Persistence Pays – But Not Enough to Cover the Rent
A Guest Post by Wayne E. Pollard, Creator of Bo’s Café Life
I believe that persistence is the most important trait you should have if you want to get published. To get my first piece published in The New York Times, I pitched it to at least five different editors until I found one who was [...]
How To Write Relentlessly Focused – and Still Say Everything You Want To
A guest post by Bamboo Forest of Pun Intended
Wouldn’t it be fantastic if there was a method ensuring every article you wrote was concise, relentlessly focused and said everything you wanted it to?
There is.
I recommend using a thesis statement and outline for many posts that you pen.
Jesse Hines has written,
“A thesis statement is generally one [...]
10 Writing Rules You Can’t Break…And How to Break Them
A guest post by Eric Cummings of On Violence
First, there was the “old school.” A bunch of stubborn grammarians got together and decided what defined “proper English.” Don’t end sentences with prepositions, never begin a sentence with “and” or “but,” and never split infinitives. They were strict, but they established the rules of modern English [...]
What Lance Armstrong Can Teach Us About Motivation
A guest post by Diggy from UpgradeReality.com.
Let me paint a little picture. Allow your imagination to go to work.
It’s a beautiful sunny afternoon, you’ve just stuffed yourself with a great lunch and you’re all stretched out on your couch. Flipping the channels on your TV to find something that you will allow to steal your [...]
Are You drowning in Interesting-Things-to-Read-on-the-Net? Here’s how to cope
This guest post is by Sarah Wilson
I can get disproportionately excited about new online devices that help me write more efficiently. Like, a while back, I was frothing about Instapaper, a 2.0 equivalent of the Post It note. Here’s how Instapaper works:
You’re wasting time online and stumble on an interesting blog post or New York [...]
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