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How can a professional writer help your writing project? Why shouldn’t you just use in-house staff or write copy for yourself. If you’re thinking about using non-writers to create your marketing or business copy, stop. You won’t get the same results from your non-writing staff as you would get from a professional writer. Here are […]

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Brad, at Straight North, asks, “What’s Your Favorite Business Book?” He wants to compile a list of blogger favorites. This is my entry into his group project. I have to admit, I’m a reader. While some people might like to watch television or listen to music, my idea of relaxation is to curl up with […]

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Do you read a lot of blogs? I know that I do. I have a list of favorite blogs that I check almost every day, blogs that I visit occasionally, and other blogs that I discover through links in posts. Most of the time, I am sorry to say, I read and move on. Once […]

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Although most of my writing assignments come with parameters and topics already assigned, sometimes I do have the opportunity to choose my own writing topics. On the writer’s message boards that I read I sometimes find comments from writers who are asking for ideas on what to write about. (This always puzzles me, because I […]

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Many writers are bloggers. This post is for them. Have you ever wondered the difference between a blog and other forms of web content? What makes a blog a blog? Is it the ability to leave comments? Is a blog more opinionated than other web content? Or, is a blog a blog because it is […]

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Which is more important to a writer: native ability or training? Consider the following fictional scenarios: Scenario A–In this scenario is an individual who is very talented with words with a tremendous vocabulary and perfect spelling, but who has never had a formal English class. Scenario B–In this scenario is an individual who has no […]

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This is part two of our examination of ghostwriting at WritingThoughts. In part 1 of this series, I pointed to some other posts on the topic. I also invited other writers to respond. Updated 8/1/2014: This is one of the earlier posts on WritingThoughts. As a result, many of the links to the ghostwriting discussions […]

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Do you have anything special that you do when you finish a hard deadline? Or, do you just proceed to the next project without a single break? There are a number of things that could be done at the completion of a tough deadline: Celebrate Reward yourself Rest Collapse What do you do? I’d like […]

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There is a discussion going around the writing blogosphere about whether or not ghostwriting is legitimate. Updated 8/1/2014: This is one of the earlier posts on WritingThoughts. As a result, many of the links to the ghostwriting discussions on other sites no longer work and have been removed. Finally, I ran across the topic again […]

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This is where we get to know one another a little bit better. I’d like to invite you to share the type of writing you do with WritingThoughts and with the readers here on the blog. To help get the ball rolling, I’ve listed a number of writing professions below. Because I believe in the […]

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