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The reclusive executive of a finance company being wound up tries to hold back his ravishingly beautiful subordinate. He seems to have run into a dead end but there seems to be a way out...
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Are we content by just burning effigies? A Ghazal in English.
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Letter to a young creative writer Read and write as much as possible This is to discover what kind of creative writing you would like to do. Most people will tell you to write the kind of things you like to read. Some of the choices would be: Fiction: short stories, novels, short-shorts Nonfiction: Personal essays, […]
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Review: Why are we killing the planet? “The Myth of Human Supremacy” nails troubling answers From East Village Magazine Human supremacy, according to Derrick Jensen, is a contradiction in terms. In The Myth of Human Supremacy, Jensen’s impassioned and intelligent analysis of the myth that proclaims we humans are superior beings, posits his approach with […]
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Romance Novel Protagonist The best romantic heroes and heroines sweep us off our feet and make us believe in love again. Mediocre protagonists barely register. As a romance writer, your priority is crafting characters that we remember long after putting the book down. Hard to pull off? You bet. But heroes from long-dead civilizations, like […]
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How to Attain Top Writer Status on Medium Imagine that you are a writer new to Medium. Question abound. What do I write about? What will people read? What has been written before? What will break through the noise? In thinking about these questions and because I normally write about writing, I was curious to […]
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The Heroine’s Journey When Joseph Campbell wrote his comparative mythology opus, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, he set in motion the embracing of a mono-myth that would launch hundreds of Hollywood and novel writer’s careers. Campbell’s dense academic writing is not for the fainthearted however and it was Christopher Vogler who brought Campbell’s work […]
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Online Fiction Writing Courses There are now many great creative writing and online fiction writing courses. You could probably write a short story or outline a novel in the time it will take you to research and compare what’s out there. So, without any more time wasting, we’ve put together a few top courses that […]
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Next in the marketing for writers series… Marketing Demographics Once you have thought about your “whys” of your writing (business): What made you start writing? What is your “why” or your writing story? What desire or need does your writing fulfill for others? What makes your writing unique? What qualities do you offer as a […]
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Marketing for writers It is no secret that many successful writers and bloggers everywhere use the principles of copywriting to give their message more power and influence. Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things. — David Ogilvy It is also no secret that most writers would like to earn money or their entire living from their writing. […]
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Marketing for writers or how to make sweet marketing love for writers that don’t (love marketing) Yes, it is sweet to imagine that you can just write and write non-stop. Sit under that tree and wax poetic. Ahhh, life is good. No Twittering, Facebooking, Instagramming, Snap Chatting social media to update with your latest lunch […]
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Math Class is Tough and Barbie’s Inferiority Complex In 1992, the Mattel toy company released a Teen Talk Barbie that said, “Math class is tough!” This phrase (later removed from Barbie’s repertoire) from a popular culture icon reflected the math anxiety that many students have. As a teenager, I experienced math anxiety after my initial […]
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How to write like Kafka Perhaps I should not wish this on you. How to write like Kafka, that is. After all, no one would accuse Kafka of being a happy person. He asked his friend Max Brod to burn all his manuscripts upon his death. Fortunately for us, Brod ignored this and had them […]
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