How To Write A Newsletter Without Being A Writer

One of the best ways to stay in touch with current and past clients, colleagues and fans, is to publish a regular newsletter. Whether you use a HTML template tool like Constant Contact, simply create...

Chinese Writing Characteristics

A introduction about different styles of Chinese Writing Characteristics.

Romance Readers' Pet Peeves

Avoiding over-used phrases in romance novels and short stories.

How to Tell or Write a Story

Humorist Rix Quinn offers a simple formula for presenting new information.

Speech/Language Disorders in Adults

There are many types of speech and language impairments that affect adults in the workforce. Workers with these problems often report increased stress due to their inability to communicate easily. Yet these problems can often be treated or at least improved, and many health insurance plans will pay for at least part of the treatment.

A Dozen Ways to Get Your Career Started As a Freelance Children's Writer

Follow These Steps and Be On Your Way to Making a Living as a Freelance Children's Writer...

How To Find A Professional Editing Service

Here are a few things that are virtually mandatory for an editing service to provide for you, the business owner.

How to Customize Your Bio for Different Speeches

To customize your bio for consideration for a speaking engagement, start with your basic boilerplate bio that covers all the essentials. Remember I don't care where you went to school or how many years you have been in business. I want to know “what have you done for me lately.”

Adult Education: School Never Ends!

Some of us thought that when we graduated from high school, we would no longer be required to sit in classes for any more days of our lives. Others of us went on to college, sure that this would be the end of our education days...

The Truth About Article Marketing

It seems as though article marketing is the biggest thing in Internet marketing right now. How do you get your name out there? Articles. How do you become an expert in your niche? Articles. How do you [insert money making phrase here]? Articles. But why? And how?

Hero's Journey, Story Structure, Screenwriting Structure - Dances with Wolves (1990)

The Hero’s Journey is THE screenwriting and story structure template. By utilising this structure, screenwriters can quickly build effective and quality stories. There are more than 188 stages to the Hero’s Journey; the summary below shows how Dances with Wolves (Academy Award Winner, Best Film, 1990) is built around the Hero’s Journey.

Hero's Journey, Story Structure, Screenwriting Structure - Alien (1979)

The Hero’s Journey is THE screenwriting and story structure template. By utilising this structure, screenwriters can quickly build effective and quality stories. There are more than 188 stages to the Hero’s Journey.

Easy Screenwriting, Hero's Journey, Screenwriter

Just build a story around the Hero’s Journey. It is as simple and as difficult as that. If JK Rowling can do it, so can you. Yes, the Harry Potter series stories all mirror the same template, as does The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption and a thousand other stories and films.

Story Structure - The Antagonism

A critical element of the Call to Adventure is the Antagonism. The story and editing determine where and how the antagonism is introduced, but it is rare to find not a mention of it during this stage of the journey: