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This is the second in a series of three articles providing you with specific strategies for putting your brain to work for you when writing.

As part of the essential research you should do before starting to write, it?s a good idea to begin by defining your audience - the people who will read, see or hear the message in your content. Although often taken for granted, this process is crucial to achieving effective writing - and everything related to what you write will flow out of it.

As a small business owner, unless you have an assistant, you will be doing your own administration, paperwork and writing including letters, quotes, briefs etc. Incorrect punctuation can really have a detrimental impact on the image you present to your customers (and potential customers) and to associates. Using punctuation correctly enhances your effectiveness as a communicator and the image of yourself and your business that you are presenting.

This is the third in a series of articles with brain-tempting tips that will enable you to make your dream of authoring a book a reality.

As you write your own book, you may find you want to use material that has been previously published. You might want to cite a research study, or use a quote from a famous person. In some situations, you are free to do that, but in many others you have to request permission from the organization that published the information or from the person who you want to quote.

Developing rapport is a critical element of any effective presentation. But an even bigger part is the first two seconds you come in contact with your audience. Within that short time, they've already formed an opinion of you. Here are the things you should know in order to influence that initial decision.

Character development is paramount to a successful story. In this article we?ll explore how to determine your character?s essential essences, definitive moments in their past, resulting behaviors and emotions, and then LET THEM PLAY! You will learn how to create convincing characters that are real and will truly excite your readers.

One form of effective communication is the concise question. And, you'll be better able to ask concise questions if you know what kind of information you want, stay focused on one issue at a time, and listen as carefully as you speak.

Your Life Experiences and Passion position you with the natural readiness to make recommendations to others. It?s human nature. You do it all the time in small ways.

I made what I consider to be 3 common public speaking mistakes recently when I was introducing someone. For some strange reason, I thought I didn't need to practice what I was going to say out loud. This caused me to relearn 3 very important things. Read this article to discover what they are.

There are now many opportunities in writing magazine articles to make some extra money to top up your income. Writing articles is however an art form that requires passion to achieve the best results

Advice and suggestions for those wishing to discover how they could start earning money by writing online.

There are plenty of articles about how to be a successful freelance writer and all have lots of good tips of how to achieve it. But with all that information out there about to be a successful freelance writer, I thought it quicker, simpler and easier to understand if I told you how NOT to be a successful freelance writer, so here goes...

Grammatical errors can do terrible things to your professional credibility. See how many of these common mistakes you can correct.

Johannes Gutenberg changed the world with movable type press; the world has been changed in our own lifetime by the Internet. Both events impact writers. For the savvy writer willing to learn new skills and pioneer a whole new way of doing things, online work is a great bonanza. Writers who prefer the ink-and-paper world, be warned. Things are changing!

Taking a look at screenwriting.

Shows authors how to get celebrity book endorsements and testimonials.

Many people not only want to author a book, but they want the book to be commercially successful. If you want to write a book that is a best seller, there are things you need to do in the creation of the book.

Writers used to depend on publishers or businesses for their living. Today, writers willing to think outside the box can use Internet business models to construct viable businesses based on content. In order to do this, writers need to learn about the Internet and various business models there and then do what they do best--write.

Public speaking is one of the most common fears around. Ironically, public speaking is a mandatory task for career success and social advancement (through networking or charity work). Even getting together with a group of people for after-work drinks can be viewed by some as a presentation! In this article, you will discover how you can start to conquer the fear of public speaking with preparation & practice.

Professional writers can specialize in a narrow field of expertise or they can be generalists, writing about anything and everything. While most writers like to be generalists and think it offers better opportunities, the fact is that it is the specialist writer who stands the better chance of succeeding as a professional writer.

The internet is new, so why do critics insist on seeing it as a mere reflection of existing systems and cultural norms? Bloggers aren't journalists and people who write articles for the web aren't media pundits. We're in a New World and old traditions are dying. Isn't that the truth?

Encouragement and advice for screenwriters.

Bad day? If you're already feeling bad, it's hard enough to cope with the 'here and now'. And who knows what disasters tomorrow may bring? Talk to Mike Scantlebury and hear why it's a good idea to 'pick yourself up' and start again, but even better to brush off the dust of defeat as well as keeping your head out of the clouds of what might be coming. (It might not.) Let's talk about 'now'. What can we do - today?

When writing very technical or complicated information for a lay audience, such as writing about medical products for prospective patients, it's a good idea to subject the material to the "mom test." Although it may sound silly to use your mom (or other willing relative) as your free focus group, we have had great success and gotten lots of good ideas from "the mom test."

Writers who want to work online often approach niches like writing topics, but that can be misleading! An ink-and-paper writer seeks the scoop, the untold story. But for online projects, it is much better to create a website or information product that taps into a pre-existing online community. In other words, finding a busy niche and a lot of competition can be a good thing for a successful online writing venture!

Not only is it still possible for a person to earn a good living as a writer, there are opportunities available today for writers that hold unique promise. However, writing is a business and needs to be treated like a business. For those willing to do the right things, there has probably never been a better time to be a writer.

Being aware of paralinguistic vocal strengths and weaknesses will allow you to subtly influence your speaking and listening so that you can become a more powerful communicator. This article highlights common paralinguistic vocal cues and examples.

What year is it? What century are we living in? It seems like Traditional Publishers don't know. They like to pretend that 'publishing is a business' and that it's 'all about the money', then they pick and choose authors like they're actually the aristocratic Patrons of old, preferencing grand and flowery Literature over best-selling schlock. What's up with these guys? Can't they make up their minds?

Why would any struggling author want to risk the ritual humiliation of submitting their works to Traditional Publishers when there is a new modern alternative? Mike Scantlebury starts to lay out the 7 Levels of achievement if publishing in a challenging and thought provoking way.