It seems that many students today not only do not know how to write an essay, but they have trouble constructing a basic paragraph. It seems that the school system seems to be failing our students in this area, and we should not take it that a student has a lack of intelligence or ability.

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There’s never been a better time to be a writer. You’ve got the potential of earning an unlimited income. Writing jobs abound, on the Web and off it.

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The Conclusion of the 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL TO LIFE Series

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If you’re like a vast majority of people living in the world today, then you probably want to write a book sometime before you die. What an admirable endeavor that would be, you say to yourself. But how do I go about doing something like that? The other voice in your head talks back to you.

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As an experienced conversationalist who has been wielding verbal words since toddlerhood, you easily move from one group of people to another adjusting your tone, your vocabulary, and your syntax accordingly. Often without thinking about it, you speak differently to your parents than you do to your teachers and differently from both groups when alone with your friends. You would not dream of using the same speech patterns in the locker room and the church sanctuary.

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Have you ever sat at your computer or with your writing pad and your mind is blank? The words just won’t come. You had a great plan to write a book but you are stuck. Or maybe you are feeling a little insecure and wonder if you will ever finish your book. You begin to feel that writing is such a lonely profession.

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Last time we talked about the kinds of things to consider when you’ve been invited to speak with kids at an elementary or middle school.

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Want to write more and write faster too? Let’s discover the secrets of great writing habits, which completely eliminate procrastination and writer’s block.

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If you’re a new writer, congratulations. I wish I were starting my career today. You have unlimited opportunities to make as much money from your writing as you wish. These five steps will help.

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There are few things that strike fear in the heart of creative people more than finishing. Clients come to me and cite their biggest block is actually completing something. It makes sense. Finishing a project is like giving birth – the closer you get to the due date, the more things become restricted, the more you have to squeeze into the narrow confines of the birth canal to complete. You have to say no to distractions. You face the reality of your brilliant ideas, and it’s not always a pretty picture. Restrictions are much less sexy than the excitement of possibility at the beginning of the creative cycle. And creative types like the notion of lots of freedom and space to create and play. So it’s no wonder that creative people are known to harbor a closet full of abandoned projects.

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