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The Tower, The Village, The Path, and The Way

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Related Posts: The Tower The Front Nine: Now in Print Non-Friction A Wise Man and His Tools Empire Avenue State of Mind 6 comments   Get Livefyre FAQ Sign in + Follow Post comment Link Sort: Newest | Oldest ExtremelyAvg 5pts I have been sucked into games like the one you described and lost weeks and months. Just make sure that you do it.

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7 Mighty Keys to Become a Freelance God |

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Some claim that absolutely anyone can become a successful freelance copywriter, even those without writing skills or special expertise. At the very least, you must be an above-average writer with some selling skills and a firm grasp of your specialty. They want your fees, skills, service, knowledge, etc. That’s bunk.

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The secret to writing powerful words | Men With Pens

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It’s just in blog form. Fiction writing has begun courting me again and while I am playing hard to get, remembering that the writing itself is a form of play is encouraging. J/K I believe that truly good fiction writing requires more than just writing skill. I keep thinking of what my blog readers and family have said.

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Business Competition is Good | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

I have thrown most of my ideas out there in either book or blog form, hoping that I can profit from the implementation of those ideas. Even a skilled thief can only front it for so long before their incompetence shows through. I’d wager that most people properly attribute ideas via URLs and references.

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Did You Reach Your NaNoWriMo Goal?

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Love the six core skills idea. Rose – Those six core skills really come into play in the FIRST draft. Come on, Ro-Ro!) @ James: Yes, the six skills need to come into play in the first draft, but the truth is that if you spend your whole time focusing on Writing With These Qualities in Mind, your novel will come out stilted.

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Do Clients Need to Like You to Buy? | Men With Pens

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But trust comes in many forms, both short- and long term. However, being skilled at teaching a course on entrepreneurship, for example, can be very different from being an entrepreneur yourself. However, the daily tasks of running a business may demand a different set of skills than lecturing in a class-room full of doting freshmen.

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The Crucial Secret to Great Marketing | Men With Pens

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What they don’t tell you is that in order to do any of these things you should do, you need to master something else first – something more intangible, something more than a skill. The Secret Marketing Skill that Packs a Punch That’s the secret – confidence. Get branding. Find affiliates. All of that, yes.