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8 Radical Writing Opportunities (That Pay) - The Cheshire Cat sits in a tree, texting.
Publishing
Robert Wood

8 Radical Writing Opportunities (That Pay)

If you’re a young person in the modern workforce (or you know one) you’re likely familiar with job listings that target their salaries and responsibilities at recent graduates while asking for a decade or more of experience in the field. ‘How can I get experience if you won’t give me any experience?’ goes the job-hunter’s

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What You Need To Know About Literary Fiction - A woman reads a book with a cup of coffee.
Writing
Fred Johnson

What You Need To Know About Literary Fiction

If genre fiction is Die Hard, The Notebook, and The Hangover – stuff you watch to relax and eat popcorn to – literary fiction is the opposite. It’s the Citizen Kane, The Pianist, the There Will Be Blood of the literary world – books you wouldn’t necessarily call a ‘good time’ but that are artistic,

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When Choosing Your Title First Is The Right Thing To Do - Someone opens a book titled 'Pandas' only to find it's about teddy bears.
Marketing
Robert Wood

When Choosing Your Title First Is The Right Thing To Do

Titles are intrinsic to a book’s identity – it’s almost impossible to talk about a work without giving it a name – so it can be jarring to realize that, in most cases, they’re the last thing to be added. Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t do things differently, and there are good arguments

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6 Ways Salman Rushdie Can Improve Your Writing - Salman Rushdie stands thinking about the flags of India and the UK.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

6 Ways Salman Rushdie Can Improve Your Writing

Salman Rushdie is well known for his outspoken nature and the deadly fatwa issued in answer to his work. His novel Midnight’s Children won several awards and made it onto Modern Library’s 100 best novels list, but many are also familiar with the book that sent him into hiding, The Satanic Verses, and his riveting,

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