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How to Make Your Content More Readable

Content Marketing Institute

And these tools can also help individual writers and creators produce better quality content. Some studies show even highly educated people disengage rather than spend the mental energy to unpack dense, complicated prose. government-created content less dense and confusing. Let’s define readability and clarity.

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40 Free Writing Contests: Legitimate Competitions With Cash Prizes

The Write Life

Since it can be hard for a writer to know where to find them, we did the legwork for you. We found 40 reputable, well-reviewed, free writing contests for poets, fiction writers, essayists and more. And if you’re still hungry for more opportunities, we also have posts on writers grants and writing fellowships.).

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

Jane Friedman

When homegrown writers sought publication, printers said, We’ll print your work—if you pay for it. Like today’s authors, colonial writers loved to express themselves, and if they wanted to publish, they had only one option. Writers and inventors are the only two occupations granted Constitutional protection. Why pay to publish?

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Using Sudowrite For Writing Fiction With Amit Gupta

The Creative Penn

What functionality does Sudowrite have that will be useful to different types of writers? You can try Sudowrite through my affiliate link: www.TheCreativePenn.com/sudowrite Amit Gupta is a science fiction writer, entrepreneur, and founder of Sudowrite, an AI-powered creative writing tool. Amit Gupta gives his tips in this interview.

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How to Write a Well-Balanced, Meaningful Sentence

Enchanting Marketing

We’re all bad writers. ” This blog post is inspired by the delightful book One True Sentence: Writers & Readers on Hemingway’s Art , a collection of 38 interviews examining some of Hemingway’s most interesting sentences. We often think of writers as being in charge of a story. It’s a collaboration.

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Chief Content Officer: A Year of Insights

Content Marketing Institute

So, Fergal’s article felt like a rallying cry for me and any other writer who has had to argue with stakeholders about why their buzzword bingo content does not sound more “professional.”. As he argues, “even highly educated people disengage rather than spend the mental energy to unpack dense, complicated prose.”

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Aristotle for Novelists, And A Strategy For Selling More Books With Douglas Vigliotti

The Creative Penn

Douglas: My journey is long and winding, but that's probably similar to most writers. It took me following my interest, and growing as a writer and as an artist, to start exploring that more creative side of writing. Rhythm to your prose, just like rhythm in music, is really, really important. Joanna: What was that business?