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creative writing courses and workshops are an important tool for the aspiring writer. This article details the hows and whys of workshopping groups and details why you should join one.

If you are thinking about brushing up on your creative writing skills, it's important to choose a creative writing course that fits with your learning style and personality.

Five simple steps are outlined to help those wanting to begin a career in Freelance Writing. Becoming a writer and enjoying your career is possible if one knows where to start and how to follow through.

Freelance writing as a career is not a hobby and it's not a get-rich-quick business. Any writer who's been freelancing for more than three years will tell you it's hard work.

Your child loves to paint, sing, and dance. He or she is probably a great storyteller, too. Why not add writing to the creative arts your child does for fun?

There are plenty of websites online that provide informative articles, writer forums, and links to writing resources. Here are just a few that I have found that have good resources.

Concentration on the writing styles of six writers' from different writing genres, including technical writing, academic writing, and fiction writing. Comparisons are drawn from different writers' composition style and the steps to writing a book.

No two novelists follow the same process when developing their work, so running a novel writing club can be a challenge. The two keys to running a succesful novel writing club are listening to your members, and being flexible enough to accomodate them.

While it can be difficult to land your first professional writing assignment without a college degree or extensive internship experience, there are many techniques you can use to improve your portfolio.

Writing groups is a great way to jumpstart a freelance writer's career. Here are some tips and strategies on finding the right writing group and deciding if it is right for you and your writing career.

Having written several articles on online writing groups, this article will focus on my experiences in groups that meet face-to-face.

Tips to win big freelance writing projects

Freelance writers make a very common mistake in setting their freelance writing rates that can leave them charging only half of what they really need to make a living as a writer. Find out how to avoid that and set the right rates for your writing.

Things to consider when you consider forming a writing group.

All writers need an honest assessment of their writing. This article tells of my experiences in writing groups, in the hopes it will encourage the reader to join one.

Forming a Senior Writing Group can help memoir writers spark familiar memories and share their experiences and writing with their peers.

This is an article about the field of freelance writing and what freelance writers can do to make their gift work for them.

Freelance writer is defined as a self employed individual who is working full time in the writing trade.

It takes more than talent to break into the freelance writing business. Many beginners make the same mistakes - and it costs them time and energy. Avoid these common mistakes and you'll be a professional freelancer in no time!

Writing clubs get groups of people together to share their written works and to inspire each other to continue writing. On the surface, this can sound tedious but once you get started you'll have so much fun that you'll look forward to the meetings.

Periodically, I do a sweep of the major job boards (Monster, CareerBuilder, HotJobs) to see what sectors are hot in freelance writing. I've always believed that you should create a niche to be more profitable as a freelancer.

There are many sites where you can bid on writing projects. But, most of the time, it's not worth your time - for the following reasons.

Western Illinois University offers a creative writing program worth checking out. Their workshop courses and practical experience in learning the craft is a well-kept secret in the middle of America's heartland.

Looking for a portal to all the best freelance job opportunities on the Internet? Whether you are looking for freelance writing jobs, gigs or other art and creative opportunities, this guide outlines the top four best places to find them.

A list of my favorite resources for finding freelance writing jobs and gigs.

Alliteration, poetry, commercials, etc. can all be used to help teach writing in any form. Here are several lessons for students work on creative writing.

When writers talk shop, everybody listens. Forming or joining a writing group allows sharing of ideas and woes, and may even generate leads on jobs.

Writing workshops are a prime point that writers can learn about the craft and avoid common mistakes. This essay provides the best outlets from which to get advice on both fiction and non-fiction.

Here are some tips on investing in your writing career that you may find helpful, and suggestions on when to spend and when to save.

A guided tour of the online writing workshop world. This is a primer that tells all writers where they can learn the best means to publication for free.

Maybe you're too busy to get together with people every week, and would feel more comfortable with the new type of writing and critique groups online.

What is Myspace? Isn't it just for teens with no life? How can writers possibly use it to their advantage? By knowing what it is, who uses it, and how, you can use Myspace to market your writing, whether you're a poet, a short story writer, a novelist, or a freelance writer.

Did you try National Novel Writing Month and have a blast? Would you like to keep up that pace with your writing all year round? Well then National Novel Writing Year is for you!

While there are tons of bad writing contests in existence, there are just as many reputable ones offering publication and money. But at what sacrifice to your writing? Sometimes the only way to win these contests is by following their prescription.

If you want to establish a regular writing practice, here's some straightforward advice from an experienced writer and teacher. Leave those negative messages behind! You can create a writing plan that works for you.

Website traffic is more than just a numbers game. In order to succeed online, you must get quality targetted traffic. A great way to do this is through article writing and submission.

"Writing the Other" by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward, feminist speculative fiction writers, is directed to writers but others will benefit from reading it. It challenges readers to examine preconceived notions about people in cultures other than their own.

You might think that selling yourself short is a sure way to not be a success in the ghost writing field. And your eyes are probably dancing with the large sums of money that you've heard ghost writers pull down.

Exceptional writing shows an exploration of conceptual ideas, which the writer finds interesting and/or provocative. The writer appears to be engaged in the process and is willing to take risks and reshape conventional ideas.

Tips on writing an incredible formal letter, from layout, salutation, body, to ending. Also the rules to remember for this correspondence style.

This article discusses the books and websites I've found most helpful for freelance writing. These resources are all about debunking myths and providing information you can really use to further your freelance writing career.

Below is a freelance writing commitment contract. What is this?

The first part of this article, How to Increase Your Freelance Writing Income by 25% or More, discussed two things you could do immediately to increase your income -- or more. This, Part II, will discuss three more things.

The freelance writing business model is changing and if you want to be a freelance writer, you have to change with it. This article looks at page view payment and ad revenue payment sites as a freelance writing career option.

If starting a career as a freelance writer is something that you've been wanting to do, but have been held back -- for whatever reason -- following is a concrete plan to make freelance writing a full-time career in 2008.

This is the first in a multi-part series on creative writing. This part deals with finding a topic for writing.

Following are 9 realizations I've incorporated into my freelance writing that have significantly increased my income -- in just a few months.

Freelance writing as a career has its advantages...and disadvantages

As freelance writers, by definition we have to look for work. What do you do when that work turns out to be fraudulent?

This article is the final part of a three-part series originally entitled, 5 Things You Must Look for in a Freelance Writing Mentor.