February 28th, 2014
I was thrilled to win the Writer of the Year award. Yet, at one time I was thinking of giving up writing. I was spending extensive time and effort collecting rejections or, worse, not getting any response. But, hard-pressed editors hadn’t asked me to contribute!
Reviewing my submissions I realised that I was writing what I thought editors should publish, not what they needed and wanted. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 26th, 2014
Next week’s Course of The Week is our Complete Copywriter course. This means you’ll get £25 off the course fees next week only making it a great time to think about a new career in copywriting. But, what do copywriters do exactly? Read the rest of this entry »
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February 24th, 2014
Hello All,
When you’re writing about things you have little personal knowledge of, it can be tricky to know how to get it right. This is where your powers of research will come into their own and the internet should be the first place you visit. I’d suggest you set up a file that lists all the websites you find useful so you can refer to them quickly time and again. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 21st, 2014
First, thanks to Juanita for last Friday’s blog. I loved the following paragraph and think it’s great advice to any aspiring writer: Read the rest of this entry »
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February 19th, 2014
It’s true! Writing poetry really is good for your health, especially your mental health it seems. In fact, the use of poetry as a form of therapy can be traced all the way back to the ancients Greeks. Read the rest of this entry »
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