Comments for Great Writing Tips http://greatwritingtips.com Writing tips to help you improve your writing skills Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:02:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Comment on Writing Tip: Proximity by professional psychicshttp://greatwritingtips.com/writing-tips/writing-tip-proximity/comment-page-1/#comment-191 professional psychics Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:02:54 +0000 http://greatwritingtips.com/?p=15#comment-191 Precisely what I was searching for, thanks for posting . Precisely what I was searching for, thanks for posting .

]]> Comment on What Is Your Point? by adminhttp://greatwritingtips.com/writing-tips/what-is-your-point/comment-page-1/#comment-131 admin Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:43:53 +0000 http://greatwritingtips.com/?p=189#comment-131 MichaelThanks for commenting.I agree wholehearedly. If it sounds trite, perhaps it is because it is useful and has been so successful!Light, Love and PeaceNic Michael

Thanks for commenting.

I agree wholehearedly. If it sounds trite, perhaps it is because it is useful and has been so successful!

Light, Love and Peace

Nic

]]> Comment on What Is Your Point? by Michael Speirshttp://greatwritingtips.com/writing-tips/what-is-your-point/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Michael Speirs Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:54:02 +0000 http://greatwritingtips.com/?p=189#comment-129 The PR mantra always holds good - tell them what you are going to tell them; tell them; tell them what you told them. It sounds trite but it really is correct. Your opening paragraph has to summarise the content of the article and why it is important to the reader - the proposition. The body of the article provides the expansion on the theme - the argument. The final paragraph is a QED, a summation of how you proved the proposition you started with. This works for a 300 word press release or a few thousand word article. It partcularly works when an editor has to decide whether or not to include your article - if the first paragraph doesn't tell him/her why the article should be of interest then it won't get published. If space is a consideration, the editor may only publish the opening paragraph or edit from the bottom up - make it easy for them to do this. The PR mantra always holds good – tell them what you are going to tell them; tell them; tell them what you told them. It sounds trite but it really is correct. Your opening paragraph has to summarise the content of the article and why it is important to the reader – the proposition. The body of the article provides the expansion on the theme – the argument. The final paragraph is a QED, a summation of how you proved the proposition you started with. This works for a 300 word press release or a few thousand word article. It partcularly works when an editor has to decide whether or not to include your article – if the first paragraph doesn’t tell him/her why the article should be of interest then it won’t get published. If space is a consideration, the editor may only publish the opening paragraph or edit from the bottom up – make it easy for them to do this.

]]> Comment on What Is Your Point? by adminhttp://greatwritingtips.com/writing-tips/what-is-your-point/comment-page-1/#comment-126 admin Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:04:10 +0000 http://greatwritingtips.com/?p=189#comment-126 Thanks for stopping by Bryan, and commenting.Focus, of which having a clear point is a subset, is my theme for 2011!RegardsNic Thanks for stopping by Bryan, and commenting.

Focus, of which having a clear point is a subset, is my theme for 2011!

Regards

Nic

]]> Comment on What Is Your Point? by Bryanhttp://greatwritingtips.com/writing-tips/what-is-your-point/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Bryan Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:28:22 +0000 http://greatwritingtips.com/?p=189#comment-125 Indeed, reading something to get nothing can indeed be frustrating because you spent your time and effort on it yet there is nothing. It is always good to have goals or objectives before writing something to be able to explain things well. Thanks! Indeed, reading something to get nothing can indeed be frustrating because you spent your time and effort on it yet there is nothing. It is always good to have goals or objectives before writing something to be able to explain things well. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Writing Myth 3 – Get it Right First Time by adminhttp://greatwritingtips.com/writing-myths/writing-myth-3-good-writers-get-it-right-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3 admin Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:37:21 +0000 http://greatwritingtips.com/?p=28#comment-3 No problem Tom, I really enjoyed the book, once I’d cleared the block that was stopping me from getting beyond halfway. That in itself gave me an important insight! No problem Tom, I really enjoyed the book, once I’d cleared the block that was stopping me from getting beyond halfway. That in itself gave me an important insight!

]]> Comment on Writing Myth 3 – Get it Right First Time by Tom Evanshttp://greatwritingtips.com/writing-myths/writing-myth-3-good-writers-get-it-right-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Tom Evans Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:36:10 +0000 http://greatwritingtips.com/?p=28#comment-2 & I thought I’d let potential readers know that the book comes with six audio visualisations that you get for free using a word from the bookhttp://www.thebookwright.com/home-study/visualisations/- also keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for the iPhone/iPad version with embedded audio and interactive Mind Mapping coming out later this yearThanks again for the mention … & I thought I’d let potential readers know that the book comes with six audio visualisations that you get for free using a word from the book

http://www.thebookwright.com/home-study/visualisations/

- also keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for the iPhone/iPad version with embedded audio and interactive Mind Mapping coming out later this year

Thanks again for the mention …

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