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We Like to Write - Social Networking for Writers & Bloggers Simple Way to Create a Mood for Your Story In today’s installation of Think Like a Writer, we’ll look at creating a certain mood for your story, novel, or picture book. Writers know that readers want a certain experience and part of that is creating emotion or feeling. In other words, we need to create a setting that has a certain mood. How to do that? Creating a mood is fairly simple, if you start with the basic idea of sensory details. But this time, you want to select details that support your mood. If you want a happy beach, you choose different details; soft wind ruffles your hair, sunglasses slide down the sweat on your nose, the smell of sunscreen brings back memories of that time on the beach in Jamaica, the mojita tastes perfectly minty, and the sea is a glassy swell. Writers notice sensory details.

Teach with Wikipedia – Wiki Education Help students make a real-world impact through their work In Wiki Education’s Wikipedia Student Program, university instructors assign students to write Wikipedia articles, empowering them to share knowledge with the world. Students research course-related topics that are missing or underrepresented, synthesize the available literature, and use our free tools and trainings to add the information to Wikipedia. What we offer As your bridge to the existing Wikipedia editor community, we offer a number of free services to support you in your Wikipedia assignment: Instructional design consultationAssignment management softwareTutorials about how to contribute to WikipediaStaff guidance Our Dashboard tool Instructors who sign up for Wiki Education’s Wikipedia Student Program have free access to our Dashboard tool, as well as support staff in case of questions. For students, the Dashboard is where they will: Overview of possible assignments What are my students going to be assigned?

Zoetrope.com Writing and Publishing News, Marketing, E-Books—Authorlink.com The Write Practice | Practical Inspiration Free Bibliography Generator - MLA, APA, Chicago citation styles 10 Writer Websites That Kick Butt and Get Clients Have you been wondering how to create a standout writer website that would impress clients and get you hired? You know you need one. Without a site, it’s like you’re invisible. You just don’t seem legit, especially if you’re going after online markets. I’ve talked about writer websites before, and do reviews weekly in Freelance Writers Den, but today I thought I’d just show you some fine examples of successful writer websites. They have clean, uncluttered design.You can get a good sense quickly of the type of writing the writer does.The clips are presented in a way that’s easy to read.It’s easy to figure out how to contact them. Some of them were done very affordably, too. Take a look for yourself. Mary Yerkes – An example of what you can accomplish with the basic WordPress blog site you get when you join the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE). Seen any good writer websites lately? P.S.

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