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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Storytelling Pharmaceutical Brand Prose 100

Freelance Writing Jobs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Prioritize Brevity and Clarity Over Flowery Words Good sales copies should help consumers make informed decisions, not “impress” them with superfluous, flowery words. Instead of setting the scene with lengthy prose, dive right into the meat of the copy by addressing your reader’s pain points.

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Retail Creativity Writing Sales Copy 93

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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Proofreader Publisher Publishing Publishing 127

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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Email Copy Prose Copy Construction 111

Jane Friedman

JUNE 20, 2024

The editor’s work here doesn’t differ a lot from what it would be when editing any prose piece. If I am copy editing, I usually intervene or make a comment in a few situations. Working with their editor, they have to make sure that the complexity of what they are talking about is intelligently and clearly conveyed. Make it clear.

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Writing Prose Proofreader Retail 105

Grammarly

APRIL 9, 2024

5 Review your content for accuracy and proofread your prose. When should you rework website copy instead of quoting it? The easiest way to ensure that your work is original is to use Grammarly’s free plagiarism checker. If your article rewording can pass a plagiarism test, it’s good to move forward. 6 Add the citations.

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Website Prose Proofreader Content 93

Contently

APRIL 13, 2023

If you want an email subject line and body copy, say that. Do you want conversational prose, technical writing, or sector-specific terminology? For example, ads promoting an eBook or landing page copy for a webinar. You should, however, write a longer prompt with the specific details you need. A blog post of 1,000 words or less?

Writing 124

Writing Prose Text Engineering 124

Jane Friedman

APRIL 19, 2023

Additionally, if you ask it to actually write a scene or paragraph for you, be prepared to do a lot of editing and polishing because the prose is wordy, the dialogue is stilted, and the description is cliché and generic. I did the same writing copy for Amazon ads. Also write press releases, book blurbs, ad copy, blog posts, etc.

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Creativity Ad Copy Copy Writer 143

Quick Sprout

JULY 13, 2022

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). I highly recommend using bullet points to separate technical information from the prose. Add Necessary Content.

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Website Banking Prose Content Management System 139

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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SEO Prose Writing Content 81

Smart Blogger

APRIL 14, 2023

fee and you can get up to $5 per page (up to 5 pages) plus two copies of the magazine if you get published. Swamp Pink Formerly Crazy Horse, Swamp Pink accepts poetry but also prose. The pay starts at $12, and you get 2 printed copies plus a 40% discount on further copies. Submissions have a small $2.00

Creativity 105

Creativity Writing Prose Freelance 105

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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Freelance Writing Portfolio Editorial 92

Smart Blogger

AUGUST 12, 2024

What a Swipe File is NOT We’re not talking about copying. You can create a separate Gmail account (it’s free) and use it to save interesting newsletters, sales copy, email marketing emails, etc. You never take somebody else’s words and put them into your writing. That’s plagiarism. Gmail Yep, Gmail.

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Writer Blogger Portfolio Copywriter 105

Smart Blogger

MARCH 23, 2023

Ready to add some interest and flair to your prose? Although poetic diction is most often used in poetry , it can be found in other forms of writing, such as song lyrics, limericks , or even advertising copy. Looking for diction examples to inspire your next writing project? How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue?

Prose 86

Prose Search Engine Optimization Concept Script 86

Grammarly

APRIL 10, 2024

This eliminates the need to copy and paste your work between platforms. For example, GPT-4 can be fine-tuned with information like advertisements, website copy, direct mail, and email campaigns to create an app for writing marketing content. In particular, it’s better at maintaining the cohesiveness and consistency of a narrative.

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IT Text Prose Architecture 116

Smart Blogger

MARCH 7, 2023

Use these two writing devices to turbocharge your prose and watch the words burst off the page with intention. But grammar can sometimes get in the way of creativity and turn fluid prose into a turgid swamp of clunky awkwardness. Harness the Power of Grammar Grammar reduces confusion and brings clarity and confidence to your writing.

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Creativity Writing Prose Persuasion 106

Grammarly

APRIL 18, 2024

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. Alternative platforms also allow you to generate text inside other apps.

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IT Architecture Text Prose 101

Grammarly

APRIL 9, 2024

Paraphrasing is used as an alternative to direct quotes, which copy another person’s words exactly without changing anything. Change the structure: Turn prose into bulleted lists, or create headers to make the content scannable and easier to understand. Paraphrasing does not require quotation marks because it uses new wording.

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Prose Text Writing Style Concept 93

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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Prose Copy Publisher Publishing 77

Jane Friedman

AUGUST 30, 2023

While you should not write in books you don’t own, annotating your personal copy is completely fine, and in fact I encourage it. Using language well is not the purple prose of overwriting, but the true beauty of choosing just the right word for just the right sentence—conveying meaning on more than one level.

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Writing Prose Writer Text 105

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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Prose Writing IT Copywriter 63

Top Content Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2022

This will help polish up your prose and allow your work to shine. Developmental editing , substantive editing , line editing , and copy editing each tackle a specific problem or concern with your writing. Editors have extensive tools and training that, when properly wielded, will make your prose sing. What is editing?

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Copy Editor Prose Writing Editorial 52

Susan Greene

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Copywriters write advertising and marketing copy, such as websites, brochures, ads, blog posts and more. The words we write (our “copy”) sell products and services, convince people to take an action, or persuade them to think of a company or brand in a certain light. I’m revising my copy based on client feedback.

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Freelance Copywriting Copywriter Copywriting Freelance 130

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. Just polish the prose and correct awkward phrasing. That may be surprising, but it’s true: You have a full staff up there in the office of your mind.

Writing 86

Writing Prose Creativity Publisher 86

Neil Patel

JUNE 11, 2014

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. Remember, editors won’t fix your document for you; that’s on you.

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Prose Brand Awareness Social Media Promotion 73

Men With Pens

JANUARY 9, 2013

You see, many people tell me they wish they could register for Damn Fine Words, because they know that if they could just get in the course… …they could set their business firmly on the path of success, because they’d finally have the skills to write engaging website copy that pulls in much-needed clients. That’s all.

Writing 64

Writing Prose Retail Content Creation 64

BKA Content

APRIL 16, 2023

This is a good way to catch typos, awkward phrasing and writing errors that you should eliminate from copy before going live. The Hemingway App is a free online tool to identify and eliminate common writing issues that can bog down your prose. You can also run your piece through a free online tool like Grammarly.

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Writing Web Content Content Writer Content 98

Smart Blogger

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Vignettes in television and film are similar to vignettes in prose, except they’re literally seen and heard. To which Dwight copied and followed. The atmosphere takes shape and leads to the rest of the short story. The Best Examples of Vignettes in Films & Series. It took a minute, but once Dwight caught on, he wasn’t happy.

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Writing Prose Creativity Copy 81

Men With Pens

JANUARY 26, 2010

Does your website copy look like you’re trying to impress that professor who won’t give out an A unless you blind him with such stunning prose that he rocks back in his leather-upholstered chair, glassy-eyed, pipe askew, groping blindly with his grading pen? Who could make their website copy better (and simpler).

Prose 50

Prose Copywriter Copywriting Food 50

The Creative Penn

APRIL 9, 2023

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. So how did it get out there? We like to decide everything.

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Writing Publisher Publishing Publishing 98

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. If you’re anything like me, you love words. Can you say it in fewer words? Read it Aloud.

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Prose Writing Construction Entertainment 55

Smart Blogger

MAY 11, 2023

Persuade with powerful prose. 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. Remove the fluff , add power words, and use metaphors to entertain and delight your readers.

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Writing Content Persuasion Prose 90

The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Listening to the other side of it, where the prose people are so retailer-focused, is wild to me. I think the change is—and I've been talking about direct sales in the prose side since 2016, at least, when I ran my first three prose campaigns. It's not an exact copy, but you've gotten most of the work done for you.

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Retail Sales Prose Script 98

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. No more worry about whether your prose is up to the task. So, what’s a writer to do? We’ve laid it all out.

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Prose Text Banking Content Creator 60

The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Barry: …just to try to sort of get him to take a copy. They read it, they liked it, they took some copies, those copies sold, they took some more copies, they sold. This idea of using prose within comics. It doesn't matter whether that creation is writing prose or comics or acting, or whatever.

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Publishing Publisher Publishing Script 98

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. Just polish the prose and correct awkward phrasing. That may be surprising, but it’s true: You have a full staff up there in the office of your mind.

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Writing Prose Creativity Publisher 69

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’re not simply trying to publish your beautiful prose or fluff-filled essays. That means zero typos, syntax, or grammar mistakes. They want results.

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Writing Writing Style Social Media Ads 98