Article marketing has great benefits for any business.
One great way to market your articles is to use them in your own newspaper column.
How to get a newspaper column
For the last 12 years, I’ve written a weekly relationships/parenting/stress management column for a nationally syndicated newspaper. While you and I would have trouble going to lunch on […]

Early in the process of writing, every writer will need to make a decision — what person to write in?
Traditionally, English grammar has divided references to people into three categories, to refer to I, you, and he or she. The first person is I, me, my, we, our, and so on. The second person is […]

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The 188 stage Hero’s Journey (Monomyth) is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the hundreds of Hollywood movies we have deconstructed (see URL below) are based on this 188 stage template.
Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters. […]

Here’s another drill ripped out of the Field Guide for my Red Hot Copywriting Bootcamp. There are 20 drills total which take 15 minutes per day (my “recruits” get weekends off). Each drill stands on its own but put them all together and the impact on your salesmanship is phenomenal! So here is another one […]

New freelance writers are probably tired of hearing the phrase,
“You need to find your niche,” without anyone giving them some
idea of what their niche might be, or how they might find it. I
think it is essential to breaking into freelance writing to find
a niche and grow within it. So, then, just what is a […]

When I write a book little challenges come into my life and it is time to take a “Time Out.”
This past weekend I took care of my grandkids. At first I was still going to do some writing. Once the grandkids arrived excited and bustling all over the house I realized that my creative writing […]

[From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters and sitcoms (see below for the URL of our Home Page) and our isolation and identification of more than 188 stages of the Hero’s Journey that you need to know about…]
The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters […]

Any writing, however painstakingly written, will usually contain a few minor errors. These errors could be in terms of grammatical errors, tense usage mistakes, spelling mistakes and typos. While this is normal, if they are not caught and corrected the damage to your reputation as a writer can be substantial. It can even result in […]

A recent survey showed that more than eighty percent of Americans want to write a book. This extraordinary statistic is somewhat puzzling considering that the National Endowment for the Arts estimates that only fifty-seven percent of Americans have read even 1 book in the last twelve months!
What is it that makes people — even non-readers […]

Like it or not, a lot of people still prefer printed books to eBooks. They like — no, they love — the feel of a printed copy in their hands. It gives them a sense of well-being and solidity, to have a physical work they can carry with them and put on their bookshelves. They’re […]