Award-winning, note-worthy writers train daily, love language, and have the persistence to keep going even in the face of rejection.

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Rising to a challenge, stimulates ideas, strengthens creative muscle, and gives you repeatable, significant results.

The bikini has been popular for 74 years, due to 4 brilliant marketing strategies. You can use these to make your product an iconic success.

A Q-Factor is the quality of your idea plus your ability to carry the idea through. A high Q-Factor plus persistence equals success.

Rick Bragg shares his reasons for writing memoir. His reasons are my reasons. They're the same as any other writer's considering a memoir.

The history-making May 24th, 2020 issue of The New York Times made headlines of its own because of its focus on the ultimate power of WORDS

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Grammarly is privately-held company that provides artificial-intelligence software that improves writing skills and assesses tone.

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