Hero's Journey (Monomyth) and Story Structure: Pushes, Pulls, Time Pressure and Antagonisms

188+ stages of the Hero's Journey you need to know about...

Getting a Book Published...Your Way

This article is about getting a book published the easy way. Follow your dreams and start preparing your writing for the world to see. It's easier than you think.

Learn When to Use the Lesser-Used Punctuation Marks

Everyone is familiar with the more commonly used punctuation marks: the comma, the period, and the question mark. However, many people, in their writing, don't use the semicolon, the colon, the dash, the parentheses, the bracket, the ellipsis, and the slash as much as they do other punctuation marks.

Writing through Troublesome Times

Writing becomes the means of coping with trauma and emotional distress, therapy for the writer.

Avoid the Top 5 Grammatical Errors in Your Writing

Using correct grammar automatically makes your writing more sophisticated and powerful. Memorizing these top five common errors will immediately improve your writing, as well as your impression on those who read your writing.

Hurricanes Make Great Writing and Speaking Material

If you are a professional writer or public speaker perhaps you might consider discussing or writing about hurricanes, as they make great writing material and help illustrate a point during public speaking. Many a public speaker will dramatize a hurricane disaster in order to make a point about perseverance, commitment or an inspirational point of contention.

Speaking Expert Says: Great Speakers Can Make Fine Writers

Mostly, it’s taken for granted that spoken and written discourse differ, but I’m here to tell you, at root, they’re very similar. Moreover, if you’re a great speaker, there’s no reason you can’t be at least a capable writer, though the obverse doesn’t always apply, says Dr. Gary S. Goodman, best-selling author, international keynote speaker and seminar presenter, and consultant to the Fortune 1000.

Imposter Phenomena and Self Proclaimed, Self Help Marketing Gurus

All too often we see motivational speakers and authors who write marketing books attempt to believe they can teach us how to market. Sure they are somewhat good at marketing after all many of them have books and tapes right?

Writer is Just about Writing

Everyday, from dawn to dusk, we see countless things to learn from or to store in library. It is true that we will never be able to catch all the things happening in each day; however, we suppose to learn as much as possible or most of the things. How can we do that?

Trinity Authors

Trinity means a set of three, arranged by relationship and response to each other. The trinity could be a set of writings, group of authors, or, if we go by Christian religious meaning, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The trinity presents itself as one, prompting us to take them in entity.

No Bureaucratese

Writing should be clear, concise, and open.

One Little Secret that Makes People Listen to You

It's hard to get feedback from people, but there's nothing like actively listening to build a relationship, which builds trust, which then builds communication and, ultimately, sales. Used in forums, conference rooms, phone calls and face to face communication, active listening goes one step beyond simply hearing, and engages the attention of the other person.

Vintage Fountain Pens

Everything About Fountain Pen. If it exists you will Find It Here.

Test Your Communication Style

Communication is one of the most important qualities for success. To communicate is not simple. We think that to speak and to hear is communication. But it is much more than that. When you listen to somebody, ask yourself these questions -

Writers Organize!

Are you unorganized? Here is one trick to help!