I would like to start out with a quote from Chuck Palahniuk’s book, Survivor, “Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?” Chuck Palahniuk is an amazing author who is best known for his book Fight Club that was made into a cult classic movie ...
As a technical writer, you are trying to sell yourself in three major ways via your resume. Follow these tips to make sure your technical resume gets you the best job. 1.) You are trying to sell how knowledgeable you are on different technologies 2.) You are trying to sell how well you are able ...
Choosing the topic of your ezine is no light decision. I have put together 3 hints to take some of the strain off your brain and get you going in the right direction. 1. Share your passion. What are you passionate about? If you’re publishing an ezine for your business, then I hope it’s your ...
Your Writing Style Your writing style is simply the way you put sentences together and the way you construct a sentence. Style is very subjective. Different readers have different opinions of what they feel is good writing and what is bad writing. Some readers and editors prefer a passive voice (which is usually accepted in ...
It amazes me that aspiring novelists will spend five or ten years writing their masterpiece novel, then hammer out the synopsis one afternoon while watching Everybody Loves Raymond on TV. The synopsis is the writer’s tool for selling his or her manuscript and isn’t something to be undertaken lightly. If you want to write a ...
As a personal fan of short stories, I started reading “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce with a positive attitude. What kept me captivated was Bierce’s writing style. Throughout the entire story, I couldn’t help but notice the short story is great enough with the plot, but worth reading alone to experience ...
Is writing one of the areas of life you are tremendously passionate about? If you are currently a writer, do you write with a specific purpose? It helps a great deal to know exactly what you want to do before writing something to define your writing style. The purpose of this article is to assist ...