Archive for Creative Writing
Creative Writing Beyond Stories And Poems
Creative writing is an entertaining pursuit, giving you the opportunity to express yourself in ways that more common forms of writing don’t normally allow you to. When you write creative pieces, you can let your imagination run wild, share your innermost thoughts and express your most private ideas. While most people immediately think of stories [...]
Expressive Versus Communicative Writing
What style are you most comfortable writing at? Some people are just naturals at expressive writing, churning out personal and informal words that communicate to readers like a friend sharing a thought that’s floating around their mind. Others, on the other hand, may write better using communicative writing, where the focus is in imparting knowledge [...]
Writing Paragraphs That Work
When writing, the importance of breaking your copy down into sensible paragraphs cannot be stated enough. Sentences strung together endlessly one after another can be difficult to work through, just as copy where a single thought extends across paragraphs can break the flow of writing. In fact, any decent English writing software will point you [...]
Creating An Effective Call To Action
When writing sales pages, your copy’s call to action will frequently play the deciding factor on whether your prospect takes your relationship to the next step. A double-edged sword, an effective call to action can seal the deal while a poorly-executed one can destroy all the pre-selling you’ve done before it. How do you craft [...]
Organizing Your Paragraphs
Learning to organize your copy into sensible paragraphs is an important skill. Too many times, people tend to write paragraphs that go on forever, leaving their communication muddled and confusing. Paragraphs should always discuss a single idea. Whether it takes you two or twenty sentences to express that idea, it makes sense to group them [...]
Writing Case Studies: 4 Guidelines
Case studies, done well, can single-handedly turn the tide of opinion. It’s amazing how many major business and purchase decisions can be made based on a single, positive case study alone. If you’re doing a case study for your organization, it pays to keep these guidelines in mind. 1. Find a customer with a good [...]
Making Your Points Positively
Using negatives to express an idea in a sentence, while perfectly valid, is seldom the best way when putting a thought to writing. Even when done with enough care, they can still lead to confusion with the wrong audience. Unless you’re confident of your readers’ sophistication in comprehending written English, stating your points positively is [...]
Nominalizations And Their Misuse
When your sentence sounds clumsy and you can’t figure out the reason why, always check your nominalizations. A lot of the time, it’s these hard-to-detect constructions that leave copies with that awkward finish that you can’t quite put your finger on. Nominalizations are nouns that have been derived from adjectives and verbs. Words such as [...]
How To Write A Term Paper
Term papers are among the most common documents you’ll end up having to write all through high school and college. As such, developing the right skill set for doing them right can mean the difference between getting great marks or just barely making it through. Start Early. Once your subject matter is approved, start work [...]
The Power Of Simplicity
While it might tickle your fancy to write complex explanations using big words and highly erudite sentences, realize that most writing designed to feed your ego seldom works to express your ideas to your reader. There’s huge value in being simple. If you take a gander at the highest-paid writers in the world, you’ll realize [...]
