A chef has pots and pans, a bicycle rider his bike, and a writer his keyboard. The tool that you use to accomplish your art is important. While expensive tools won’t take a beginner to master level overnight, having the right tools won’t hold you back as much. For writers, a bad keyboard can mean …
As you advance your writing skills, you get to hone in on your style, write more quickly, and communicate more clearly and concisely. We all learn to write, but not everyone will strive to achieve a mastery of the craft. Other than practice, practice, and even more practice, learning from others is a great way …
Writing has been made relatively easy. With modern spellcheckers on your computer or phone and software like Grammarly or ProWritingAid, the average reader might never know you nearly failed all of your English classes. However, you should never rely too heavily on software. One reason is that this is inefficient. If you are spending as …
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You may have already looked into scientific writing as a career option. If you have, you know there are three primary career paths: science journalism, science communication, and scientific research. While you can go down a path of scientific writing on your own without any formal education, having training may be useful for getting your …
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There are certain authors when you pick up their books you are immediately captivated by their approach to writing. Here are some of the most notable authors and what made their style of writing so special. William Faulkner William Faulkner is known for his lack of traditional plot in favor of presenting puzzle pieces that …
The romance genre is broad and interesting, with stories taking place in different time periods, blending with other genres, and often tackling challenging themes and social issues. Perhaps what’s most captivating is the focus on the aspect of love and happy endings. Here are some of the most successful, well regarded, and prolific romance authors. …
When your writing project is complete there is this surreal moment of satisfaction and joy that you finally did it. This is the point we all want to reach. But it’s not so easy to start writing or finish that first big project you’ve started. There are enough books, videos, and articles out there that …
Writing a novel is no easy task. Reading an average 300 page book only takes around six or so hours to read. For authors, we know that every one of those 60,000-90,000 words are both a labor of love and exercise in frustration. Coming up with your idea, doing research, creating characters, crafting an outline, …
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Many of us reflect on the current state of journalism and wonder if we could do better. If we believe that we can meet that challenge, we then have to ask what does it take to become a journalist, especially if we are older and have no formal training? For older individuals, your experience in …
Science writing is undergoing a sort-of rebirth. In the early days of traditional media, like newspapers and broadcast radio and television, scientific writers played an important role in making complicated topics easy to understand. These writers often found themselves face-to-face with the world’s foremost researchers about new and exciting innovations. Then traditional media began its …
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