pog_dynasty asked:


I’m applying for a copy writing internship and I need an example of my prose writing. Just curious to what would be the best suggested piece that I should submit to the company.

Please serious answers only.

AJAX asked:


How much do song writers sell their songs for to big stars like Lil Wayne and 50 Cent please be clear and a good answer to Thank You

guitarbound2004 asked:


I want to major in English and write. Will there be a need for online writers?

Keep Your Damn ‘Change’ asked:


Im writing an essay right now, and Im suffering from writer’s block.What do you personally do to help relieve writers block?
Im writing an essay about my prolife stance.

Cookie asked:


I always have trouble getting motiveted to start writing my paper, mostly cause I have to write it on things I’m not that interested in. So what are your sugestions on what I can do?

Leo asked:


I am looking for a collection of either stories or poetry by southern writers. I am looking for names of the books or names of southern writers. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

The headline is the most important part of your story. The reason for this is that five times more people read a headline than the body copy of a story. Think about how you read a newspaper or a magazine. Most likely you scan the headlines and only read the news stories and advertisements that have a headline that catches your attention and interest. That is why writing an attention grabbing headline is so vitally important.

Writing headlines is a skill that you will learn with practice and patience. It is worth the work of writing good headlines, because one headline can out produce another headline by as much as 1800% with no change in the body of the story at all. That means that a promotion which made $1,000 could have made as much as $18,000 just by changing the headline. Suddenly, a promotion that could have been unsuccessful has the potential to be a real moneymaker.

An effective headline will capture the reader’s attention and create a desire to continue reading your story. For this reason, your headline is the most important part of your message. Without your headline driving people to read your message, you will not have readers. You may have written the most wonderful message ever, but it will produce nothing if your headline does not capture the reader’s interest and desire to act. Headlines have the power to tap into your emotions, wants and needs. Simple words can have a significant psychological impact on you. When you see or read something that caters to your desires you tend to act on that desire to satisfy it. You feel that you must read on to see how the website is going to help you.

With this in mind, what should the headline say or do to attract attention? A good headline will attract attention, be easy to read, and create enough curiosity to cause a reader to continue on to the rest of the story. Use strong “power words” like Free, Breakthrough, Sale, and Secret. Simply using words like these along with words like Shed and Amazing will create a strong sense of emotion in the reader. They will become intrigued by the words and convinced to read on. The effect these power words have is almost hypnotic. Other power words such as Discover, Build, Learn, Fast, and Sell also encourage the reader to stay on your page and read more of your story.

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The One Truth asked:


I admit I have asked for suggestions on names a few times. I don’t ever actually use the names suggested, but they do actually help me come up with names. However, I find that many people have a negative impression towards writers who ask for suggestions of names in several of similar questions I have seen. I want to know what you think. Most people just point to character engines and stuff or say come up with your own name. Isn’t the point of posting such a question is to get public opinion and suggestions. Tell me what you think.
Wow we seem divided on this one. I agree that the writer has to create it themselves, but are you saying asking for public opinion sampling is wrong.

jeremyandrew.king asked:


See, I have been looking for a job and it is hell over here in the central valley. Job outlook is horrible and I need to make some money quickly. I have been depressed because all this job hunting has taken up all my time and I haven’t written in a while. Are they things I can do for writing that can make me some extra cash quickly? Like a magazine or whatever. Please help, i need cash soon for January.

Combogalis asked:


I’m planning on becoming a writer and I was wondering how it is that writers find freelance work and what type of freelance work is available other than newspapers and magazines.
Edit: The only grammatical error is that I forgot to make it “for newspapers”