Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on September 15, 2008.
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I am currently in the process of migrating the content of The Blue Rose Bouquet online magazine from BlueRoses.com to its new home on BlueRoseBouquet.com. Now that the archives for the Writing Woes comic strip have been moved, I’m starting with the oldest short stories, humor, essays, and articles in The Blue Rose Bouquet archives and working my way forward.
During this transition, the Home page for The Blue Rose Bouquet will remain on BlueRoses.com. Any page that has been migrated to BlueRoseBouquet.com automatically (and conveniently) will update to its new location; however, you will need to use the back button to navigate to the links for some of the existing pages.
In the meantime, I continue to dream of that Someday™ when I’ll have a staff to help me with all of my housekeeping chores.
Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on September 9, 2008.
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The archives for the Writing Woes comic strip are now at home on the new site for The Blue Rose Bouquet.
Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 22, 2008.
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Academic writing includes research papers, master’s theses, and dissertations.
“Academic writing sometimes seems like a tricky task because most disciplines want you to use certain conventions. As with any other writing project, you should read papers and books in the relevant discipline before writing your own papers.” –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 21, 2008.
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Business writing can range from writing announcements, formal letters and e-mail, proposals and requests for proposal (RFP), press packets, publicity, and sales letters. Business Writing Guides help point you in the correct directions by providing instruction on how to complete specific business writing tasks. Business Style Guides further help by showing you how to adapt your writing so that it complies with what’s expected in business writing.
“Success in business relies on effective communication, which can take many forms. Understanding the particular formats needed for specific business writing tasks is the first step in achieving that necessary ability to communicate effectively.” –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 15, 2008.
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Whether you or your organization have a need to apply for a grant or want to undertake another form of fundraising, in The Everything Improve Your Writing Book you’ll learn there are certain rules that apply.
Defining Your Goals
Make a wish list. Grab a piece of paper and write down everything you’d like to see accomplished. If you’re working with a group, brainstorm all the ideas you can come up with. The sky’s the limit on this one-just keep writing down ideas, no matter how ludicrous or bizarre they seem. This is a great way for generating ideas. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 14, 2008.
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Everybody likes to laugh. It’s therapeutic. It’s nonfattening. It’s fun! Even more satisfying than laughing yourself is the ability to make others do so. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
Like so many things in life, humor is a skill. Perfecting a skill takes work — and, in this case, study. Before you put your personal humor-writing abilities into practice, it helps to learn and understand the theories and concepts on what makes something funny.
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 11, 2008.
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Whenever you’re writing for publication, there are certain rules to follow. Manuscript style preferences and submission standards vary from publisher to publisher-and by imprint within larger publishing conglomerates. Submission standards for fiction also vary from those for nonfiction. The content needs and expectations for general interest publications differ significantly from those of academic, literary, religious, and scientific periodicals. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 8, 2008.
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Whether it’s for a Web site, e-mail, or other electronic media, writing for the Web has its own rules and conventions.
New rules have surfaced since the advent of the Internet; it, too, requires its own unique approach. With high-speed Internet access more widely available, keeping page-loading times short isn’t as important as it once was, but readers still expect information to be presented in much smaller segments. That’s why in most cases, short paragraphs and clear and concise language are a must. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 7, 2008.
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Whenever you’re writing for publication, there are certain rules to follow. Manuscript style preferences and submission standards vary from publisher to publisher-and by imprint within larger publishing conglomerates. Submission standards for fiction also vary from those for nonfiction. The content needs and expectations for general interest publications differ significantly from those of academic, literary, religious, and scientific periodicals. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 3, 2008.
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The ability to write clear and concise documents can be an asset for any professional. When it comes to writing technical or scientific documents, it’s essential. Whether your intent is to translate technical terms and instructions into language that anyone can understand or to explain a scientific process to another scientist, there’s no room for ambiguity in technical writing. –from The Everything Improve Your Writing Book by Pamela Rice Hahn
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A professional writer since 1984, Pamela Rice Hahn is the author of more than 20 published books.