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2022 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 26
For today’s prompt, structure your story as a list. Remember: As mentioned yesterday, these prompts are just starting points; you have the freedom to go wherever your flash of inspiration takes you. (Note: If you happen to run into any issues posting, please just send me an e-mail at mrichard@aimmedia.com with the subject line: Flash Fiction Challenge Commenting Issue.) Here’s my attempt at writing a list: Things You Do While Waiting for Your Life to Change 1. Online Shop It starts small. Yoga mats and free weights that you’ll use a handful of times and never again. Maybe a pasta maker […]
How Impression-Based KPIs Drive Campaign Performance via @sejournal, @justinlugbill
Impressions to the right audience has value. Here are multiple indicators you can use to help you determine whether the channel or tactic is effective. The post How Impression-Based KPIs Drive Campaign Performance appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Rank Math WordPress SEO Plugin Adds IndexNow via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Bing announces that the IndexNow protocol added to Rank Math WordPress SEO Plugin – Hands-on review shows that indexing couldn’t be easier The post Rank Math WordPress SEO Plugin Adds IndexNow appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
How You Can Check The Reputation Of A Book Publisher
One of the most frequent questions new authors ask is about the reputation of a book publisher. With so many publishing options today, and a lot of unsolicited offers, it can be challenging to know who you can trust. A new author can ask questions on social media or blog comments, which can certainly help. But it’s always better to check with more reliable resources before you decide to use a publisher. Checking book publisher reputation Many authors choose to self-publish today. It’s by far the easiest route to take, and you are in complete control of the publishing process. […]
2022 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 25
For today’s prompt, let’s write something that ends with a promise. It could be that a promise is made from one character to another or that your character promises themselves something or is promised something or even that a promise is broken. Remember: As mentioned yesterday, these prompts are just starting points; you have the freedom to go wherever your flash of inspiration takes you. (Note: If you happen to run into any issues posting, please just send me an e-mail at mrichard@aimmedia.com with the subject line: Flash Fiction Challenge Commenting Issue.) Here’s my attempt at ending on a promise: […]
Bring Your Secret Skillsets to the Page
Every person’s life is unique, so why not borrow some of your own eccentricities for your fiction? If “eccentric” is a word you feel you couldn’t ever claim, let me give you another option: Borrow your secret skillsets. Everyone has them. How could yours embolden your storytelling? Whether your goals are to flesh out your protagonist, to intrigue your reader with little known facts sprinkled organically amidst your storyline, or to capture unique character behaviors and non-cliché plot points, leaning into your secret skillsets is one way to ensure you’re writing a story your readers haven’t read hundreds of times […]
BrightEdge Acquires Oncrawl To Help SEOs Do More With Data Science via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
BrightEdge, a leader in enterprise organic search and content performance, acquires Oncrawl “to make data science solutions more accessible to SEO professionals,” the company says. The post BrightEdge Acquires Oncrawl To Help SEOs Do More With Data Science appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
YouTube & Video Spam: A Guide For Content Creators & Marketers via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
Not sure if your content violates policy? This guide provides everything you need to know about YouTube and video spam (but were afraid to ask). The post YouTube & Video Spam: A Guide For Content Creators & Marketers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Hainka (Haiku and Tanka): A New Genre of Poetic Form
I feel poetry is a way of planting or rejuvenating new trees from the aesthetic old seeds, thus the poetic endeavor of experimentation and newness. I had coined the idea, precisely on the day 21st March 2016, of the fusion version of ‘haiku and tanka.’ Later the linking and repetition of the ‘fragment’ of the haiku as the ‘pivot line’ (kakekatoba) of the following tanka and its literary relevance have been conceived in the evolvement of this new genre, hainka. The new form of poetry was well appreciated by Hedonori Hiruta, Jim Kacian, Garry Eaton, Ion storr, Mohammad Helmi Al-Rishah, […]
Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Not Asking Questions in the Drafting 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 not asking questions in the drafting process. Writing […]