamela , 43). The Chicago Way. She was alive!

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Quick Sprout

JULY 13, 2022

So you never have to worry about restricting your creative side. With the plugins sorted, your next focus should be on adding relevant copy and content to your ecommerce website. This includes the following: UX copy or Microcopy (CTAs, error messages, navigational copy). Step 5: Add the Products You Want to Sell.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This has even extended advertising copy and computer code. In fact, a New York Times article in 2022 judged that GPT-3 could create prose that matched the originality and fluency of a human. It’s important to remember that while GPT-3 can emulate human prose, specialized content will likely need a human touch.

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Make a Living Writing

DECEMBER 10, 2024

While the list of companies actively soliciting copy-only submissions is short, the stack of dollar bills you have the potential to earn with these companies is fairly tall. “We periodically email images to writers and ask for copy to be written.” How much do greeting card writing jobs pay? Why write for greeting cards?

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Now, you may be the CEO calling the shots, but your mental employees are the ones who action your decisions and produce the blog posts, articles, web copy and novels you create. He’s the one who thinks up the great ideas, and he’s the creative crafter producing the mental raw material for the team to work with.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How does a creative career develop over the long term and when do you need to take a step back to consider how to move forward? Please complete my Creative Penn Survey 2022 here (by 7 Oct). Barry: …just to try to sort of get him to take a copy. First of all, this creative team. What are the different types?

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Smart Blogger

DECEMBER 16, 2022

So if you’d like to learn more about what vignettes are, how they differ from other literary devices , or how to incorporate them into your creative writing , the following examples are for you. Vignettes in television and film are similar to vignettes in prose, except they’re literally seen and heard. Detailed yet brief.

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Make a Living Writing

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Authors or publishers may submit three copies of a book published in 2022, and any poetry collections must be at least 42 pages. #6 Deadline: 28th February 2023 Prize: The winner will be awarded $3,000 plus 20 author copies are given annually for a first or second poetry collection. #8 A $35 entry fee is required.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 6, 2012

And to be fair, there is still a lot of crap out there, passing itself off as legitimate copy. You can write a 100,000-word novel and keep the reader’s attention, if the copy is clean. Copywriting taught me to make each phrase count, and my prose is better for it. Here’s what I learned…. Clarity wins.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

How can you reframe the direct author business model to take advantage of creative possibilities for different kinds of products and long-term marketing? So I started my first creative business in 2004. Listening to the other side of it, where the prose people are so retailer-focused, is wild to me. Russell: Sure.

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Smart Blogger

MAY 11, 2023

Persuade with powerful prose. Get your creative juices flowing with these creative writing exercises. Then you can weave your reader into the story, using sweater-knit marketing copy (meaning: no fluff) to tell a compelling story. This will allow you to write in a distinctive voice and from a unique perspective.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Now, you may be the CEO calling the shots, but your mental employees are the ones who action your decisions and produce the blog posts, articles, web copy and novels you create. He’s the one who thinks up the great ideas, and he’s the creative crafter producing the mental raw material for the team to work with.

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Neil Patel

JUNE 11, 2014

T ry to be more creative. Keep in mind that they are usually fervent studiers of the English language, AP style, tone, and prose. A Community Tool Box publication offers some tips on avoiding press release rejection by using proper grammar, spelling, titles, style, and prose. It’s definitely going to get approved by the editors.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 9, 2023

Because look, to be honest, this is the creative process, right? She put it away in a drawer for 30 years, and then eventually in 1977 when she was 84, she took it back out, reread it, and then she self-published it by paying for a print run of 3000 copies to Aberdeen University Press. Merryn: Well, she had given away a lot of copies.

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BKA Content

APRIL 16, 2023

If you hire a website content writer, encourage him or her to play with the format and consider creative article structures. This is a good way to catch typos, awkward phrasing and writing errors that you should eliminate from copy before going live. Frequent headings and bite-size chunks help guide your reader through your content.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 29, 2015

You love prose, you love language, you love how a perfectly-constructed sentence can say so much more than just letters put in order. If you’re unlike me, however, you love to use lots of words, and write mountains of prose. Especially online, when blogs are creative outlets, and there are no restraints or word counts.

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Smart Blogger

JUNE 5, 2023

You should avoid recycling the same content; it’s boring (and copying is dishonest). The checker also gives you a detailed plagiarism report that makes it easy to find where someone else’s writing has been copied. Creative Mode Makes the most drastic changes to the text and may change the meaning. We’ve laid it all out.

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Honey Copy

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This is splendid for "talking" about doing creative work. Less so for actually "doing" creative work that moves the culture forward, builds brands, challenges the conversation, etc. I'm anti Swipe file. Here's why… Today, the "curator" is more appreciated than the "creator". He’s too busy writing his own writing.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 9, 2023

Specifically, a potential employer will evaluate the following: Attention to Detail First and foremost, your writing sample should have clean copy and spot-on punctuation. They may “require” 5+ years of work experience, a Bachelor’s Degree in a specific field of study, or creative writing experience.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 31, 2023

How can you write fast but also make your creative process sustainable for the long term? Dan Willcocks talks about his creative and business approach. So when you're writing your prose not worried about swear words, you're not worried about sort of graphic material, it's just a place to play. It's freeing. How's your marketing?

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ProBlogger

APRIL 2, 2015

Writing is a more creative process and editing is more logical/analytical. Basically, don’t write and edit at the same time, it disrupts the creative process. Related: Thee Stephen King Drawer Method for Writing Better Copy. Thompson started by copying the The Great Gatsby and A Farewell to Arms on a typewriter.

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 23, 2023

Build a Captivating Author Website Your author website isn’t just a place to park your book’s digital presence; it’s the grand foyer to the palace of your creative world. While your prose may be worthy of the Nobel Prize in Literature, an amateurish cover will stop potential readers in their tracks.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s different from emerging to resent the copyeditor; appreciating the prose is part of reading for pleasure. Nonetheless, McBride’s very long sentence stands out as an elegant reminder to novice writers that disregarding a rule can be highly effective in creative writing. TIP: Long sentences are not in themselves a good thing.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 3, 2024

Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Jacqueline Suskin is a poet, author, speaker, and creative consultant. Her latest book is A Year In Practice: Seasonal Rituals And Prompts To Awaken Cycles Of Creative Expression. Her latest book is A Year In Practice: Seasonal Rituals And Prompts To Awaken Cycles Of Creative Expression.

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ProBlogger

MAY 9, 2017

In many cases, blogging starts out as a hobby or creative outlet for someone looking to have a little fun writing about a topic that interests them. Feel free to get creative. In other words, people want content that’s constructive and applicable to their lives, not vague prose that lacks purpose. Companies have dozens of teams.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 21, 2024

How can we use AI tools to enhance and improve our creative process? How can we double down on being human by writing what we are passionate about, while still using generative AI to help fulfil our creative vision? It's not just a case of like copying and pasting. Let's talk more about your creative process.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 1, 2022

Creative writers sometimes mangle grammar on purpose or get creative with punctuation. The right grammar in creative writing is a slippery fish. The grain of truth: “Said” followed by a pronoun (“said she”) is more at home in poetry or highly lyrical prose. Same online. Good editors ask questions before answering.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

And so, a lot of us will land in marketing comms, but it wasn't as creative for me as I wanted it to be. That can be good, in one way, because you do have time to really reflect and dig deep, and write better prose, months and months of structural edits, like three or four versions of it. My husband is former army. And it was my book.

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Content Hacker

JANUARY 10, 2024

These platforms are like creative co-pilots who never tire out — ready 24/7 to spitball fresh concepts or refine your drafts until they shine. From generating captivating headlines to polishing up your prose, AI lends a helping hand to content creators, making the whole content creation journey a little less daunting and a lot more exciting.

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The Write Life

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Besides, there are plenty of free writing contests that encourage and inspire boundless creativity with real cash prizes and career-advancing opportunities! One of the best-loved small presses in the creative writing world, Graywolf Press hosts a variety of contests for both established and up-and-coming writers. Deadline: Monthly.

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Income Diary

AUGUST 29, 2023

But fi r st , g r ab ou r Step-by-step guide to using AI and ChatGPT P ROMPTS to create copy that converts! (no I’ve been doing Empathy Mapping ever since because to me it’s the quickest, easiest way to write sales copy. Four months ago I found an even easier way to use The Empathy Map to get sales copy to practically write itself.

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