Writing a screenplay for a feature film is something that comes naturally to a select few, but typically requires a serious focus and dedication to gain the skills necessary to master. If you’re a little nervous about it, that’s a okay, because it means you’re not alone. After all, screenwriting isn’t something that we learn […]
12 Surefire Brainstorming Techniques
Writers, students and anyone else will occasionally need an idea or two. While you may have times when ideas come with little or no effort, there will be times when the fountain of creativity seems to have dried up. Have no fear, however. Even if you’re not feeling particularly creative, you can still think and […]
The Heart of Education is the Student’s Learning – The Library and the Librarian
The heart of education is the student’s learning. The responsibility of the librarian is to develop knowledge so that learning will become more lastingly significant, more permanently meaningful and more personally satisfying. Perhaps, much of what the students learn will wear out or become obsolete. But information skills learned in libraries will continue to be […]
Writing a Financial Plan on Your Own
Like anything in life, you need a plan to succeed. That applies to your personal finance too. No one is completely secure financially unless you have accumulated millions of dollars and decide to live off the nest egg for the rest of your life. Unfortunately, for most people, they are unprepared for retirement. Financial planning […]
Writing Children’s Stories
INTRODUCTION: While fiction and nonfiction books inform, entertain, teach, and influence adults, their children’s counterparts change and mold who children are and become and therefore carry an additional responsibility. “As adults, we are used to the inaccuracies, distortions, half-truths, and white lies served up in print,” according to Jane Yolen in her book, “Writing Books […]
How Does Writing Improves Your Mental Health?
Ever thought of writing? Or tried writing? If you have tried writing, we are sure you must have felt some kind of change. Those who haven’t tried it before should give it a go as it is really beneficial for your mind’s health. When you write down your thoughts, you feel revitalized; you feel so […]
How to Journal – Where to Begin
The keeping of a personal journal has been a pursuit of human society for many hundreds of years. In times past men and women of learning, studiously kept a record of their days, their achievements and their dreams. We owe a great debt of gratitude to each one of them as we have gleaned much […]
Is Resume Writing Really That Important?
The reason why so many people are willing to invest a significant amount of time, energy and money into creating a résumé is because it is the one area of job hunting that is controlled by them. Psychologists will tell you that an innate fear of failure causes people to take what seems like forever […]
APA 6th Edition
APA 6th edition is an updated publication manual by American Psychological Association. It is a writing style for submitting publications in APA journals. It has guidelines for social science writers in order to avoid plagiarism. This APA citing serves psychologists, anthropologists, nurses, librarians, business leaders, publishing professionals, and publishing professionals. It is crucial to encourage […]
History Of Handwriting Analysis And Research Behind Graphology
The scientific study of handwriting analysis has only been practiced for about 150 years, but people have been intrigued with the shape and form of their writing as long as there have been letters. The Ancient Roman book, Lives of the Caesars, for instance, discussed ties between handwriting analysis and personality. And one of those […]