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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Make a Living Writing

JULY 22, 2024

However, it’s not impossible to land poetry jobs, get paid for your prose, and even get a byline for publishing poetry. Rates : $5 per page (up to 5 pages) + plus two copies 5. Charge to submit : $3 Rates : $10 per printed page (minimum payment: $50), + one contributor copy + a one-year subscription. Probably not.

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Smart Blogger

DECEMBER 9, 2022

But adverbs rarely make your prose sound better. Whether you’re working on a novel, a school assignment, a piece of creative nonfiction, or even a sales copy , you want your verbs to pull their weight. It’s also a very effective technique in marketing and sales copy. Instead, your word choice could bog it down.

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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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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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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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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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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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Melanie Saxton

JANUARY 27, 2023

People lined up for signed copies of The Hotel Nantucket and were thrilled to hear that Elin’s bestseller, The Perfect Couple , is being adapted into a six-episode whodunit for Netflix. “I She spoke to 800 fans about her love of Nantucket (where she resides) and the beach settings in her books.

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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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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

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The truth is, listicles can be as helpful and informative as prose, provided the content is high quality. On average, eight out of ten people will read your title, but only two will read the rest of your copy. Because listicles have had a poor reputation, you might be hesitant to use them in your content marketing strategy. Conclusion.

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The Write Life

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Prose offers weekly challenges meant to spark your creativity; many are just for fun, but look for the weekly numbered challenges posted by Prose (rather than community members or sponsors) for a chance to win money. Each year, it opens submissions for pieces in four genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and prose poetry.

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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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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?

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Content Marketing Institute

MARCH 8, 2018

Some studies show even highly educated people disengage rather than spend the mental energy to unpack dense, complicated prose. Some studies show even highly educated people disengage rather than spend the mental energy to unpack dense, complicated prose. <a Research shows that the average U.S.

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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.

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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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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).

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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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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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Make a Living Writing

MARCH 27, 2025

If you are struggling with creating your prose narrative, this article will provide you with a step-by-step guide on how you can write a descriptive essay with vivid details that engages the audience and reflect your important events, personal growth, reflections, life lessons, and more. It’s not just about the newest widget.

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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. 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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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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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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Grammar Underground

JULY 29, 2024

But in that spot, it’s usually unnecessary, which is why it’s unpopular with editors who favor tight prose. In fact, “and” can be grammatical and logical at the start of a sentence. And” doesn’t ask the ampersand to pitch in when it’s tired. The cafeteria serves three kinds of sandwiches: ham, tuna and peanut butter & jelly.”

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Grammar Underground

APRIL 19, 2021

And it has an uncanny power to promote wordy, inefficient prose. It pops up where it doesn’t belong in sentences like “I should of known.” It baffles even word-savvy users in expressions like “too big of a deal.” If you grew up speaking English, you never really had to learn “of.”

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