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How to Start a Career as a Writer
If you can't help but write down your ideas, and would love to see them come to life on the page, a career as a writer could be the perfect way to turn a writing hobby in to an enjoyable (and maybe even lucrative) career. Get a handle on what it takes to get over the first inevitable rejection, and learn how to push on to make money by doing what you love ...
Write What You WANT TO Know
Does the advice of countless English teachers and mentors, "Write what you know!" ring in your brain when you sit down to gather article topics? Here is a refreshing counterpoint to that refrain from a successful freelancer that may open your creative talents to new worlds waiting to be explored and developed by your writing skills...
Pop Culture Imitates Life - Damon Runyon's Influence on Modern Media
One of the first American writers to glorify crime bosses and lowlifes, writer and reporter Damon Runyon portrayed New York City's colorful characters of the 1920s and '30s so indelibly that his legacy still lives on in American popular culture. Programs like NYPD Blue and The Sopranos have characters based on the glamorized hoodlums of Runyon's prose...

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