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.

Speak - Stop - Start Speaking Again

Don't be afraid of pauses or long moments of silence when you make a presentation or speech. They can get and hold attention better than almost anything you can say.

Breaking the Rules to Success: A Writer's Journey

How self-publishing led to a cruise and many other hidden benefits. The importance of empowering yourself as a writer by breaking the rules.

The Search For A Stammering Cure

Anybody who has to live life with a stammer will know just how much of a hinderence it can make what fluent people see as simple tasks. Making a phone call, ordering a drink, going out with friends and attending a job interview can be very hard for people who stammer or stutter.

How Authors Instigate the Topic?

One of the hardest works for author is instigating (thinking of) the topic to write. Author is not supposed to write everything, because our job is to spread out the beneficial lessons to the public: intellectual appetite and this intellectual appetite may not lay in that everything.

Writers Organize!

Are you unorganized? Here is one trick to help!

Writing Tips - Internships

If you're having trouble breaking into the writing business, these tips on taking internships may be just the key to getting yourself and your material recognized.

Personally Yours

When was the last time you picked up a pen and wrote a letter in long hand? Grainy, silky or just plain vanilla, I miss the feel of personal correspondence. In looking through some old photographs and family memorabilia, I came across a poem my mother sent me when I was working overseas. While holding the yellowing paper in my hands, I had an overwhelming sense of her presence. I wasn’t simply reading her words; I was hearing her voice.

Is Grammar REALLY Important for a Second Language Learner?

Most students ask this question simply because in their own experience they have always been presented with two main scenarios, and nothing in between. In this article we will find out more about the role of grammar in a second language class.

Posting Rates... Or Not

Should you post rates on your web site? It is a debate that many of us professional writers have with each other and with ourselves.

Hero's Journey Story Structure: Smokey and the Bandit (1977) deconstructed

188 stages of the Hero's Journey you need to know about...from our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters...

How to Communicate Better with Body Language Secrets

Since the 1970’s, learning how to communicate better has had a lot to do with understanding body language.

The War of Wordcraft

I love to write. I hate being misunderstood. So I write, edit and revise. Actually, I perform quite a war dance on my keyboard as I create my posts. I use Microsoft Word 2000, an online dictionary, and Google. The dictionary and thesaurus in Word are pathetic, as are my outdated reference books of the same names. Thus, the online dictionary and the related thesaurus get a good workout as I try to avoid repetition, cliches and lifeless words.

The Hero's Journey: Desperate Housewives 02.05

188 stages of the Hero's Journey you should know about...

The Simple Truth - Anyone Can Write

It has been said that every person has a book to write. Although I knew I would one day write a book, I don't consider myself a writer. I have written over 200 articles and two books. My approach to writing is simple: decide what message you want to convey, whether fiction or non-fiction, and write with the audience in mind.