Make Your Writing Funny: Poking Fun at Others
One of the best parts about humor writing is that it’s a perfectly acceptable way to make fun of people. When you just call someone a moronic, womanizing jerk, that’s mean. When you compare someone’s...
View Article5 Ways to Turn Your Freelance Writing Services Into Products
When you work as a freelance writer, you’re a service provider. Selling products is technically something different. But that doesn’t mean you can’t incorporate other income streams into your business....
View ArticleMake Your Writing Funny: Improving Diction of Humor
Humor’s on a different level than other forms of writing when it comes to readability. In fiction you can afford to be elaborate, but humor needs to fire right out of the gate or it’ll flop. That being...
View ArticleMake Your Writing Funny – How To Steal Jokes From Others (Somewhat)
In the world of fiction, copying passages from other stories and trying to publish them as your own is plagarism. In the world of comedy, it’s just another way to write. Of course, I don’t want you...
View ArticleMake Your Writing Funny – My Favorite Comedy Writing Books
I used several great books to develop my comedy writing skills. I’ve been using this column to teach you bits and pieces from each of these, along with a mix of my own techniques, but if you want a...
View ArticleAre You an Indie Publisher? Join Me at the New AllIndiePublishing.com!
Well, it’s official. It’s launch day! My new indie publishing blog — and sister site to All Freelance Writing — is up and running at AllIndiePublishing.com. If you’re an indie book publisher or indie...
View ArticleMake Your Writing Funny: How To Create Jokes On The Can
People who know me know that I talk to myself a lot. Hey, I was a lonely kid – no wonder I make an excellent conversational partner. Then again, I think one of my favorite cartoon characters summed it...
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Freelance Writers: Making Time for Fiction Writing
The following is a guest post from KeyboardHussy, Evelyn Lafont. Evelyn Lafont All hail and well-met fellow freelancers (that has to be the dorkiest opening line ever written on any guest post, ever)!...
View ArticleBook Club Pick – Damn! Why Didn’t I Write That?
Now that the book club forum design issues should all be taken care of, it’s time to kick-start our writers’ book club again! And we’re bringing it back with a new book for authors and aspiring authors...
View ArticleBuilding New Income Streams When Client Work is Slow
This article is a part of a five post series for Demand Media Studios writers and others interested in leaving content mills and other low paying freelance writing jobs behind. We’ve already looked at...
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