The fastest way to lose your reader's attention is by creating content that is either hard to understand or confusing. Even if your target audience may understand the jargon, slang or whatever hard to understand wor...
Have been wondering why we have some article that we read today and still want to continue reading non stop, what are those ingredients in writing that attracts readers to never leave you blog or page and keep coming bac...
Youtube is littered with people making money with their pets. I enjoy these sort of videos a lot as I have a cat with personality. However, she writes, mostly on a Facebook page. However in the past, she has made me mone...
I've tried to cultivate the flexibility to put in writing anytime, as long I have a free time. In general, just because of my schedules, early to middle afternoon has been best time to write for me. Currently I've starte...
When you see the way people write you may begin to wonder how good they are when writing or is it that took time to develop their writing skill. If you see an article of a talented writer you will love it but when you se...
I can still remember years ago when the use of carbon paper was very common. They are basically used when one need to write duplicate copies without having to write twice. The carbon papers are placed in between two pape...
Have you written an article? If yes, then what's the hardest topic you that you wrote? I've been writing articles since I was a high school student, but most of those articles are written in my native language. So I...
While I have started writing for websites regarding research work I seem to had hit a brick wall. A research writer will spend a lot of time to gather as much information as possible in order to write the best article or...
I’m still a pen and paper gal - I write lists, and have a large whiteboard over my desk space where I jot down ideas for articles when they come to me. Other people I know use online sources or even apps to keep check ...
Greetings to every member of this community of writers. I have to make this thread as a result of the discussion that I had with my mentor in writing some days ago where he was telling me that he is never going to s...
I'll be honest. I only start writing when there's a writing assignment with a fixed fee or reward. Hence, I have never joined sites that pay writers for article views, buzz, or interactions. While some may view the...
Typewriters have been obsolete for some time now but in the Philippines it's still has some uses such as in the preparation of legal documents, most notary public attorneys here are still using it. Have you ever used ...
It's pretty clear that before sitting down and writing an article, essay, or story, we have a roughly defined map of what we want to do; sometimes we visualize a clear structure divided by the points we want to discuss, ...
I thought I'd turn to here for help since all of us write in at least some way. I've been writing for a long time now (it started more or less as something that dulled the sense of stress I was feeling in everyday life)...
There are times that I don't want to start something new because someone has already done it. I love to read and was hoping I can be like my favorite authors. I want to give others the same feeling a book has given to me...
I miss going to the post, buying stamps, writing on paper and sending mail. When was the last time you've sent some mail?
Salute to all the freelance writers toiling day and night to make a mark in the dense content world out there. This one is for you. I am concerned about what writers are going through on the internet as they pursue...
A friend of mine was recently banned from guest blogging for giving the same article they had submitted to another website. I sympathized with him but it was a big blunder on his side. I believe that there were seve...
How much do you strive for your articles/dissertations to be perfect? I'm a perfectionist in some ways. I get annoyed by the occasional double space in word documents I get from time to time. When I finish a paragraph...
Does one have to be great at writing to write great articles? The answer is no. Writing like anything else can be learned. Put in the hours and you'll almost be as good as everyone else. As for writing article...
Do you maintain a Bucket List? What are some of the things to do on your list?
What are your long-term goals as a writer and what's your time frame for your goals?
As a writer we all want to earn the best money we can doing writing jobs. Nowadays there's a lot of ways a writer can earn online, what to you is the most profitable way of earning using writing skills?
I need some extra sites to work on and I would like to know your opinion on the best writing sites which can provide me with some extra income.
In every day life we would see a lot of presentations and adverts what to you is easier to understand is it words or pictures/graphics?
One of the things I find frustrating about freelance work is that many places can be unclear in their expectations when they want something written. They might expect something to be written to a certain word count but n...
Hello and good day to everyone. A few weeks ago I saw an article in a forum where I am a member of (but I won't mention the name for privacy purposes) and realized that it is very similar to what I've written in another ...
Obsolete words are words which are no longer being used actively in writing. The main difference between an obsolete word and an archaic word is that obsolete words is that it's a relatively newer word which has falle...
What books do you have on your list to read at some point? I have a ton, but the three I'd like to get to really soon are: 1. All Quiet on the Western Front by Elrich Remarque 2. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream ...
I've been working as a Training Facilitator for my day job. I always find it hard to make everybody understand what are the content of my modules. Some prefer listening attentively to me, and some like to read it while I...
I'm sure we all read publications on regular basis. Whether or not you read books regularly, you might read the new, blogs, articles or forum posts among other things as well. So what have you read recently (or a long ti...
I always keep a hard copy journal of drafts of poems and other pieces I am drafting--I was wondering if I am just old-fashioned or if others did this as well? Is keeping a hard copy and creating with hard copy part of yo...
What sort of experience do you have in the field of creative writing? Do you do it for fun, or have you tried to be published? I'm a filmmaker first a foremost, but writing plays a huge role in that process even thoug...
I've been looking for fast ways to augment my writing income. Do you know of any reliable data entry site that has a good payment system.
Sometimes writing articles could be quite lucrative. Getting paid between $100 to $200 per published article will definitely make my wallet fat. But oftentimes I get paid a lesser amount. The last article I submitted g...
I was looking in my old files and I found my old resumes circa 20 years back. I noticed that I have made about 7 resumes in different time periods. Some where 1 and 2 pagers and the longest was about 6 pages. I wou...
I like to write and get immense joy when I come across forums where I get to showcase my writing prowess. Ofcourse I will not write if I am not paid and that I will do in my blog. There are forums where there is nothin...
So most of the time I lack inspiration where to get my content. I don't want to write with the same content, as it will limit my ability to write. Most of the time I find inspiration with the movies and videos that I wat...
In your online writing, which genre of writing, or which subject matter, do you find the most difficult to write about? Which is harder for you: general blogging? fiction? non-fiction? reviews? I was wondering if t...
I would like to exchange ideas concerning fiction writing for self-publishing purposes. There are multiple platforms to self-publish a novel, novella, or short story. I do not believe the platform is relevant to the cont...