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Plot Twist Story Prompts: Jurisdiction Battle
Plot twist story prompts aren’t meant for the beginning or the end of stories. Rather, they’re for forcing big and small turns in the anticipated trajectory of a story. This is to make it more interesting for the readers and writers alike. Each week, I’ll provide a new prompt to help twist your story. Find last week’s prompt, Weakness Becomes Strength, here. Plot Twist Story Prompts: Jurisdiction Battle For today’s prompt, have your characters get caught in a battle over jurisdiction. As an example, you could have state law enforcement get in a turf battle with city law enforcement over […]
Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Rushing the Editing Process
Everyone makes mistakes—even writers—but that’s OK because each mistake is a great learning opportunity. The Writer’s Digest team has witnessed many mistakes over the years, so we started this series to help identify them early in the process. Note: The mistakes in this series aren’t focused on grammar rules, though we offer help in that area as well. (Grammar rules for writers.) Rather, we’re looking at bigger picture mistakes and mishaps, including the error of using too much exposition, neglecting research, or researching too much. This week’s writing mistake writers make is rushing the editing process. Writing Mistakes Writers Make: […]
What’s The Alternative To Spending $7 Million On A Super Bowl Ad? via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
Prevent brands from starting a bonfire of the vanities during 2023’s Big Game. Discover 5 alternatives to spending $7 Million on a Super Bowl ad. The post What’s The Alternative To Spending $7 Million On A Super Bowl Ad? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
How To Do A Sitemap Audit For Better Indexing & Crawling Via Python via @sejournal, @KorayGubur
With Python and SEO automation, it’s possible to audit millions of URLs in sitemaps. Here’s a comprehensive technical SEO tutorial for sitemap audits. The post How To Do A Sitemap Audit For Better Indexing & Crawling Via Python appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
A Quick Guide to Conditional Formatting in Excel
Let’s pretend you have a spreadsheet with 1,000 rows of data — it would be pretty difficult to spot patterns in the data with the naked eye. Enter conditional formatting. This powerful tool highlights cells that meet a specific condition or “rule.” In other words, it brings your spreadsheet to life by adding color to patterns and trends. Here, we’ll cover how to apply, edit, and copy and paste conditional formatting. Conditional Formatting Based on Text In this example, let’s use conditional formatting to an attendance list to highlight who was absent. The image below is the data set I’ll […]
How Brands With Purpose Can Impact the World?
When it comes to meaningful brand experiences, consumer demand has never been greater. In a recent study of more than 395,000 people and 2,000 brands across the globe, Havas Media provided valuable insights into the ever-shifting cultural landscape and its wide-ranging impact on consumer behavior. Consumer priorities have shifted. A global pandemic, widening political divides … The post How Brands With Purpose Can Impact the World? appeared first on Digital Agency Network.
Best SEO Agencies in Canada with Great Portfolios in 2022
You don’t have much chance to increase your sales if your brand is not easily reachable through search engines. And if you want your brand to be visible in Google and the other search engines, in today’s world, it is a must to work with a trustable SEO agency in Canada. Your audience will be … The post Best SEO Agencies in Canada with Great Portfolios in 2022 appeared first on Digital Agency Network.
How (And Why) To Write About Food in Fiction
Whoever first said “You are what you eat” probably didn’t mean it as writing advice, but that’s how I take it. What you eat doesn’t just literally keep you alive, it can say so much about who you are, where you’re from, and more. (Amanda Elliot: On Food and Romance in Fiction) In my new book Sadie on a Plate, a romantic comedy following a young chef on a Top Chef-like cooking show, I made spreadsheets to keep track of what every character was cooking for each challenge, because each dish was meant to tell the reader something about the […]
Announcing Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming!
I’m really pumped to share a new digital guide for poets: Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming! After more than a decade of sharing prompts every Wednesday (and daily in April and November) on the Writer’s Digest website, I’ve accumulated more than a thousand poetry prompts (and example poems). This digital guide collects 365 of my favorite prompts, including topic-based prompts, title-based prompts, and, well, weirder prompts. Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, by Robert Lee Brewer Here’s my introduction to the guide: Welcome to the fun house! We’re about to do […]
The 9 Most Important SEO KPIs You Should Be Tracking via @sejournal, @martinibuster
SEO experts weigh in on the nine top SEO Key Performance Indicators worthy of consideration for developing your own business KPIs. The post The 9 Most Important SEO KPIs You Should Be Tracking appeared first on Search Engine Journal.