‘Writing’ Archives
Crack The Freelance Window and Be Seen
Almost every listing on every Freelance Writing job board asks for the resumé and portfolio of all those inquiring about the position. In fact, almost to the tee, we are asked for as link to those items. If you have your own web site that is dedicated to your freelancing [Read More]
Plumbers and Freelancers Have More in Common Than Crack
As a , are you saving words on the back end of a job by spending a few on the front end, or do you not care that every re-write you do as a freelancer cuts your pay in half? That’s right, every extra word digs into your pocket by taking time away from potential [Read More]
The Victoria Twead Interview ~ Live From Spain
Victoria Twead, author of the book Chickens, Mules, and Two Old Fools, stopped in at EWN today for chat. What great fun we had, as we talked about the book (just a bit), the World Cup, El Hoyo, and Joe. The chat really was more like a chat than a proper interview. Carrie [Read More]
Building A Short Story ~ The End
Series Building A Short Story» All good things must come to an end, and so it is for our series, Eight weeks ago, we started with a piece fully intending to create a much larger work of fiction from the micro-fiction cornerstone. Our goal was to reach the [Read More]
Writing Memoir Now
“To have an old friend visit from far away – what a delight!” What if that old friend was you? The quote just mentioned is from the introduction to Natalie Goldberg’s book, “Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir.” It was a birthday present [Read More]
Building A Short Story ~ The Deep End
Series Building A Short Story» We announced yesterday that this was the 6th installment in our series, Building A Short Story. Well, we were wrong, because this is actually week 7. We have come a long way since we started with our piece as a to build our short story [Read More]
Call to Action ~ The Freelancer’s Work
One sure way to get repeat work from a client is to him/her feel good. With most clients who are hiring freelance writers to provide web content, making them feel good means making them some cash. That IS the reason they hired us in the first place, is it not? Let’s [Read More]
Building A Short Story ~ Stepping Into a New Realm
Series Building A Short Story» Well, here we are at week 6 in our series, , and we are saying good-bye to flash fiction; never to bring this story back to its micro-fiction roots of the tale it started out as. A quick recap: we, and myself, wanted to get the creative [Read More]
Building A Short Story ~ The 880 is on schedule
Our series, Building A Short Story, pulls into the last station on the Flash Fiction Line. That's right, our 55 word fiction piece is about to experience the fourth word count doubling since we established it as the cornerstone for a short story. [Read More]
Building A Short Story ~ Carrie Takes It To 440
Well here we are, week 4 of our series, Building A Short Story, and we are now sitting on 440 words. This installment will be the next to the last step before we start plunging into the official short story realm. [Read More]
Building A Short Story ~ Jumping to 220
Welcome to the third installment in our series, Building a Short Story. If you have been following along, then you know that we started to build a short story by writing a 55 word fiction piece in the post The Micro-Fiction Cornerstone, and are attempting to create a [Read More]
From 55 Words To 110, Our Fiction Sees Growth
Last week, we opened our series, Building a Short Story, by introducing a method of constructing a valid short piece from a micro-fiction, 55 word fiction to be exact, and rewriting by doubling the word count with each edit [Read More]
Give Your Story Depth With World Building
There are murals on the flood walls that protect Portsmouth Ohio from the occasional fits of anger that the mighty Ohio River hurls at the city. Murals that depict the city in various stages of its past. [Read More]
The Micro-Fiction Cornerstone
Micro-Fiction is often seen as a joke, but try and satisfy all the requirements of 55 word story, for example, and then tell me it's a joke. You need characters, plot and resolution, all in 55 words exactly. [Read More]
Four Questions To Ask When Creating Fictional Characters
I struggled with creating fictional characters in that they all seemed two dimensional at best. For the most part, my characters seemed flat or like paper dolls. I made a discovery recently that seems to help me create and develop characters that are more alive and [Read More]
55 Word Fiction ~ This Masochist Loves It
I mean, let's be real, who else would find complete and utter pleasure in trying to write a complete story by using exactly 55 words, no more, no less? Could only be a pain for pleasure idiot like myself. The 55 word story was conceived by the founder of the New Times [Read More]
Should Blog Comments Always Agree With The Author?
How do you handle your blog comments? I'm not asking just about the ones that come into your own blog, but the comments you give as well. [Read More]
Never Quit Writing
Three years ago I quit writing. Just up and stopped. The reasons I gave myself were all onion skinned veils that tried to cover up the fact that I was afraid. [Read More]
Are You Worth Listening To?
The Internet is crowded and we're all yelling to be heard buy the only ones that hear us when we yell are the ones who are close; our friends. Yet, we have something to say and we want thousands to hear it, damnit! [Read More]
Freelance Writer Or Crack Whore?
Work is work, right? Especially if your a freelance writer and need five dollars for gas money so can get to Wally World and by some Ramen noodles. [Read More]
