Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Let’s start with how to write lush prose. Writing engaging descriptions I was reading Moonglow , by Michael Chabon, recently and came across this description of an ominous figure: His close-cropped skull was indented on one side as by the corner of a two-by-four. It’s one of the more delicate elements of craft.

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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. I love this.”.

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Grammarly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

While the characters and events in a work of creative nonfiction should be factually accurate, they are presented in a way that is purposely engaging to the reader. In creative nonfiction, writers shape events into stories, in a way that flows naturally and keeps readers engaged from start to finish. But facts are still primary.

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Smart Blogger

DECEMBER 9, 2022

But adverbs rarely make your prose sound better. Vivid verbs often engage our senses , invoking how something feels, tastes, smells, looks, or sounds. Engaging your reader’s senses can be a great way to make the world of a story feel more vivid and real. Maybe your writing seems dull and uninteresting. – alternatives.

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Freelance Union

APRIL 16, 2024

  While you don’t necessarily have to spend thousands on a website, you should consider optimizing it for organic search terms by incorporating relevant keywords, engaging content and clear calls-to-action (CTAs) to give your site some SEO gravitas. Remember to nurture each lead that comes through.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But we only begin to engage if something about them intrigues us enough to know more. The most perfect prose in the world won’t compensate for a story that doesn’t set a hook that makes readers want to read on. A story’s voice should grow out of and serve the story.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 9, 2012

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. They are pertinent persuasive devices because they help the reader unlock a part of him or herself and enable a more thorough engagement with the writing and their own imagination.

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Grammarly

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

When to use words that rhyme in English Rhyming is a way to make what you’re saying more engaging. However, other works—including novels , plays, and even news articles —can use rhyming to add emphasis or simply to make their prose more fun. Likewise, some phonemes are spelled the same but sound different because of pronunciation.

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Grammarly

JANUARY 24, 2024

Discourse can include fictional and poetic works as well as nonfictional prose. Civil discourse: Spoken or written words characterized by its inclusion of multiple participants, all of whom engage on a level playing field. Your writing, at its best Grammarly helps you communicate confidently Write with Grammarly What is discourse?

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Grammarly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Give your writing extra polish Grammarly helps you communicate confidently Write with Grammarly Fiction vs. nonfiction Fiction and nonfiction are two distinct categories of prose that serve different purposes and employ different narrative techniques.

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Grammarly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

A novel is a fictional work of prose that weaves together characters, plots, and settings to create a narrative world, capturing a specific theme or element of the human experience. Plot is crucial because it engages the readers attention and creates a framework for the novels themes and character development.

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Grammarly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Writers use consonance to make their words more engaging, or to stand out. Because of its close relation to rhymes and rhythm, consonance is used in all types of poetry and music, as well as prose writing to a lesser extent. Moreover, unlike rhymes, the shared sound can come anywhere in the word—the beginning, middle, or end.

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Contently

APRIL 13, 2023

Do you want conversational prose, technical writing, or sector-specific terminology? Here’s one I used recently: Dear ChatGPT: You are an excellent copywriter skilled at crafting emails that use active verbs to engage recipients. Tell the AI who you’re talking to and what tone you want to take with them.

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The Write Life

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Winners are determined by Inkitt’s unique algorithm based on overall reader engagement. 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. Deadline: Monthly.

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Grammarly

OCTOBER 7, 2024

When people feel they can communicate clearly, they’re more likely to contribute to discussions, share ideas , and engage fully in their work. Grammarly’s fluency suggestions , full-paragraph rewrites, and tone transformations turn translated text into English prose that sounds natural and concise.

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Grammarly

APRIL 3, 2023

In direct response copy, they can hook readers’ attention and keep them engaged: Does our newest system run more quietly than our last one? Clarity is the goal When you break grammatical rules, it should be in the service of making your words, sentences, or prose clearer, more accurate, or more engaging.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Instead of setting the scene with lengthy prose, dive right into the meat of the copy by addressing your reader’s pain points. Strive to produce engaging, attention-grabbing pieces that align with your target metrics. Focus on making clear, concise statements. Let’s say you’re describing a gaming chair.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 30, 2023

Annotating is one of the best ways to engage with a text. 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. However, when you are reading like a writer, you must be in Conscious Delight.

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway — Atlantic City, New Jersey The Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway is a participant-focused writers’ conference. ” Then you’ll engage in more extended writing practice until stepping back fully in the evening to write and emerge Sunday morning.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 19, 2023

They’re like a secret door, bypassing hatred and fear to engage the reader’s empathy, connection, and humanity. It’s not your protagonist, or your plot, or your prose. Here’s what I think: the more closely connected you are to your story, the more impactful it will be. Stories change people. If story is a tree, you are the roots.

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Smart Blogger

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

that keeps readers engaged and coming back for more. Takeaway By using a table of contents , you can engage your readers by showing them what to expect from your post. Takeaway Make your blog posts easier and more enjoyable to read with images, text boxes, and beautiful prose. The four stories in this post engage and teach us.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Find the right tools and the right flow to manage your lead-nurturing process in relation to your content engagement. Discover an engagement cadence that works. Vishal said something that took me a bit of wrestling to understand: “Your content is prose, but your workflow is poetry.” Click To Tweet. Find a cadence that works.”.

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Neil Patel

JUNE 11, 2014

If a release is engaging enough, it can generate social signals, drive shares, direct targeted and organic traffic, and create journalistic interest abroad. SEO today is often more about branding and engaging content than just getting backlinks. It does nothing to engage the reader. But the problem is that it’s boring.

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This means you should create an engaging experience for your audience; not just tell them what you want them to know. That’s the power of content that incorporates sensory details. And this power isn’t limited to cinema classics capable of making grown men cry.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 2, 2024

Like the vast majority of authors today, they wrote for love, and if they made some money, usually from speaking engagements, they considered it gravy. Others railed that penny dreadfuls debased prose, corrupted youth, and caused crime. On both sides of the Atlantic, pulp fiction’s success galled the elite.

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Make a Living Writing

AUGUST 7, 2023

Cracking the code of technical jargon and translating it into user-friendly prose makes technical writers the unsung heroes of the communication world. Whether it’s following industry blogs, subscribing to newsletters, or engaging in online communities, highlight how you stay informed in the industry. Well, let’s spill the tea.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

If you’re passionate about your topic, your prose engages more than a polished piece on a subject the writer didn’t really care about. They shook your emotions because the writer cared. Emotion shines through your writing. If you’re filled with enthusiasm, it comes across in your work.

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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. The first one was my least-selling, and of all the titles, only three were actually mine.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. Of course, the Hemingways, O’Connors, and so many others have more than demonstrated the power of a more spare approach to prose (not that they haven’t produced their share of elegant, lyrical, and yes, longer passages too). He thinks I don’t know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. That’s just business.

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Smart Blogger

MAY 11, 2023

Ever wondered how great writers consistently produce engaging content? Persuade with powerful prose. Be sure to include: Engaging and relevant images and videos Quotes from experts Short “sound bites” for social media sharing Internal linking and external high-authority links And then edit. Let’s unravel that, and more.

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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. Without further ado, let’s get started!

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Smart Blogger

APRIL 3, 2023

But if you’re uncertain which hyperboles will add pizazz to your prose, having some examples might get your creative juices a-flowin’! But the point is made that she has a bright, engaging smile. With our list of hyperbole examples, your next writing piece will be the best piece of writing ever! See what I did there?)

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 6, 2011

Getting Less Formal for More Engagement. It also made me realize something very important: people like to feel comfortable engaging with someone, even if that person is in the pages of a book. The author wrote solid prose in a welcoming style about interesting content – but I couldn’t get through the book. Be inclusive.

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BKA Content

APRIL 16, 2023

In order to get new customers and increase overall sales, you need longer engagement than that! You’ll never know where you might have the seed of an engaging blog post. Every engaging web article starts with an enticing headline. One undeniable factor, however, is the ability to engage with your reader’s emotions.

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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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Smart Blogger

JANUARY 8, 2023

Whether you’re trying to break a case of writer’s block , you want to exercise your creative writing muscles , or you just want to engage in some light-hearted wordplay, I leave you with this: Pick up your pen; these are fun to write. Not like long prose that may cause a fright. These take a short while.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

JUNE 11, 2023

” As an active listener, you engage in a productive dialogue by asking questions like: Could you provide more details on the specific aspects of sustainable living you’d like me to focus on? I’ll cover aspects such as increased engagement, improved brand visibility, and higher conversion rates. Writer : Absolutely!

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