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3 Things The Golden Age Of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Did Better

3 Things Authors Of The Golden Age Of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Did Better

Posted on 21st February 2019

This will be a post on the great and terrible authors of the speculative genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy. I will be looking at them and their works from the angle of what makes them worth reading. I will also look at what lessons a…

Poetry 101: Kinds Of Poems – Free Verse

Posted on 20th February 2019

In the previous post, we discussed the sonnet, which has a specific structure and is divided into stanzas with a set number of lines, which must then have the right number of syllables, for example. So, it seems easy to say that Free Verse is…

Why Business People Need Plot And Story Too

Posted on 19th February 2019

Guest Post Can the corporate world use the tools of a fiction writer? What part can character and plot play in business communication? Storytelling in the business world When I talk about telling stories at work, I don't mean gossiping around the water cooler. While…

Richard Ford’s 10 Rules For Writing Fiction

Posted on 16th February 2019

Richard Ford is an American novelist and short story writer. He has written several novels, a memoir, and a number of short story collections. He was born 16 February 1944. Despite suffering from mild dyslexia, Ford became interested in books. He says that it may have aided…

Poetry 101: Kinds Of Poems – The Sonnet

Posted on 13th February 2019

In the coming months I would like to discuss various forms of poetry. There are many, many different kinds of poems. Some have very little, or seemingly no structure, like free verse poetry, and others have rigid guidelines and even syllables that have to be…

Joy Williams’ 8 Essential Attributes Of The Short Story

Posted on 11th February 2019

Joy Williams is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Her novels include The Quick and the Dead and State of Grace. She was born 11 February 1944. She explores 'the failure of life in America, from a spiritual as well as economic perspective, as a virtual certainty.…

How To Write The Tragic Love Story – A 10-Step Formula

Posted on 8th February 2019

If you’re a writer with no date this Valentine’s Day or you have an idea for a dark love story brooding in your imagination, carry on reading. When it doesn’t have a happy ever after The anecdote My young friend – let’s call him Wade…

Submit Your First Poem For 2019

Posted on 7th February 2019

Welcome to all the poets who have joined the 12 Poems Challenge. Here’s to #12/12. This is the first deadline of our first poetry challenge. I will accept and approve posts for Both Sides from 7 February 2019, 8:00 (Johannesburg time | GMT +2:00), until 8 February…

What’s The Difference Between An Autobiography And A Memoir?

Posted on 6th February 2019

What is the difference between an Autobiography and a Memoir? Both memoirs and autobiographies are based on truth and both require lots of research, but there are significant differences between the two. An Autobiography: Is usually written by a famous person. Makes use of documentary…

10 SEO Copywriting Tips For Beginners

Posted on 4th February 2019

If you blog, you will want to rank highly in search engines. To do this, you need to write content that helps Google understand it in order to rank it. Using these 10 SEO copywriting tips in your blog posts will help you. What is…