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Write A Novel Out Of Your Dream
Everyone might have a dream, but what would you do when you get up in the morning? I'm sure almost everyone forgot about as soon as they washed their face in a bathroom. What's so important about your dream? The answer is easily made, because I'm sure tha
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The Details Are In The Calendar
Like many authors, writing a novel was always an aspiration. When I finally started the process, in Shades of Darkness, Shades of Grace I had a great story that had evolved from real-life events. Still, the majority of my experience was writing nonfiction
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Songwriting Tips: A Common Problem That Songwriters Face
Here is a common problem that one of my subscribers expressed to me recently... "I'm 16 and the main problem is, I know what I want to write, but when I do write it down I just think it sounds lame" Now she's 16 years old, but I'm pretty sure
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Does It Summarize?
Does your written message hold together when examined critically? You can check its internal integrity by trying to summarize the document, using only the information in it.
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Tips For Writing Successful Articles
Writing successful articles is not as complicated as you might think. There are a few pointers and proven techniques that can be easily followed to turn any article into a piece of marketing. Keeping it simple and distributing it as widely as possible a
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"Songwriting Tips: Un-original Melodies Can Be A Good Thing..."
The moment that people create a melody which they feel is great, many think it already sounds like another song. This is common, and I suffered from this many times. What you've got to understand is that ALL SONGS are RECYCLED MELODIES. Every song has a
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You Don't Know How Write To A Song ... You're Not A Musician!
This is something I briefly touched on in a previous newsletter - ...over and over I get asked "will I write better songs if I'm a musician"? What's the answer? Yes AND no. Confused? Let me explain. For the sake of simplicity, here I'll talk
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Supercharging Your Inspiration For Songwriting - It's Easy!
I'm sure there have been times where you feel like you just can't write ANYTHING. It's like, the more you force it out the less you seem to create. And then when you DO finally write something -- ANYTHING (a chord, a lyric, a melody or even just a scratch
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5 Songwriting Tips For The Lazy
It's funny, being a songwriter myself, I always find that writing songs can sometimes be a chore. But why does it feel this way? Isn't this supposed to be my passion? Isn't this supposed to be something that I never get bored of? ... well, not exactly. Eve
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