RADIO AND TELEVISION SALARY SURVEY
Find out how your salary compares to others in this industry by checking out the results of RTNDA/Ball State University's Annual Survey.

A Barebones Guide to Writing Successful Press Releases
Read Dr. Randall Hansen's excellent guide online.

Advice on Novel Writing

Articles from The Writer's Workshop
Site offers a changing selection of articles about writing from fiction to nonfiction and everything in between.

Authors & The IRS Code:
Some savvy information about reporting writing income to the IRS.

Benjamin Franklin Autobiography
Read one the most famous autobiographies ever published.

Business Writing: Online Article
Read about some basics of business writing that will surely benefit your own productions.

Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
A published science fiction author offers some advice based on past experience.

Conquering the Fear of Fine Print in the Publishing Contract

Contract Tips by Florida Lawyer
Free legal advice about writing contracts that "stay out of court." Tips are useful for freelancers and small business owners.

Contracts Watch
Excellent source for information about current issues involving contracts courtesy of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Creative Pages - Web Writing Tips
These tips offer insight into the difference between writing content for Web pages vs. writing copy for print publications.

Critiquing the Wild Writer: It's Not What You Say, But How You Say It
Great article by Andrew Burt that offers helpful advice for writers, who join critique groups online.

Editing Made Easy

Eight Great Ways to Jump-Start Your Writing
Ideas to overcome writer's block.

Entrancing Grabbers
At a loss for words to get your article started? Tara Farmer offers some good suggestions to get you going.

eReleases
Learn how to write a press release from a leading PR website.

Fiction Writer's Character Chart
Fill out this Free chart to help you get a firm grip on your major characters.

Five Golden Rules For Beginning Writers
A feature article from "the Art of Writing" with great tips for new writers.

Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books
Veteran editor William Germano offers a good introduction to the book biz is the lengthy chapter "What Do Publishers Do?"

GETTING PUBLISHED
A bestselling novelist shares seven powerful tips for getting your manuscripts published.

Giving Your Characters Their Own Voice
Debra Dixon delivers a good guide to developing dialogue and creating characters that talk to your readers.

Glossary of Writing Careers
Get the inside scoop on more than 50 possible types of jobs for writers in this superior article written by John Hewitt, Director of the Writer's Resource Center.

HOT TIPS for Hot Writers
Published author of "erotic writing" shares several helpful articles about this genre.

How Long Should Your Story Be?

How to be a freelance writer
Details from Digital Women about a career as a freelance writer.

How to Search for a Poem
Learn how to find the poetry you're looking for online.

How To Smell A Scam
Marcia Yudkin, published author of "Writing Articles About the World Around You" and several other books, provides valuable details so "You Too Can Sniff Out Scams!" including Six "Tell-tale Signs of Scams."

How to Write Effective Text
Wisdom for developing your web pages.

How to Write Great Queries without Resorting to Threats, Bribery or Coercion
Very honest and helpful tips from Wendy Keller of ForthWrite Literary Agency.

How To Write Your Own Book
Article from homebiztools.com provides some good information about becoming a "home-based publisher" of books, booklets and related products.

How-to Articles
Several articles offer good tips to improve your writing.

How-to Articles for Writers
If you're looking for inspiration, check out several articles written by Stephanie Bond before she sold her first book...

How Well Do You Know Your Character?

Inverted pyramid format
Confused about how to create an inverted pyramid? The explanation offered by a Journalism Professor, Ken Blake, Ph.D., at this site should clarify the format for you.

Is Print-on-Demand (POD) for me?

John Steinbeck and Advice for Beginning Writers
Learn from a legend...

Karleen Bradford, Author: Help Page
Professional author offers several articles for writers about topics like, query letters and writer's block.

Lifestory Online Writing Clinic
Tips to get you started, a suggested list of topics for your stories, and more.

Man in the Arena by Theodore Roosevelt
Inspiration for writers - an excerpt from Roosevelt's Citizenship in A Republic.

Negotiating the Electronic Publishing Agreement

On self-publishing: a guide
Options for unpublished writers to consider.

Online Storytelling Forms

Online Technical Writing
Article provides several techniques for "Power-Revision," identifies common problems, like weak verbs, sentence length, and redudant phrasing, and offers suggestions to maximize your writing skills.

Out Of Your Head
Two professionals provide writing tips about conflict and creating characters for aspiring authors.

Plot Devices
Helpful tips to develop your plot outline and related processes.

Point of View
Shannah Biondine provides helpful tips about how to effectively use point of view in your writing.

Poetry Contest Caution
Every writer who has ever entered a contest should read this!

Poetry Contest Scams and Rip-offs
Find facts about how you can tell if a contest is legitimate.

Poetry Writing Tips
Read personal tips from a published professional!

Press Release Content Basics

Publicity Articles
Get some free tips on how to write press releases and where to send them.

Putting A Price On Your Capabilities: How To Set Your Fees As A Freelance Writer
Debra Jason, "The How-To Writer," explains how to calculate what your writing is worth.

Quick Reference For Writers
Find details on POV, Formatting Electronic Submissions, and Using Internet Search Sites.

Sample Non-Fiction Book Proposal

Screenwriting Style

Searching and Researching on the Internet and the WWW
Learn almost anything you ever wanted to know about how to research online from search engine strategies to information about how to use directories and virtual libraries.

Some Observations on Copyright Law
Get some good insight on copyright issues from Ronald B. Standler...

Special Feature: Fluff & Contender2000
The official CONTENTIOUS rundown of some of the best and worst content on business Web sites today. Find out what's working and what's not and why.

Story development
Dorian Scott Cole offers useful insight on idea development and more...

Story Molecule
Get tips to improve the elements of your stories...

The Art of Writing E-mail
Basic suggestions for writing better email messages by Gerardo San Diego.

THE HOW-DO-I-GET-IT-PUBLISHED QUIZ
Although this was originally published in 1994, it still offers great answers to various questions about how to get published.

The Secret of My Success
One published author with years of experience shares some of his secrets.

The Stacks
Browse NetAuthor's impressive Library of Articles for writers.

The Truth About Publishing
Get honest insight from professional writer, David Paul Shreiner, Orpheus Enterprises.

Tips For A Better Work-For-Hire Contract from NWU
A great guide for writers working under contract created by the National Writers Union.

Top Ten Things to Negotiate

Twenty Writing Tools
Don't miss this list of tools for writers to utilize as they work with sentences, language, structure and more integral topics provided for free by the Director of the National Writers' Workshop, Roy Peter Clark.

Two Ways to Block Writer's Block
Get a quick fix to end your frustration in this short but informative article by Michael A. Banks.

UK Writer's Circles articles
Read a few good articles for writers on this extensive site.

What Every Writer Should Know About Copyright

What is good hypertext writing?
Read one writer's honest opinion about why "There is more to writing than putting words next to each other, and there is more to writing hypertext than throwing together a bunch of links..."

Worldwide Freelance Writer
Various articles featuring helpful information for writers seeking to break into freelancing.

Write For Your Supper
Good article about how to become a freelance writer written by Teraisa J. Goldman.

Writer's Universe
Free resource site created by The Write Touch to provide links to extensive articles, resources, and tips helpful to writers.

Writing For Magazines
Twelve New Things Writers Must Do Today to Make Money by Meg Weaver.

Writing For Multimedia
Great article about how to write effectively on the web.

Writing for the Web
An independently published article by Nancy DuVergne Smith that compares writing for broadcast and writing for the Web.

Writing for the Web
A resource guide from Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox that lists good information about writing for the Web.

Writing Tips and Articles from Books By Bill
Find helpful information on topics like - creating your character, self-publishing and more...