People always leave.
Yes, they leave right after reading a few sentences in your opening paragraph. That is, if they don’t find anything worthwhile.
This is a fast-paced world; if you don’t have them by the first line of your book or article, it’s over. You could have the best ideas in the world but it would be useless. Readers do not have time to read every article or book every written; they can only read so much. Unless you’re an established author with a serious fan base, you have to …

I was out sick over the weekend, hence the delay in posts. No worries, though, because here is a list of the past week’s top writing posts, brought to you by Plotdog.Com. Enjoy!
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You might have noticed two prominent additions to this website this week.
First, I posted an entry on my inclusion in the W.O.O.F. Contest newsletter of sorts as hosted by Plotdog.Com. Unlike most contests you find in the blogosphere today, WOOF doesn’t actually promise you any of those grand prizes we’ve come to know (and love, of course). What it does, though, is that it allows writers to submit their best articles and creative writing projects for inclusion in a specific week’s newsletter (of sorts). Fellow writers vote …

Let’s face it. Scandals sell. Sometimes, you really have to be provocative to get attention.
I’m not asking you to strip down to nothing and start a webcam session.
I mean that, as a writer, sometimes it takes more than the most intelligent efforts to gain a decent following. In some cases, you have to be willing to “go the distance” and employ shock-and-awe tactics to have people sit up and notice you.
I tried out this theory of mine on Informative Post yesterday. A few days ago, I …