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How Transportation Theory Can Help Your Writing Captivate Readers

Compelling writing can transport you to another dimension full of Gary’s. You come home after a long day at the office and enter your apartment building. You stroll wearily to the open elevator, looking forward to a refreshing PB&T sammich. Unfortunately, your annoying 13th-floor neighbor Gary has just come through the front door, noticed you, …

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Anne Rice Wrote Interview With a Vampire as a Way to Deal With Her Daughter’s Tragic Death

It’s a common trope that to create true art in this world, you have to go through true tragedy first. And in the case of Anne Rice, unfortunately, it seemed to be more true than ever. Bohemian Roots Born in 1941 to a Bohemian mother and a quirky postman father, Anne had a strange childhood, …

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Increase Your Article Views 25% By Writing For a 6th Grade Reading Level

Image created and owned by Author in Midjourney If you’re anything like me and are obsessed with getting more eyeballs on your articles, then this post might help you with that. We often read a lot about various tricks of the trade to help our stories and articles perform better. This one focuses on an …

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Listening to Music Can Hurt Your Writing Productivity

Do you listen to music when you write? It seems that the majority of writers do. But the science behind you blasting Metallica while writing (as Stephen King used to do) is starting to say maybe you shouldn’t. Recent studies have shown that listening to background noise — especially pop hits — can actually hinder your writing. “Tasks that …

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Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions: A Handy Little Writing Tool

“Change happens in the boiler room of our emotions. So find out how to light their fires.” — Jeff Dewar Headlines are the beginning of the reading journey. No matter how you cut it, your title determines how many people read your subtitle. Your subtitle determines how many people glance at your header image. Your header image …

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What is a Simile? Examples, Definitions, and How to Create Them

A simile is a figure of speech comparing two things, usually to emphasize or add imagination to a statement. Ever get bored of reading the dictionary? Or, like an owl trying to read a book during the daytime, did you just fall asleep? Most people don’t make dictionary reading a hobby for a simple reason — the …

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😎 Huge List of Unicode and Emoji Symbols to Copy and Paste 😀

  Here is a massive list (categorized of course) of emojis, symbols, Unicode characters, and pretty much everything else you would need to spruce up your essays, articles, and projects! Just copy and paste any of these symbols to use them. You can also try double-clicking a symbol to save time highlighting it. These symbols …

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