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by Dr. Carolee Duckworth -
How can you earn money through content writing jobs? What is content writing, anyway? In simple terms, a content writer creates or edits copy or text to inform readers on a topic or to promote and market a company, product or service. In order to be an effective content writer, your work must be relevant and accurate. And you need to deliver your message in a dynamic style, so that…
creativewritingtutorials.blogspot.comCreative writing/ storytelling tutorial for the multimedia age. The writing strategies offered in these tutorials can also be applied to podcasting, film work, storyboarding, cartooning, etc. but they are still very much about writing. Writing is an important skill for most kinds of multimedia artists. These tutorials are offered for free to help promote my own story telling so please take a moment to see one of my videos at…
When teaching a writing workshop, establish a format in which peer conferencing and peer feedback is used. Discover what it takes to teach a writing workshop with tips from a credentialed teacher in this free video on writing lessons. Expert: Laura Minnigerode Contact: www.youngwritersworkshops.com Bio: Laura Minnigerode is a writing instructor and former classroom teacher. Filmmaker: Todd Green
Video Rating: 4 / 5
by Meggin McIntosh -
As a teacher you want what is best for your students – and you know that a big part of what is best for them is to learn the most possible during the time that they are with you in your classroom. From your experience, you know that having creative, new, interesting writing prompts for learners is more likely to be met with interest by students (vs. when they are asked…
Are you writing customer-focused copy? In this Monday Morning Marketing Quote, we discuss — persuasive online copywriting tips — the single biggest improvement you can make to your website. Our quote comes from Bryan Eisenberg, Jeffrey Eisenberg and Lisa T. Davis and their book, Persuasive Online Copywriting How to Take Your Words to the Bank. “Are you talking about all the wonderful ways your visitors can benefit from your…
by Katherine Ploeger –
Two writing methods useful to spice up your writing and make it more fun is to use a metaphor or simile to illustrate a point in your writing.
METAPHOR OR SIMILE DEFINED
Both a metaphor and a simile are statements of comparison between two different items that share one aspect or trait in common. Unlike analogies that use five or six points of comparison, a metaphor or simile uses only…
by Gerard Mohamed -
So you’ve gotten a good deal with this company who will happily pay you cash for writing about their products, services, or to provide content for their websites. This is a good start, but when writers forget that they have standards to live by, they can lose all of their freelance writing jobs in an instant.
With these simple rules below, you can slowly (but certainly) secure your position as a…
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association is seeking poems about food with recipes to accompany them, for a cookbook anthology to be published in 2011. In addition, all poems submitted (only the poems) will be entered into a poetry contest awarding cash prizes!
First place $150.00! Second place $75.00! Third place, $50.00!
The reading fee is $10.00 for three poems with their accompanied recipes. Each additional poem and recipe is $5.00. Submissions will be accepted beginning…
Deadline: June 30, 2011. Poems can be rhyming or non-rhyming, although we find that non-rhyming poetry reads better. 1st prize: $300 * 2nd prize: $150 * 3rd prize: $50. We suggest that you write about real emotions and feelings and that you have some special person or occasion in mind as you write. Poems are judged on the basis of originality and uniqueness. All entries must be the original creation of the submitting author.
Dream Quest One Poetry and Writing Contest
This poetry contest and writing contest is open to everyone and international. We are excited about showcasing the creative writing and poetic talent, skill and ability of all poets and writers. Contest Deadline: July 31, 2011. First Place… $250.00. The Mission of Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is to inspire, motivate and encourage anyone who has the desire or love of poetry and…
