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2022 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 18
As always, if you’re on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram (or anywhere else), don’t forget to use the #FlashFictionFeb hashtag. There are a lot of ways to write about time. Is it running out? Stretching out? Suspended? Is it being represented by a clock or a time machine? Is your character trying to get it back or are they trying to extend it? For today’s prompt, let’s write about time. 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 […]
Google Highlights Performance Max Campaigns In Weekly PPC Chat via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
The weekly PPC Chat hosted on Twitter focused on the new campaign type Performance Max. Advertisers discussed the pros, cons, and wishes for them. The post Google Highlights Performance Max Campaigns In Weekly PPC Chat appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
We’re Looking For A Unicorn… via @sejournal, @itsduhnise
We’re looking for a data-driven, curious, and supportive editorial leader who knows marketing inside and out. Is that you? The post We’re Looking For A Unicorn… appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Gal Beckerman: On How Change Happens
Gal Beckerman is the senior books editor at The Atlantic and former editor at The New York Times Book Review and the author of When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone, which won the National Jewish Book Award and Sami Rohr Prize and was named a best book of the year by The New Yorker and The Washington Post. He has a PhD in media studies from Columbia University and writes for many publications, including The New Republic and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters. Find him on Twitter and Facebook. […]
Writer’s Digest March/April 2022 Cover Reveal
Exploring Point of View Point of view is one of the first things writers learn about creative writing, yet it’s also one of the hardest things to master. It involves at a minimum: choosing the right POV for your story, making sure you don’t break the guidelines of that POV and inadvertently take readers out of the narrative, but also experimenting with POV to better serve your story … It’s a lot to consider and in this issue, we explore it all. [Subscribe to Writer’s Digest now for this to be your first issue.] Articles include: + All About Omniscience: […]
Could 57% Of North American SMBs Still Lack An SEO Strategy? via @sejournal, @mirandalmwrites
A recent survey of 600 SMBs shows 57% do not have an SEO strategy – and 23% have no plans to create one this year. The post Could 57% Of North American SMBs Still Lack An SEO Strategy? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google And The Right To Be Forgotten via @sejournal, @brockcooper1
Learn how the Right to be Forgotten works, which allows people to request URL delisting on Google, but only for certain countries. The post Google And The Right To Be Forgotten appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Brand Logos: 19 Logo Examples, Samples, & Sources of Inspiration
When it comes to your business’ branding strategy, establishing a logo is one of the most critical tasks. Your logo will be pervasive throughout your marketing campaigns, and it’s one of the most prominent branding elements people will think of when someone mentions your company. Mounting research backs up how important a logo can be to your brand. In fact, a recent study from the Journal of Marketing Research found that an effectively designed logo can “influence brand evaluations, purchase intentions, and brand performance.” Not sure what it takes to create a killer brand logo? To give you a better […]
2022 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 17
In my very first creative writing class in college, I remember my professor ripping pages out of a book of photos, crumpling them, and putting them in a bag. We would reach into the bag and pick out a page, uncrumple it, and then whatever object was pictured was what we had to use as inspiration to write. Instead of a book of photos, here’s a list of just a few objects: Hammer Key Fishing pole Lamp Book Bottle For today’s prompt, use one or more of these objects to inspire your story! Remember: As mentioned yesterday, these prompts are […]
10 Things to Consider When Writing About Obsession in Fiction
Obsession can be a powerful engine in fiction writing. Your main character might be fixated on another person, or an object, or a task. Yet by its nature, their desire cannot be satisfied. Getting more leads to wanting more. Obstacles only make the need stronger. (Kiare Ladner: On Anticipating False Summits) As the stakes increase, obsession brings a natural arc to your story. Tension rises and rises until … what? In the end, something has to give, whether it is the obsession itself or the main character’s sanity or their life. Sound easy? Nothing’s ever as easy as it sounds […]