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Use Real Life Experiences in Your Writing

Growing up I can remember many English teachers telling us to write using a memory or experience we went through. If you’ve ever attended a writing class you’ve probably heard the phrase, “write what you know,” more than once from an English professer. Hearing that advice, I immediately processed my life, and realized it was not exciting enough to write about. Many years past before I realized that I could use different experiences in my life. . Certain moments could be drawn back on to write about a similar experience perhap with a character. Using real life experience should only be done if it applies to the story. If there is a certain memory or feeling that you can convey in your story, and it fits, that’s when you should use your memories and feelings.

Many authors have done just this. Remember Stephen King, when he got into a car accident, he used that experience and wrote Misery.

Anne Rice is another example. In one of her books a vampire becomes human again and the detail of him eating food for the very first time is amazing. Where do you think these authors got such detail and feeling? They tapped into their own memories and wrote about it.

Using life events makes your story or novel more realistic to the reader. Think about strong moments or memories you may have, think about how you felt. How would your character feel if something similar happened to them? Think aboutt how you felt, what you were thinking etc. If you do use real life experiences in your novel, make sure the story benefits from it. If you can’t fit it in to your plot smoothly, don’t.

By using real life experiences in your writing you’ll not only connect with your readers, you’ll also make your characters more realistic.

To find out more check out real life experience. Or check out creative writing tips.

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Sales Letter Writing: Tips On How To Be A Better Writer

Successful internet marketers were able to reach their high profit goals because they worked hard for it. There is no true get rich quick scheme, and the closest that you can get to it is by earning a few hundreds or thousands of dollars using shady techniques that will not last long. Either the search engines eventually find out about it and get you penalized or that technique easily becomes obsolete. The true road to online business success is perseverance, a good product or service to offer your customers, and often, a well written sales letter. Just ask Yanik Silver and all the other similarly successful internet marketers and they will surely agree to these qualities.

That is why it is important that you will be able to create a convincing and effective sales copy. You need one that will actually result to a high conversion percentage and not just to inform your customer about your service or product. Because if your letter does the latter, then it is not a sales copy but more of a typical advertisement. And that is the difference between an ad and a sales letter. A sales copy always has a call to action and it should focus more on the benefits and not just on the features of the product.

But there is more to sales letter writing that has been mentioned already. The following are some tips that you can follow to help improve your writing skills.

Brush up on your grammar.

Many people tend to disregard the importance of good grammar, but in writing sales letters, all the more that you should practice it. From the right subject and verb agreement to correct spelling, all of these contribute to adding a sense of reputation to your sales copy and to yourself as well. The problem with many internet marketers, they do not value the power of good grammar. To them as long as they can put together words into sentences and then sentences into paragraphs, then they are all good to go. If you want an effective sales letter, you need to write it perfectly. If you cannot do it right, at least hire a good copywriter for the job.

Get Yourself A Mentor

Many years ago, and perhaps it is still happening today, the best way for a person to learn a craft is by studing under the tutelage of a master craftsman. So if you wanted to be a cook, you study under a great chef. The same goes with writing although it is not anymore practical to spend months and even years to actually work, physically, right beside an accomplished copywriter. This is where home study courses can be most effective. You get to study on your own time and at your own pace.

Get some sales letter templates.

This is one of the quickest approach to improving your sales copy writing. You can get the Instant Sales Letters or similar packages where you are given a variety of sales letters that you can modify, rewrite and adapt to your specific marketing needs. The format of the letter is there you just have to fill in the details. Of course you still have to edit your final letter so that it can be free of grammar errors and that the sentences flow smoothly and convincingly.

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