One way to bring a character to life in your story is to paint that character “in two lines”, Writer’s Digest Editor-in-Chief Jessica Strawser suggests to authors of stories and novels. You can reveal a character as seen through another character’s eyes or through dialogue, and even through “voices” or thoughts going through a […]
Corn plants have the innate ability to grow more than one ear per stalk, James Fung, CEO of the Indiana Crop Improvement Association, guest at our morning networking meeting, explained. But years of research and experimentation have taught farmers that it is better to allow each plant to dedicate all its resources to producing […]
For those who are new to the craft of screenwriting, the log line is a 25-word brief description of what the movie is about, Peter Fox explains in the Writer magazine. No matter what film you’re reading about, Fox adds, in the log line you’ll find at least one of the five pillars of […]
This month’s Hunt’s Headlines tip is a great reminder for content writers of every ilk: Read your copy backward. Huh? Reading backward forces you to focus on each individual word without the surrounding context, Hunt’s first boss taught him. Even though we have access to a stockpile of online grammar and spelling tools, […]
In Tuesday’s post, we discussed the importance of “bragging” to make readers aware of “what it takes to do what you do and how much effort you put into acquiring the expertise you’re now going to be able to use for their benefit…” The other side of “showing what it takes” involves how-tos and useful […]
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