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Oranges: The Writer’s Fruit | World of Writing
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Telling the Story, Selling the Story. Oranges: The Writer’s Fruit. August 24, 2012. When I’m giving creative writing classes, I think it’s important to waken up the senses. It blows off the dust of everyday life and gets everyone in the mood for writing. And there’s no better way to set your senses on fire than eating an orange. I bring a punnet of small oranges into class and ask students to write about the experience of eating an orange. Oranges: a fruit that help writers to awaken their senses. First ...
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Telling the Story, Selling the Story. Three Ingredients of Blogging Success. September 12, 2016. September 12, 2016. Workshop season is rolling along, and I’m enjoying all the hustle and bustle. The next stop on the workshop express train is Dungarvan, where I’ll be delivering a. Content creation workshop for small businesses. Ingredients of successful content creation. Know Why You’re Blogging. Be Willing to Invest Time. Trust You’re the Expert. What are your secrets of business blogging success? It’s w...
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August | 2015 | World of Writing
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Telling the Story, Selling the Story. Three Wrong Ways to Use the Apostrophe. August 17, 2015. The apostrophe is a difficult mark to pin down. Many people find it impossible to know where exactly to place it in a word. They simply wedge it in somewhere and hope for the best. Their text becomes festooned with apostrophes, particularly when words end in S. No wonder there are websites and Facebook groups. Devoted to gathering photographic evidence of apostrophic errors. Be careful how you use the apostrophe.
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Three Grammar Rules That No Longer Apply | World of Writing
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Telling the Story, Selling the Story. Three Grammar Rules That No Longer Apply. June 29, 2015. Believe it or not, there are times when being grammatically correct isn’t the way to go. Those who know me will be shocked if they knew I felt this way. At times, grammar can interrupt the flow and possibly even cause misunderstandings among your readers. Increasingly, previously iron-clad rules are being dropped, and top editors are now embracing new grammatical rules. The Government Have Spoken. What grammar ...
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Three Intriguing Literary Journals | World of Writing
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Telling the Story, Selling the Story. Three Intriguing Literary Journals. June 2, 2015. This can be particularly difficult for writers whose writing doesn’t fit into neat categories, or follow the conventions of their chosen writing form. Literary journals have a strict set of submission criteria and if you try to adapt your writing to meet those criteria, the integrity of your writing may be lost and you may actually damage your chance of being accepted. This is an American magazine devoted to very shor...
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April | 2015 | World of Writing
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Telling the Story, Selling the Story. Facebook Group for Irish Writers. April 13, 2015. From my experience on other groups, I knew that Facebook groups were far more interactive than pages. I already had previous experience of the power of groups to bring people together through the LinkedIn group I had set up. But to be honest, Facebook is more popular than LinkedIn and I knew a few lively souls who were on Facebook but not on LinkedIn and who would be sure to interact in a Facebook group. Author of �...
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May | 2015 | World of Writing
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Telling the Story, Selling the Story. How Authors Relate to Their Characters. May 25, 2015. I had the pleasure of hearing Donal Ryan. Author Donal Ryan forms deep relationship with characters. Which character relationship resonates most with you? I reckon I’m more of a puppet girl myself. Three Reasons Why Blogging is Good for Writers. May 18, 2015. I was reading an article. Which talked about the importance of authors finding a way to sell their books that’s natural to them. Being able to sell your ...
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June | 2015 | World of Writing
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Telling the Story, Selling the Story. Three Grammar Rules That No Longer Apply. June 29, 2015. Believe it or not, there are times when being grammatically correct isn’t the way to go. Those who know me will be shocked if they knew I felt this way. At times, grammar can interrupt the flow and possibly even cause misunderstandings among your readers. Increasingly, previously iron-clad rules are being dropped, and top editors are now embracing new grammatical rules. The Government Have Spoken. What grammar ...
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October | 2014 | World of Writing
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Telling the Story, Selling the Story. Your Question About Book Formatting Answered. October 24, 2014. I normally blog on a Monday, but I’ve made an exception today, because I’ve been seduced by the offer of a free book. It’s Self Printed Edition Three, by Catherine Ryan Howard, self-publishing guru. My claim to fame is that I chaired a panel she was taking part in during Waterford Writer’s Weekend 2013. Q What are your options if you want to hire someone to format your book? The third option is what I do...
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