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Professional bios are meant to impress the reader with your expertise, experience and, yes, your personality. What it’s not is your resume. Your bio is basically a short story about yourself, meant to convince the reader that you’re the person they want to hire, accept into a program, listen to at a conference, or even accept advice from. There are several ways to effectively write your bio without sabotaging your efforts. Here are just a few. #1  Keep it simple and to the po

We all know what an elevator pitch is, but I suspect not everyone knows how to craft one that really works for you – one that will be remembered long after the elevator ride is over.      We tend to craft elevator pitches by reciting a quick statement about who we are and what we do.      Example: “ Housing For The Homeless provides transitional housing for homeless people in the Puget Sound area .”      Here’s another one: “ I’m with Washington bank. We’re the largest commer

Nonprofit professionals produce a lot of written copy in the form of newsletter articles, fundraising appeals, grant applications, annual reports, press releases, campaign documents, and website copy. Their overarching goal is to influence people’s perception of their organization in the hopes they will ultimately do something to support them: make a financial gift, join their board, volunteer, or come to an event. What they don’t realize is that there are many reasons why so

Writers are taught to manipulate the reader. That’s right, I said manipulate. Why? Because if a writer simply wrote in a linear fashion from beginning to end, without plotting and planning, most readers would put the story down before they’d gotten halfway through. As readers, we want to internalize the story as it plays out. But without conscious structuring on the part of the writer, the reader would merely slip through the story without stopping to savor important moments.

What is a hook? In fishing, it’s a sharp pronged device to snag (or hook) the fish, so that you can pull it in and catch it. It’s not much different in writing. As an author, I will purposely craft a sentence or short paragraph at the beginning of my books to grab your attention. Why? To draw you in and make you keep reading. It’s a simple concept but not always simple to do. Business writing isn’t that much different. You must write an attention-getting headline or opening s

Homelessness is a complex and pervasive problem across the country. In fact, more than 653,000 experienced homelessness in 2023, which...

Cliffhangers are a literary device employed by authors to heighten the pace and keep readers turning pages. They are used most often in...

By Lynn Bohart May 31, 2021 What is a hook? In fishing, it’s a sharp pronged device to snag (or hook) the fish so that you can pull it in...

A dog’s sense of smell is 100 to 1,000 times more sensitive than that of humans. Dogs are used for everything from wilderness and...

Let’s face it, the horror film industry makes big bucks off us. Slasher movies. Zombie movies. Vampire movies. Paranormal movies. All of...

(August 2012) When was the last time you were happily reading a good mystery, thinking you knew who the culprit was, only to find out you...

(June 2012) About a hundred years ago (or so it seems) I earned a Master’s Degree in theater, specifically in directing. I have a...

(March 2013) Developing a good character, whether it be your protagonist or antagonist, should be one of the most important things a...

(September 2012) It’s a given − mystery writers have to create good villains. The villain doesn’t have to be a maniacal goofball who...

(June 2013) I love killing people – on paper that is. It’s what I do for fun and some profit. My books have been well-received, and I...