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Three Persuasive Techniques for Writers

The art of persuasion was a mainstay of Aristotle’s teachings over 2000 years ago. Aristotle taught three persuasion techniques, which he called ethos, pathos and logos. These techniques have been...

Maintaining a Postitive Attitude

“Mastering the mental game as a writer is really about keeping your positive attitude and motivation even when you don’t feel like it. It’s about ignoring the naysayers and believing that the writer’s...

When You Add Humor to Your Writing, How Do You Let Readers Know You’re Laughing?

Somehow, while trying to get an idea for today’s post, I came across an article at Writer’s Digest, How to Mix Humor into Your Writing by Leigh Anne Jasheway. If you’ve not read it, you should as Leigh...

How do you know if a writing career is for you?

I have never been one for planning. Before I landed at The Blue Inkwell, I never had any real goals. I had no idea where life was taking me. I was just Crystal; a woman who has spent most of her life working...

Life: Which Race Are You Winning?

I wanted to apologize for not posting yet this week, but between trying to finish up a big project and everything else going on, it’s been hard to keep my head together. The big project has been fabulous!...

Four Funny Writers and a Humorous Website

I often think things in life are taken a little too serious and sometimes we get so caught up in working our asses off to pay bills, we forget to simply smile, let alone laugh about something. I know around...