Work Writing

New York Times best-selling author Jenna Blum has scored critical and commercial success with her novels Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers. One of Oprah’s Top Thirty Women’s Writers, Blum has also taught creative writing at Boston University and master novel workshops for Grub Street Writers. Here Blum shares insights into the writing process and offers listeners the most important aspects of succeeding as an author.

An inspiring article for would be writers and novice writers, fearing the reaction of others, when they finally admit their love for the craft. Learn how to own your talents and figure out how to be brave in confessing your creative side.

Author of the international best seller I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, Pamela Des Barres shares with women the art of memoir writing. For the last 14 years, Pamela Des Barres has been teaching an eight-week women's "femoir" writing workshop. She found that the music-loving ladies who showed up at her door had pent-up stories to tell. Many of them had read her two memoirs, which were wildly personal and deeply confessional, and felt comfortable opening up and experiencing that same freedom of expression.

After a thirty-year career as a writer, instructor, and editor, Mark Rennella has crafted a battle-tested method to help students and young professionals who want to improve their writing: the One-Idea Rule, anchored on the assertion that every component of a successful piece of writing should express only one idea. With The One-Idea Rule, writers embarking on their adult lives and professional journeys will have a reliable methodology they can easily remember and count on for all of their writing tasks.

Unlock the transformative power of poetry as both artistic expression and spiritual practice with this comprehensive guide to finding your authentic voice. "Rising Wings" takes you on a seven-step journey through the landscape of your emotions, memories, and observations, providing concrete techniques to transform raw experience into resonant verse. Written with lyrical wisdom and practical insight, this book combines inspirational guidance with actionable exercises designed to develop every aspect of your poetic craft—from awakening deep listening and embracing difficult emotions to ...

Write It to Win It!: 39 Secrets from a Screenwriting Contest Judge is the first book ever written for screenwriting contest success. The author is a highly successful script consultant and judge for Hollywood screenwriting contests who reveals the insider secrets that give screenwriters the winning advantage while avoiding costly pitfalls.

Do you want to get paid to write? If you’ve ever said “I want to write for a living but don’t know where to start,” this book is for you. You can get paid to write websites, blogs, product descriptions, and other commercial writing gigs. The opportunities are endless to get paid to write online, but you need to learn the business of writing. It’s possible to thrive as a well paid freelance writer instead of bidding on low paying jobs, or writing on spec. From my own experience as a writer who has been hired by big companies like Suzuki, K12 Education, Medtronic, Securitas and ...

Struggling to finish your novels? Learn how to tweak your workflow process and write one in only five days! After taking way too long to write a fantasy epic, author and educator Scott King refined his writing process so that he could crank out a novel in five days! Through easy-to-follow tips and helpful examples, Scott takes a theme and shapes an entire story around it. Let him walk you through the prewriting process, slogging through a first draft, and doing the rewrites.

It's amazing the misinformation found in most résumé books! Scott Bennett has hired hundreds of people in a variety of industries, and he knows firsthand what kind of résumé sparks an employer's interest - and which ones fail. In The Elements of Résumé Style, he warns against popular "tricks" that tend to backfire - and instead informs listeners how to craft clear, compelling, targeted résumés and cover letters that actually work.

You're 52. Divorced. Single mom to a teenaged son and a tween daughter. Happily self-employed but worried about the cost of health insurance, the inevitable impact of perimenopause on your body, and whether you should keep dating a sexy plumber who's sweet and funny but lives an hour away and doesn't seem that into you. So, after 22 years of fulltime freelancing, you take a day job as a tiny, creaky cog in the corporate American machine where you're decades older than most of your coworkers - and you write about it. The Book That (Almost) Got Me Fired: A Year in Corporate America is an ...

If you like to write—whether it's a pastime, a passion, or a profession—you've probably found yourself reading something brilliant and thinking, "I could never do this! I might as well give up." But if there's one thing every great author has in common, it's this: they've all written some hot garbage. Revisionaries takes you on an engrossing tour through the discarded drafts, false starts, and abandoned projects of influential writers. In the process, it dismantles some of our most deeply held—and most suffocating—ideas about what it takes to produce great creative work.

This is a great book for beginners or those seeking general knowledge about the subject matter. It explores workplace diversity and investigative report writing. It examines employee age, race, religion, handicaps, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation by focusing on the challenges these individuals face as well as their value to organizations. It also defines and describes all relevant sections of investigative report writing including the Executive Summary, Opening, Incident, Scope, Interviews, Analysis, Conclusion, and Recommendations.

Slip into the extraordinary world of Mr. Joe, where words transcend the page, weaving together memories, dreams, and the relentless pursuit of understanding life’s deepest mysteries. This book is more than just a collection of stories; it’s a journey through time, identity, and the very essence of what it means to be human. With a blend of flash fiction, lyric essays, character sketches, and monologues, Joseph Santiago explores the intricate dance between reality and imagination, leaving readers with a sense of connection that resonates long after the last page is turned. Whether ...

This Kindle document is the culmination of a three month action research (AR) project. It was undertaken with the purpose of getting the unheard voice heard in a writing and dialogue group in the Northeast. This work describes the transformation of the group in that three month time span under which the study took place. AR utilizes a four cycle process of discovery, measurable action, reflection, and action, in order to strategically work towards a goal with data constantly informing decisions. It is these qualities of AR that make it ideal for social justice and educational equity work. ...

Guest posting can be gold as a content marketing strategy whether for your own website or on someone else's. The reason is simple, it is because it can boost web traffic and as a result lead to more sales. However, it is critically important as a business and website or blog owner that you understand why it works and how to use it. This eBook aims to explain why it works and how to make it work for you. It’s ironic that while the internet has made everything accessible, that same unlimited access has made it difficult for your content to be “seen”. Connecting to your target audience ...

China, Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq...God is at work. Christians are testifying. The gospel is advancing. In this captivating travelogue, a veteran missions mobilizer leads listeners to experience global Christianity, exploring the faith and lives of Christians living in some of the world's most perilous countries. The incredible accounts recorded here - stories that span the globe from China to Afghanistan - highlight the bold faith and sacrificial bravery of God's people.

Maximize efficiency and revel in results now. Unlock your full potential and take control of your life with Find Your Max, the ultimate guide to mastering productivity and time management. This book provides you with the tools and strategies you need to work smarter, not harder, allowing you to achieve your goals without sacrificing your work-life balance. Whether you’re a busy professional, a student, or simply looking to make the most of your time, this book offers practical advice and techniques to boost your productivity. Filled with step-by-step instructions, relatable examples, and ...

This book will give you the basics of positive affirmations, what they are, how to create them, how to use them, and the environment in which they should be made. Thus, through the use of this book, you will become knowledgeable about the background and process of positive affirmations to establish or improve your understanding and use of them. The intention of this book is to teach you how to make affirmations work for you.

(NOTE: This collection of books are comedies - not intended to be taken seriously!) Are you ready to read literature of a magnitude, that is literally 'brain flipping'? Here is what you get within the pages of this magnificent book containing over 10,492 words!! * * * PART ONE: "5 Steps To Becoming a Chick Magnet Over Night!" Table of Contents -- CHAPTER ONE: Tell Chicks Who You are Interested in, that You are an Heir to the Bill Gates Fortune CHAPTER TWO: Tell Your Babely Love Interest that You are a Cousin to Elvis Presley or Some Other Male Sex Symbol CHAPTER THREE: Convince Chicks that ...

Have you ever wondered what makes your favorite nonfiction books so compelling, understandable, or enjoyable? They're connecting with you, as a reader (or listener). This book will help you recognize and apply the methods of your favorite writers to your own work. Writing to Be Understood is the thinking writer's guide to effective nonfiction writing techniques, such as: using analogies to illustrate unseen concepts; appealing to the reader's innate curiosity; alternating between abstraction and detail in explanations; and more.