Writing Prompt 124 Do you think smear campaigns in politics are effective? Today’s prompt is inspired by Hilary Clinton’s recent comments in which she discussed the 2011 raid on Obama Bin Laden’s compound. Over the course of 25 minutes, Clinton described how she was in favor of the raid, which led to the eventual killing of Bin Laden. She also…
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Writing Prompt 123 Do you think the federal food stamp program should undergo reform as a Congressional money-saving measure? Now that the federal government shutdown is officially a thing of the past, thankfully, there are new political issues taking center stage. One of the issues quickly gaining attention is a dispute over whether the federal food stamp program should be…
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I hope you have decided to take the Write Nonfiction in November Challenge and join in the excitement of National Nonfiction Writing Month. (If you write fiction, you can try National Novel Writing Month.) When you set a goal to start and finish a work of nonfiction in a month, whether it’s a full-length book, a short ebook, an article,…
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Writing Prompt 122 Describe what is meant by a bipartisan resolution in Congress. The talk du jour in politics is the shutdown of the federal government and a looming deadline by which the members of Congress must come to an agreement in order to prevent the United States Treasury from defaulting. After sixteen days of keeping American citizens on edge…
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This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. No difference exists between the Promotion section you will create for your business plan and the one you would include in a book proposal. In both cases you tell a publisher—even when you are the publisher—what you…
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