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3 Writing Lessons from John Swartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons”
Image from johnswartzwelder.com I find that television writers give the best writing advice. Why is that? Well, there are a few reasons. They have to produce a large volume of work on a strict deadline, usually as part of a larger writing team. They get instant feedback on their work in the form of table reads, audience dress rehearsals, and viewer ratings. Executives are constantly trying to meddle with their work.
9 Article Templates I Use To Repeatedly Get Published In Fast Company And Entrepreneur
The Business Of Writing Let’s beef up your template toolbox Credit: Mitul Shah via Burst Do you want to write articles that are good enough for big publications? Does putting together your next article require hours of time, mountains of willpower, and exchanging your first-born child for enough peace and quiet in the house to get it done? To make your life easier and pump out more articles, have a mix of article outline templates to reference.
What One Literary Agent Claims Is More Valuable Than an MFA
How to level up your writing, for free Source: Pixabay As new writers, we often ask ourselves how we can make our writing ready and worthy to be published,to join the ranks of authors whose work we love and stand the test of time. We wonder what separates the quality of traditionally published writing from unpublished. Is it talent? Skill? Experience? I won’t deny that these are factors, but I think there is something else that is often overlooked: having multiple pairs of eyes on your writing.
The Good, Bad, and Ugly List of Sentence Starters
Writer’s Toolkit Some tricks I learned while test-driving AutoCrit Photo by Braden Collum on Unsplash When I started writing fiction for the first time as an adult, I knew I would need help. One’s ability to write nonfiction does not guarantee a smooth transition into the world of make-believe. As usual, I started looking at online tools that offered something beyond basic grammar. My search led me first to AutoCrit.
Social Media Microblogging: How to Communicate More Effectively?
Four simple tips to spice up your microblogging strategy Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash Have you ever created a Tweet describing a cool chart? Have you ever created an Instagram post describing a fun moment with your friends? Or perhaps you are a LinkedIn user who likes sharing product updates about your startup. All of those small content snippets classify as microblogging.
The Simple Way to Deal With Rejection as a Writer
Rejection is inevitable. But through it, you will become better. Photo by Ivan Samkov from Pexels I’m not an expert nor a professional when it comes to this field of writing. And I don’t deserve to be the one to give you advice concerning writing.
How to market yourself as a journalist
Writing for the public market and the bots that mediate it Do your articles smell fresh or fishy? | Photo by Stuart Guest-Smith on Unsplash Objectivity. It’s the holy grail of journalism — everyone’s chasing it, but few ever truly reach it. How can we? We all bring our own biases to our writing, and most of the publications we write for suffer from institutional biases as well.
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