31 July 2016

How FundsForWriters.com taught me to be a successful writer


Once upon a time, there was a writer. She’d had over a hundred feature articles published in various magazines, before she heard about FundsForWriters.com. “Hey, I’m a writer! I bet I could tell other writers a thing or two, and earn fifty cool ones,” she thought. So she dashed off a submission to the editor, Hope Clark. It was rejected. She tried again. And again. She had to pitch four times before her fifth submission was finally accepted. Even then, the piece seemed so less-than-satisfactorily edited, it spawned not one but two irate editorials, back-to-back, on the importance of perfecting...

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Words from the Wise


"LOL Thanks for this cute piece."
C Hope Clark
Editor
Funds for Writers

1 July 2016

Need motivation? Stop writing! (Enter a writing contest instead)


The most assiduous writer comes face to face with Writer's Block occasionally. The hand tires of embellishing the 59th promotional copy for Kirk's Paving and Tiling Solutions Ltd, the soul wearies of deconstructing the 16th time Joe Hero battles sundry demons. Creative juices dry up, creative muses leave the building, inspiration imitates a certain 1985 DeLorean and vanishes in a puff of smoke, leaving behind only the dusty smouldering ashes of a burnt out freelancer or novelist.

So you seek a jump-start. Because you are a writer, and write you must.

Disregard everything...


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600 words
Nonfiction

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Words from the Wise


"Enjoyed the contest piece!"
C Hope Clark
Editor
Funds for Writers