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Casual Articles - The Top Ten Checklist to Edit Your Own Writing
Photo postage stamps aren't such a new idea; its been around for years! The USPS (United States Postal Service) briefly suspended the use of such a stamp due to security concerns. There are certainly a number of reasons that the USPS would want to abolish all photo stamps, for example in the height of the anthrax scares a stamp with a scull and cross bones plus the word Anthrax caused a sorting office to shut down for several hours. A
4. Avoid dull, slow passive sentences. Start them with a subject, then follow with a verb to avoid passive constructi
I ran across an interesting article in Wired magazine this week that told the tale of Kolo Soro, an elementary school teacher in the tiny village of Tomono in the northern Ivory Coast of Africa. This is an area so remote and void of technology that for generations communication between villages has been done by tying notes to rocks and having passing trucks toss them out the window at pre-described locations.Kolo Soro changed
Use This 10 Checklist to Edit your Own Work
1. Start your book, article, or chapter introduction with a question or startling fact. You must hook your readers with something that reaches their emotions. Make it “you” centered. Include a few key words in your first sentence to attract the search engines.
2. Make your introduction only a few sentences. Your readers want a benefit early on so they will want to read more. Make the rest of your article support your thesis and first paragraph that includes the hook.
3. Make all of your sentences short. Since standard sentence length is 15-17 words, make most of your sentences under that number. Complex sentences and multiple phrases make the reading tougher and slower. Make it easy for your readers to get the point fast.
4. Avoid dull, slow passive sentences. Start them with a subject, then follow with a verb to avoid passive constructio
Many people think that promotional pens are just that – pens that you write with. However, the realm of personalized promotional pens extends beyond blue and black ink. In fact, you can even have personalized highlighters as your promotional pens – something that is a little different than your average pen.You can highlight your business or latest product range by including personalized promotional highlighter pens into your pr
Use This 10 Checklist to Edit your Own Work
1. Start your book, article, or chapter introduction with a question or startling fact. You must hook your readers with something that reaches their emotions. Make it “you” centered. Include a few key words in your first sentence to attract the search engines.
2. Make your introduction only a few sentences. Your readers want a benefit early on so they will want to read more. Make the rest of your article support your thesis and first paragraph that includes the hook.
3. Make all of your sentences short. Since standard sentence length is 15-17 words, make most of your sentences under that number. Complex sentences and multiple phrases make the reading tougher and slower. Make it easy for your readers to get the point fast.
4. Avoid dull, slow passive sentences. Start them with a subject, then follow with a verb to avoid passive constructi
All of those negative messages you hear about bad credit and mortgages! I’m talking here about how it is commonly believed that if you have bad credit it’s virtually impossible to get a home loan, and if you do happen to get a home loan, then the interest rate will be so high it will be a feat in itself just meeting the repayments. In Australia, every Tom, Dick and Harry will tell you that bad credit is bad news when it comes to you
2. Make your introduction only a few sentences. Your readers want a benefit early on so they will want to read more. Make the rest of your article support your thesis and first paragraph that includes the hook.
3. Make all of your sentences short. Since standard sentence length is 15-17 words, make most of your sentences under that number. Complex sentences and multiple phrases make the reading tougher and slower. Make it easy for your readers to get the point fast.
4. Avoid dull, slow passive sentences. Start them with a subject, then follow with a verb to avoid passive constructi
More and more companies use phone interviews these days to reduce the pool of applicants to a manageable size for interview, especially for national recruitment campaigns like graduate or trainee schemes, or for mass recruitment required with the opening of a new company - store and the like.You can be 'phone-interviewed' in two ways: By invitation, when you are given a time to call or a time to receive a
3. Make all of your sentences short. Since standard sentence length is 15-17 words, make most of your sentences under that number. Complex sentences and multiple phrases make the reading tougher and slower. Make it easy for your readers to get the point fast.
4. Avoid dull, slow passive sentences. Start them with a subject, then follow with a verb to avoid passive constructi
Why Should You Take Action?Why be successful?...Why be anything?For some reason, I feel struck by the importance asking difficult questions. In my experience, it's the answers to these types of questions that make or break a person.Some questions are naturally much more simple and straight forward than others. Why start a business? Why set goals for yourself? Etc.The answers to these questions are pretty
4. Avoid dull, slow passive sentences. Start them with a subject, then follow with a verb to avoid passive construction. "The coach marketed her business and books through submitting articles online" is an active sentence. "The coach's books were marketed online through submitting articles" is passive. Drop linking verbs such as "is," "was," "seemed," or "had." Replace them with power, active verbs. Instead of "she is beautiful," you could say,"Her beauty compels you to stare at her".
5. Aim for compelling, clear copy. Write for the 8-10th grade reader. Always think "What's in it for them?" Your reader wants to get to the heart of your book chapter, article, or Web copy fast. While a short story is fine, make all you write clear and easy to read. That's what makes readers finish a chapter and want to read more. That's what makes the web visitor stay with your site more than 10 seconds.
6. Use specific nouns and names. General references don't engage your readers' emotions. Let them see the size, color, shape. Rather than say, "Write your book fast to make lifelong income
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