Types of things to watch out for with agents: * Charging the author a fee up front, to be accepted as a client. Can be called a reading fee, or a monthly "office expenses" charge. The best agents, and most successful ones, only charge a percentage fee of royalties the author earns, typically 15%. Suppose a realtor charged you a fee to come over and tour your house before getting the listing? How quickly would you show that realtor the door. . . * Charging back unusually...

Imagery and Characterization, can the two ever meet outside of an English class? Seething volcano or skittish bird, what image best fits your characters and why would anyone care? Last time I talked about giving a unified imagery set to your main characters. I outlined how choosing basic element properties to your characters creates adds texture and EASE to a character arc. We went with the basic earth, air, wind, and fire possibilities. But let?s say you want to go one st...

Imagery and Characterization, can the two ever meet outside of an English class? Is your hero a volcano, seething with fury and ready to burst at any moment? Is your heroine a skittish crane attempting to fly far, far away whenever trouble startles her? How about something more basic? Earth, air, fire, or water. When they?re angry, do they darken, flash, seethe, or boil? When they?re excited, do they thicken or sear, experience lightning or rivers of fire? Talk a...

Short article writing is as not as difficult as you think. No, it is not a daunting task if you know what to do. Just remember that when you write, the important thing is that you catch your reader?s attention. You must make them want to read what you wrote. Here are the tips that you can follow when writing your article? You and Your Readers Grab you reader?s attention. Remember that at first glance your title must reflect the benefit they would receive from readi...

There are four phases that are absolutely essential to making your story cohesive, clear and easy to follow. The first phase involves setting and characters. Your audience needs to have some sense of where and when the story is taking place. Did this story happen in the past or is it occurring in the future? What era is it supposed to take place in? Where does the action take place? On a farm, in the workplace, on a fishing trip or at a store? Immerse your audience within you...

Okay, so I didn?t really write a whole novel on my lunch hour. But I did develop a lot of the characters, locations and plot by taking a half-hour out of each workday to sketch some ideas. You?d be surprised with what you can get done in just thirty minutes a day. First, a little background. I had a job that was driving me crazy. Corporate priorities at the company I worked for changed on a weekly basis. Projects I managed got cancelled halfway through development, blew up...

Here is a depressing fact if you have your shop on the web: the reason number one people go online is not to buy things but to find free information. But this can be a great news - if you write free articles. It means you have a technique you can plug in and use if you need more traffic.

Writers block is a condition that almost all of the world?s greatest writers have suffered from at some point. Whoever your favorite writer is, there is a very good chance that it has happened to them. If you have ever wondered what it is, here is your chance to find out????

It's funny, being a songwriter myself, I always find that writing songs can sometimes be a chore. But why does it feel this way? Isn't this supposed to be my passion? Isn't this supposed to be something that I never get bored of? ? well, not exactly. Everything gets boring once in a while, even the things that you?re most passionate about. So every so often I like to take the lazy man's route to doing things. And surprisingly, I often produce some very good results! So ...

Everyone might have a dream, but what would you do when you get up in the morning? I'm sure almost everyone forgot about as soon as they washed their face in a bathroom. What's so important about your dream? The answer is easily made, because I'm sure that you sure had an great experience in your dream something like adventured in the deep jungle, chased by terrific monsters and anything else. And I know that not all of you could remembered all of your dreams. Yes, me too, bu...