Writing & Speaking

Why do some people make it as writers while others find themselves consigned to obscurity? One of the easiest ways to achieve "expert status" is to appear in print - but first you must follow the five...

If you are good at writing, you can make money online and lots of profit by selling eBooks. Here is an article to help you get started.

Yes, writers these days do not have to complain a...

Many struggling writers are convinced there is a secret to the success of more confident writers. There is in fact a secret but it is one that you too can embrace to improve your writing. The simple t...

Nearly any author or publisher can promote a book to bestseller status. All it takes is a little patience, a good plan, and a whole lot of following up on the details.

Since every book...

With millions of people reading news online, there is still no clear style to news writing on the web. While some traditional news writing tips work with online writing, some additional factors have ...

Content is the king. If you fill up your website with valuable quality content, you will attract interest of your website visitors and this will drive repeat traffic to your website.

If...

Copyright (c) 2008 Gail Richards

More and more people are publishing their own books as independent publishers rather than waiting and hoping to find a traditional publisher who will ap...

Harry Potter has ?disapparated,? A Series of Unfortunate Events has come to its tragic ending. So what?s the next great children?s book series? And more importantly, could you be the one to write it...

English teachers may have told you to never split an infinitive or start a sentence with "because." Because most English teachers are not professional writers, many adhere to writing rules without und...

I can?t count the number of times someone has buttonholed me at a party and said, ?So you write children?s books? I?ve got a great idea for a book.? Sometimes it really is a great idea; sometimes it...

When making speeches or presentations the use of slides can be very useful in helping you to get your point across. With the advent of computer programs like PowerPoint it is now easier than ever to p...

To know how to write a speech, you need to first know how to write entertainingly. At least that was what a friend of mine told me when I went to him for help. Naturally this led to a very short but p...

So, you¡¯ve been asked to speak at a wedding. Already you can feel your knees shaking and your throat closing up so tightly that you can barely get a squeak out. This is a normal state of affairs fo...

Whether you¡¯re desperately in need of help to write your speech, or whether you¡¯re only moderately in need of aid for writing your speech, there¡¯s nothing to worry about, there are many avenu...

This is it, the big day has come ever closer and you¡¯re starting to panic. You know that you can¡¯t put it off much longer but really, you¡¯ve all but hit a brick a wall in trying to write your...

It¡¯s never easy writing a speech and this doesn¡¯t change whether it¡¯s a speech for a seminar, a speech for a class project, or whether it¡¯s a speech for a wedding. In fact, unless you¡¯r...

Is anyone surprised at the results of the Iowa caucus? The two winners ¨C Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee ¨C offered a platform that was clearly different from the other contender...

You write and post your articles on your website or blog, but you have no idea whether your articles are good or not. The ideal situation would be that you have mandatory poll where visitors must rate...

Do you think that if you knew that you looked and sounded just right, that your confidence to get up and make a speech would be boosted? Would your public speaking fears be banished by having the know...

by Philip Yaffe


For most educated persons, Murphy¡¯s Law is the fundamental law of the universe, even more important than birth, death and gravity.


In ...

by Philip Yaffe


If you can tell a joke well, you already possess many of the skills you need to write a persuasive marketing plan, sales letter, financial report, new product pr...

The fly cover of On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan describes the book as ¡°a short novel of remarkable depth by a writer at the height of his powers¡±. On Chesil Beach was recently short-listed for th...

When writing copy for any media, it's always important to write in the active voice ? not the passive.

Active sentences give your copywriting spark and drive, energising your sales mess...

Essays for college are analogous to any essay, but for the purpose and your audience. At any time before taking on any writing in college, pause and answer these questions: To whom am I writing for an...

A sample college essay can be viewed as a form of writing not geared for academic purposes, but for view by the public or those who need essay help. Such papers are available in so many different form...

College essay samples writing is not for an academic presentation. This is a paper that is solely used for marketing purposes and this is mostly done through the internet. There are a lot of writing s...

Good college essay writing is a thing to be studied and practiced by every academically conscious student. In writing a good paper, the student must bear in mind the topic sentence, the power of persu...

College essay writing can from time to time seem an awesome hard work to the student who fails to realize that he will, or must meet this type of exercise throughout his entire academic ladder. A coll...

7,300 days.

That¡¯s about how long ago I got the best writing advice I ever got. Advice so simple, so powerful and so profound, that every time I think about it, and I am humbled. I¡...

Internet Authors are living in the present? They have to. In fact, any author needs to think about what's happening now, right now, this minute. Whether it's thinking about how to finish a chapter, or...

In the past few decades, there has been an explosion in the number of people applying for admission to law schools. A lot of this increase is the result of more and more women and minorities pursuing ...

Most of the people would have think that writing a history essay is a-state-of-art writings, as the name of history itself already make many people find it hard to get interested. Nonetheless, writin...

GCSE science coursework includes the assessment of practical knowledge in scientific subjects in addition to all other skills. If you are looking for some improvement in your grade or ranking in your ...

A classic format for compositions is the five-paragraph essay, which means to separate your essay into five sections. It is not the only format for writing an essay, of course, but it is a useful mode...

The purpose of an expository essay is to present, completely and fairly, other people's views or to report about an event or a situation. Expository writing, or exposition, presents a subject in detai...

Address every issue that could be a concern. Begin with a list of every reason why a prospect doesn¡¯t buy. He may want it, need it, even crave it -- and be quite capable of paying your price. Yet s...

There is so much power in the written word. With the Internet being such an accessible place to get your written word out, there's no reason why you can't become a recognized name in your field in six...

Copywriting should not be difficult.
Copywriting should make money.
Copywriting should be emotional.

Why? Emotions are strong. Emotions are what drive sales. Emotions, wit...

This is not a review of Losing Nelson or England, England, or a record of visits to Chester. As the title claims, it¡¯s a reflection, a few observations on culture and identity seen ...

A speech at the awards ceremony for the Libros International Children¡¯s Writing Competition. 20 July 2007

Like the students who entered this competition, I started writing when I wa...

The title of Mission's first chapter is Michael. Here is how it starts ...

Enter Michael, dishevelled and panting. His movements are hurried, agitated and anxious. The kitchen door crea...

Saville won the Booker Prize in 1976. In such a vast novel it is inevitable that the pace will occasionally quicken and slacken, but a book like this can be read over weeks, almost dipped into as the ...

by Philip Yaffe

You may not have thought about it, but newspapers provide the best examples of clear, concise, dense (factual) writing you can find anywhere. Otherwise people wouldn¡¯...

Copyright (c) 2007 Julie Gray

I got my start writing first person essays for small publications and online ezines. First person essays are a rough game; the pay ranges from nothing to m...

There's the old fairy tale about the young man who unwisely opened the bottle and, inadvertently, set free the genie. The problem then ? for him and everyone else ? is to get the thing back in the bot...

If you want to work online, you've probably run into many philosophies about niche marketing. A niche is a narrowly focused, highly defined subject. When you write for a niche, your writing can be ver...

One of the big decisions for you to make as you write your book is to consider whether you want to find a traditional publisher for your book or self-publish.

Until a few years ago, aut...

Part One: Desire and Fear

Creating convincing characters that are believable takes time and discipline. Creating dynamically real individuals without imposing your own thoughts and impr...

The confusion between That and Which is probably the most common usage error of all, and you will find examples of it in many texts. Which of these two sentences is correct: ¡°This is the band that ...

There is a cure for writers block¡­and it¡¯s probably not what you think. In fact, if you follow these five simple steps you can permanently end writers block forever. This five step technique is ...