Smart Blogger

JUNE 14, 2024

The trap many aspiring authors and beginner writers (especially young writers ) fall into is they believe if they mimic a famous author or writer, they’ll be popular too. Smart writers and copywriters know what word choice matters. This is true for most writers — even experienced, well-known ones. But it’s vital.

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Make a Living Writing

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Are you a creative or literary writer looking to share your words with a larger audience of your peers? Literary Magazines Accepting Submissions in 2024 Literary magazines are periodicals, which are dedicated to publishing poetry, short stories, essays and more from writers at every stage of their careers.

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Grammarly

MAY 2, 2024

For writers wanting to spice up the descriptive quality of their prose, epithets can enrich literary works by adding imagery and layers of meaning. 3 Memorability and rhythm : In poetry and prose, epithets can enhance the rhythm and flow of the text, as well as the sound quality when spoken aloud. Why do writers use epithets?

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Jane Friedman

JULY 16, 2024

For many writers, platform is a dirty word. If you’re a more literary writer (where what attracts readers to your work is the quality of the prose and the depth of the concept), start working your way up the literary magazine ladder. Today’s guest post is by Allison K Williams ( @guerillamemoir ).

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Melanie Saxton

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Ghostwriting a memoir means collaborating with a professional writer who remains anonymous. 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.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Today’s post is by writer and literary consultant Grace Bialecki ( @GraceBialecki ). As writers, we know that critiques are an integral part of improving our work. Remember, even if the future of this piece is unclear, creating it has made you a better writer. Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash. Remember your community.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 18, 2023

If you’re a serious writer, chances are good that you have a battered copy of Anne Lamott’s Bird By Bird on your shelf (or, if you’re like me, maybe you’ve committed large chunks of it to memory). Almost none of them want to “be writers”; in fact, most of them are headed towards majors in STEM or business. Survivors of a trauma?

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The Write Life

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

These potent tools wield the power to evoke emotion, spur action, and forge a deeper connection with readers, making them indispensable in the arsenal of any writer. They are essential for writers looking to create vivid, memorable narratives that resonate with their audience on an emotional level. 30 action-oriented trigger words 1.

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The Write Life

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Mastering writing with sensory language can elevate your prose, help your audience empathize with your characters, and create an overall more engaging story. It’s so natural for these to come in a pair that writers often do this by accident. As with any effective prose, the real writing happens in the revisions. Don’t overdo it.

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Freelance Magic

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

How do some freelance writers demand $1/word while you’re stuck at $100/article (or less)? Or their poetry-dripping prose. But what’s more likely: those freelance writers have learned how to find, attract, and retain high-paying clients. Other writers might want more direction, meetings, and belongingness of a team.

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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. Over and over, I see this in my editing work: Writers — too many to count over the years — will whip out an ampersand anytime they want to show a closer relationship than some previous “and” in the sentence shows.

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Honey Copy

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

And, while I’m a working writer that has put out two books of poetry and prose , hundreds of essays and more advertising than I can count for brands of all shapes and sizes… I realized that if I wanted to be the kind of “creator” that I admire, I’d have to do less curating and more creating. He’s too busy writing his own writing.

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Article Writing

AUGUST 10, 2022

Hiring a content writer for your marketing agency is part art, part science and part nightmare. Take it from someone who’s done it – the chances of scoring the right content writer with this approach are slim to none. Interviewing Top Freelance Writers & Handing Out Test Assignments. Reviewing & Scoring Applications.

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Jane Friedman

MAY 14, 2024

The prose has an immersive quality as I navigate complicated grief, investigate his cause of death, and eventually find my footing and place in the world. It’s tough to execute and doesn’t suit every writer or every memoir (or every editor!). From the very beginning, I felt my story demanded to be told in the present.

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Grammarly

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Writers can take advantage of this audible quality using assonance. But assonance is also a way for writers to create rhythm and repetition without rhyming. Assonance can also be sprinkled throughout prose to stress certain words, build a mood, and give prose a poetic quality. 4 ways assonance is used in writing.

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Jane Friedman

JUNE 20, 2024

Photo by Andrew George on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer, podcaster and editor Wayne Jones. The editor’s work here doesn’t differ a lot from what it would be when editing any prose piece. Scholars generally have two very different venues in which to publish their work, and hence two different audiences as well. Make it clear.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 15, 2024

We use the seed sentence from the writing teachers Marie Ponsot and Rosemary Deen: “They say __ but my experience tells me __” to help writers discover their counterintuitive ideas. One: writing for one person makes your writing very specific, which is the mark of all strong prose. You just have to get smart about how to position it.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Step up your writing game and meet fellow writers with The Deep Dive Workshop, a 10-week series from the podcast hosts of The S**t No One Tells You About Writing. Each week you’ll hear from expert writers and editors, followed by workshops led by Bianca, Carly or CeCe. I’m a beginning writer. Work from the foundation up.

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Make a Living Writing

JUNE 14, 2023

Understanding how to use tones is an important skill for any type of writer. Negative tone words can be weaved into prose in order for a particular situation or feeling to stand out in the reader’s mind. Other tones include friendly, assertive, encouraging, optimistic, and surprised.

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 12, 2024

Not only that, but litotes are also a wordsmith’s secret weapon when they want their prose to sound more conversational. Why Writers Use Litotes? Writers use litotes for a few different reasons. Writers also use litotes to mimic the informal way we talk in real life. If you’re thinking “That doesn’t sound half bad!”,

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Not all authors remember or rely on their dreams, but dreamers and journal-keepers are uniquely blessed as writers. Although writers’ dreams are often the exception to that rule.) In addition to all of the above benefits of keeping a dream journal for writers, an added benefit is that the page is an eternally patient, listening ear.

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Freelance Writing Jobs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Too many creative writers neglect the basics of sales copywriting when writing for retail brands. Creative Writing: 7 Differences to Consider Here are some things to consider if you’re a creative writer who is exploring retail copywriting for the first time. Retail clients have different needs. Let’s say you’re writing for a U.S.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But here’s advice I wish I could offer to every writer tying themselves into knots trying to find that magical first line: Let it go. 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. Studies show people make judgments about others in a tenth of a second.

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

With the pandemic appearing in the rear-view mirror for most of us, we’re greeted with more options to attend retreats that appeal to any writer. This post will surely meet you with a writer’s retreat that works for your budget, even if you’re stuck at home. Are you staying at home and looking for a retreat?

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Or at least the folks at the Erma Bombeck Writing Workshop think so because they’ve honored me with the distinction of “Humor Writer of the Month,” in conjunction with the release of my new essay collection Party Like It’s 2044: Finding the Funny in Life and Death. But am I a humor writer? For starters, it has helped sharpen my prose.

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Smart Blogger

JANUARY 18, 2024

Writers have used this literary device for thousands of years to awaken their audience and grab their attention. Writers have used it for thousands of years to create suspense and add emphasis. You’re a good writer. A writer who adds emphasis and emotion to your prose. Great questions. Ready to see how? .”

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 23, 2023

Ready to add some interest and flair to your prose? By the time you finish reading this post, you’ll have a solid understanding of what diction is, the different types of diction, and how it can help you be a better writer. Diction is a literary device used by writers to convey their message in a specific style and tone.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 23, 2024

Photo by ConvertKit on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer and book coach Amy Goldmacher. I had wanted to get into prose poetry and brought three books with me on the subject…and touched none of them. Ah, a writing retreat. Doesn’t the idea sound amazing? I let that bucket go, and I let myself be okay with that.

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Grammar Underground

MAY 15, 2023

See if you can tell which phrasing for a light feature article was penned by the writer and which is the edited version. If you had this reaction, congratulations: You have a better sense of language and communication than the real-life editor who changed “a lot” to “with regularity” — much to the writer’s chagrin. It’s stuffy.

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Grammarly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Some elements that you’ll find in creative nonfiction include: 1 Scene setting Writers focus on the tangible details about a time and place to immerse their readers in a scene. By using different narrative structures, the writer can control the pace at which events unfold and draw the reader further into the story.

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Grammarly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For writers and readers alike, it can be difficult to tell the difference—especially when the two genres often intersect. Fiction refers to literature that is not grounded in real-life events but is made up or created from a writer’s imagination. This example illustrates the problem of distinguishing between fiction and nonfiction.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Photo by Steve Johnson Today’s post is by writer, podcaster and editor Wayne Jones. One of the characters in the great short novel Lord Nelson Tavern (1974) by Canadian writer Ray Smith dismisses Jane Austen because all she wrote about were “the absurd concerns of silly small-town girls in England around 1800.” No morals, no messages.

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Grammarly

MARCH 7, 2023

uses iambic pentameter to give the prose a more subtle musicality. Writers today use iambic pentameter for a variety of reasons. Among them: Tradition: Iambic pentameter has a long and storied history in English poetry, and many writers choose to use it as a nod to that tradition. Sometimes the rhythm isn’t quite so obvious.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 19, 2023

Writers aren’t supposed to put too much of themselves into their story, right? You shape your characters into people who don’t share your background, beliefs, or love for puppies in teacups, because good writers keep distance between themselves and the page. It’s not your protagonist, or your plot, or your prose.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Created by OpenAI, GPT-3 content generators have polarized marketers and content writers. Minimal Adjustments Needed Previous versions of GPT (and other AI tools) have needed a lot of adjustments from human writers and editors to make them sound, well, human. So, who is right? Can GPT-3 content help you boost your Google ranking?

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Jane Friedman

JUNE 20, 2023

She sounds like a lot of the writers I work with. Why do so many writers get blocked, or find themselves writing in circles? Since the plan is only for you, you can include anything that reminds you what the pieces mean including pasted-in graphics, small chunks of prose, or links to web content you’ve researched.

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Grammarly

JANUARY 23, 2023

An epigraph is a short quote that a writer uses to set up the literary work that follows. By introducing the story with this reference, the writer prepares readers to enter a world full of disruption and disorder. Writers use epigraphs for different reasons. These famous lines are the book’s epigraph.

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