David Foard - Writer and Publisher » Writing http://www.davidfoard.com How to write and get published on the Internet Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:39:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Some Memoir Writing Tips To Tell Your Story http://www.davidfoard.com/some-memoir-writing-tips-to-tell-your-story http://www.davidfoard.com/some-memoir-writing-tips-to-tell-your-story#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:47:23 +0000 David http://www.davidfoard.com/some-memoir-writing-tips-to-tell-your-story/ The memoir is very popular these days. Here are memoir writing tips to help you with this popular genre that is as old as story telling itself. We use stories to leave a legacy and to teach others. The memoir helps leave traditions from one generation to the next. People want their lives to have meaning and the memoir is one way to do this. We do not want to be separated from our past. With this new technology this is possible with all the fast moving information that becomes obsolete it seems as quickly as it was made available. We somehow write about the future though when we write about the past and the present. They all come together in our words. The act of writing the

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Continue reading Reading Conditions Matter to Writers]]> http://www.davidfoard.com/reading-conditions-matter-to-writers/feed/ 0 No-Rush Writing http://www.davidfoard.com/no-rush-writing http://www.davidfoard.com/no-rush-writing#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:10:46 +0000 David http://www.davidfoard.com/no-rush-writing/ I have a business writing process that lets me do better work with less effort. It's based on three separate steps on three separate days. Sometimes those days come one after another, sometimes they're spread out over a week or two. On the first day of the process, I review the material I have to write about. If I'm writing something from scratch I make notes or even a mind map (a diagram of the way the idea or argument flows). No writing is done this day, just a gathering of thoughts into some sort of order. Day 2: Now I write, and perhaps even rewrite, based on the thoughts I’ve developed over the past 24 hours or more. My experience has been that if I

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Beginning writers often fail to sell their writing. Why is it that relatively few creative writers get published? Is it possible that all they need is confidence to find their way into publication? Or is it because they aren't educated in the publication process?

Every writer jumps with joy when they see their first byline. Every writer should have that experience. Seeing your work in print is one thing that doesn't get old. Say it's a pride thing. Maybe you think it is just an ego trip. Call it being self-centered, if you like. Call it anything you want. Published writers call it something very different - zest and reward.

So, what are the secrets to getting your articles published? It's not very difficult. Finding the discipline to

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