Hero's Journey - Meeting with the Goddess

The hero encounters a value that drives him to consciously and forcefully enter the world of the antagonism – something he has previously resisted on some level. This value is often outside the hero’s present frame of reference or pattern of behaviour.

Speech/Language Disorders in Adults

There are many types of speech and language impairments that affect adults in the workforce. Workers with these problems often report increased stress due to their inability to communicate easily. Yet these problems can often be treated or at least improved, and many health insurance plans will pay for at least part of the treatment.

Al Pacino Scarface - Story Structure Template for Screenwriting

An excellent remake, starring Al Pacino, of Scarface, the Shame of the Nation (1932. This story structure has 53 stages and is best understood by watching the film simultaneously. Using story structure templates like these helps the screenwriter to quickly expand an idea into a step outline and treatment and then rapidly reach a words-on-paper first draft from there.

Why Write Down Your Ideas?

The act and process of writing down an idea will help you implement the idea, because it will help uncover some of the assumptions and expectations underlying your idea.

Essay writing - - - Argumentative and Persuasive Essays

Essay writing goes hand-in-hand with going to college and university. Many essay assignments are Argumentative and Persuasive styles.

Romance Readers' Pet Peeves

Avoiding over-used phrases in romance novels and short stories.

Author Spotlight: David Conlin McLeod

David Conlin McLeod reviewer Kristin Johnson talks to the horror writer about vampires, ballet, child abuse, and his love for strong female characters (finally, a guy who understand women).

Chinese Writing Characteristics

A introduction about different styles of Chinese Writing Characteristics.

A Freelancer's Journey, Part Two

Don't give up on the journey of being a freelance writer. Learn from this year's Academy Awards.

52 Words and Phrases That Weaken Your Credibility

Whether you are writing or speaking, here are 52 words that weaken your credibility that you probably don't even realize you are using.

Persuasive Communication

Is all communication persuasive? Sometimes, it seems it is. At the least, we can say much of our communication includes a persuasion component. Consider this article, which takes an editorial rather ...

The Publishing War

Looking for a publisher? In North America, there are hundreds of thousands of people who dream of becoming a published author. They write in their spare time, on their days off and well into the night. Most of them, however, are reluctant to step into the 'war zone' that is the publishing world.

Don't Kill Your Email Message for the Sake of a Word!

Communicating by email is so easy and convenient that it carries dangers of its own.

How Does Spellchecker Make You Lazy?

It’s a crime what laziness can do. That’s the downside of automation and software tools. People get lazy.Don’t get me wrong, I love technology and I depend on Spell-checking software to help with my writing. It finds the typos but it does not find all the spelling mistakes. It does not find the contextual mistakes.

10 Laws of Great Storytelling

What are the 10 laws of great storytelling? You'd be surprised by the answers ...