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The Necessity & Power of Sitting With Your Critiques

Jane Friedman

When you’re ready, try the following: Write about the soul of your project. Focus on finishing the project and how you’re going to get there. Or if you’re typing, remind yourself that this mediocre prose is filler and you’ll clean it up later. The goal of these activities is to get out of your head. What themes are essential?

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Greeting Card Writing Jobs: 7 Companies That Pay Freelancers

Make a Living Writing

What they’re looking for: According to their submission guidelines, the company is looking for 50-300-word works of “contemporary prose or poetry…that reflects the thoughts and feelings people today want to communicate to one another, but don’t always know how to put into words.”

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Book Editing Process

Melanie Saxton

Just so you know, I’m a hand-holder and become completely immersed in each book editing project. I may suggest that we tighten up your prose, rewrite your copy when needed, and edit for length and completeness. A lot of authors ask me what the book editing process entails. Below are the highlights.

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The Platform Authors Need Now (That Isn’t Social Media)

Jane Friedman

The secret of true bookselling platform is the Three Ps: Publication Projects Personal Connections These three elements add up to Lived Platform —not fame, not clicks, but your subject-matter expertise, or your lifetime of experience that relates to a cultural moment now. Making time for project-related work often means prioritizing.

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How To Use Sensory Language In Your Writing

The Write Life

Mastering writing with sensory language can elevate your prose, help your audience empathize with your characters, and create an overall more engaging story. As with any effective prose, the real writing happens in the revisions. Clean prose with intentional sensory language is like a good book cover. Don’t rush it!

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Ghostwriting a Memoir

Melanie Saxton

Edit and Revise Once we have a complete draft, we’ll go through several rounds of editing and revising to polish the prose, clarify ideas, and ensure the flow of your memoir is smooth. Contact melaniesaxton@icloud.com to discuss your project. This will help you maintain a cohesive narrative and keep your readers engaged.

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Brands Often Overlook This Superhero of Storytelling

Content Marketing Institute

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. Darren Sanchez, editor and project manager for Marvel Custom Solutions, agrees. A prose novel will sometimes go on for pages and pages on setup that would take us a single splash page.”.