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Mind Mapping Software - Create Mind Maps online. Toasted Cheese. Dietary Supervisor Resume. How To Write A Killer Resume. How To Write A Killer Resume When you apply for a job, it can be argued that your resume is the single most important factor to whether or not you will be hired.

It is not uncommon for people to spend days making sure they create the perfect resume. Making even small mistakes on your resume can cause you not to get hired, even if you’re qualified for the job. In this article I will show you some powerful tips you can use to create a resume which will impress any prospective employer. The first thing you should look at is the length of your resume. You will also need to determine if your resume easily demonstrates that you are the best person for the job. While adding your work history to the resume is important, you will also want to make sure you add your strengths near the top of the resume. As an example, The employer will like it more if you say that you have 5 years of experience and can contribute a lot to their company.

Comments comments. Resume - Free Resume Examples and Cover Letter Samples. Executive Secretary Resume. How To Create Your Own Religion In 10 Easy Steps. - or - What's the point of living if you can't create your own God? Aside from my delusions of grandeur (and how much grander can they get than God-creation?) The main reason I'm doing this is so that I can have a God I can use without offending anyone while I'm writing here on www.aPath.org . And it's fun. While I originally wrote this for the above reason, it turned out to be a bit more comprehensive and insightful that I had anticipated.

A properly created religion can give you personal control influence guidance over the wallets minds hearts of those who feel that being a Free-Thinking Individual is way too much work. Here we provide you with our simple format to take you through the basic steps, from creating your own Gods and Goddesses to creating a simple yet ambiguous framework for your followers to try to conform to. Here's how simple God-creation can be: 1) Create a God. In our example we will create "The Great God Lardicus". 5) Make it ambiguous. 7) Make cool symbols. Wow!

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Language. Reading. Writerisms and other Sins: A Writer’s Shortcut to Stronger Writing. Writing for Books, Business, and Journals, Grammar and Writer's Block. 10 Steps to Creating Realistic Fantasy Animals. By Ashley Lange Why do writers write? Because it isn't there. - Thomas Berger Arguably, the two most challenging aspects for fantasy/science fiction writers to conquer are originality and believability. Okay, so why use animals? The attraction to fantasy animals is obvious. The first question you need to ask yourself is why you are creating a creature in the first place. To attack the hero (wild animal) To be guarding something/a gateway To be a feature of the environment (aka, hero sees a herd grazing) To be someone's pet To oppose the hero (aka enemy orc soldiers) To aid the hero (such as friendly elves) To set the mood (glowing eyes in a dark forest) For a mount (a variant of a horse/camel/donkey, etc.)

To be hunted To work (such as on a farm) To be raised for meat/milk/silk/wool To race competitively To fight (such as in an arena) To draw (Who says you have to write about it?) “All monsters need a personality,” – Peter Jackson EYES: Eyes see. Writing Tips for Fiction Writers. Internet Resources - Writers Resources - Writing Links & Writers. Unsorted [/writers] James Patrick Kelly - Murder Your Darlings - "When time comes to make that final revision, however, you must harden your heart, sharpen the ax and murder your darlings. " Greda Vaso - Determining the Readability of a Book - includes formulas for Gunning's Fog Index, Flesch Formula, Powers Sumner Kearl L. Kip Wheeler - Literary Terms and Definitions L.

Kip Wheeler - Comp - Lit - Poetry - Links - more Style - Grammar - Errors in English [/writers]American Heritage - Book of English Usage - free download Band-Aid AP StylebookPaul Brians - Common Errors in EnglishCJ Cherryh - Writerisms and other Sins The Chicago Manual of Style FAQ Gary N. Curtis - The Fallacy Files - Logical fallacies and bad arguments Prof. Charles Darling [RIP] - Guide to Grammar and Writing The Economist (UK) - Style Guide John Eshleman - Logical Fallacies H.W. Locus Online Features: Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction. From Locus Magazine, January 2009 We know that our readers are distracted and sometimes even overwhelmed by the myriad distractions that lie one click away on the Internet, but of course writers face the same glorious problem: the delirious world of information and communication and community that lurks behind your screen, one alt-tab away from your word-processor.

The single worst piece of writing advice I ever got was to stay away from the Internet because it would only waste my time and wouldn't help my writing. This advice was wrong creatively, professionally, artistically, and personally, but I know where the writer who doled it out was coming from. Every now and again, when I see a new website, game, or service, I sense the tug of an attention black hole: a time-sink that is just waiting to fill my every discretionary moment with distraction.

But the Internet has been very good to me. Cory Doctorow is one of a dozen Locus columnists and reviewers. WritingFix: prompts, lessons, and resources for writing classrooms. Write or Die by Dr Wicked. Fiction Writing Tips. The Official P/T Collective Archive. By Peg Robinson. © 1997 Disclaimer: Distribute freely.

The more folks who know how to give and take crit ethically, humanely, and usefully, the better. One of the things I was beginning to suspect just watching the dialogues go by on the newsgroup has been confirmed reading the responses to my query about a crit essay. I thought maybe folks were scaring themselves with the idea that crit was some fabulous, arcane pastime which could only be done well by experts with occult knowledge. Yes, there are useful concepts you can pick up, there's vocabulary that comes in handy. Most of you know darned good and well when a piece of material seems disorganized and poorly presented, you know when a stretch of dialogue is vivid, believable and revealing, you know when a character seems to jump off the page—and when a character seems wooden and artificial.

What many of you are missing is not the comprehension of writing that would allow you to comment. Two final comments, before I start. OK. 1. 2. AdviceToWriters - Home. Bob Mayer Home Page. Writing4Success Home. National Novel Writing Month. MAYHEM! HOW TO WRITE MARGINALLY READABLE FAN FICTION. FAN FICTION CHEAT SHEET INDEX. Undefined BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER fans, Giles doesn't go around calling everyone he dislikes a "pillock. " Don't limit his vocabulary; learn some British slang at sites like A DICTIONARY OF SLANG. Visit Wikipedia for some samples of police jargon. Go here for a dictionary of hard-boiled slang ala Bogart detective movies.

To absorb wisdom from Little Calamity's background notes on various cult TV shows, and occasionally find links to useful sites on said shows, click on the appropriate link below: Action Shows in General Western TV shows Review helpful hints on HOW TO WRITE ALMOST READABLE FAN-FICTION. Read stories about shows like these. Copyright © 1999 - 2012, Jane A. Character Chart. FAVORITES Color: Music: Food: Literature: Expressions: Book: Quote: Expletive(s) (swears): Mode of transportation: HABITS Smokes: What?

How often? Drinks: What? How often? Worst bad habit? Quirks: BACKGROUND Hometown: Type of childhood: First memory: Most important childhood event that still affects him/her: Why? Lower education: Higher education: Booksmart or streetsmart? SELF-PERCEPTION One word character would use to describe self: One paragraph description of how character would describe self: What does character consider best physical characteristic?

Immediate goal(s): Long range goal(s): How does character plan to accomplish goal(s)? How character react in a crisis (calm/panic/etc.)? Jewelry? Owns a computer? © (c ) copyright 1990-2011 Rebecca Sinclair ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Authors Note: I worked hard on this. Fiction Writer's Character Chart - EpiGuide.com. If you're a fiction writer -- whether you're working on a novel, short story, screenplay, television series, play, web series, webserial, or blog-based fiction -- your characters should come alive for your reader or audience. The highly detailed chart below will help writers develop fictional characters who are believable, captivating, and unique.

Print this page to complete the form for each main character you create. IMPORTANT: Note that all fields are optional and should be used simply as a guide; character charts should inspire you to think about your character in new ways, rather than constrain your writing. Fill in only as much info as you choose. Have fun getting to know your character! If this character chart is helpful, please let us know! To join our community, which focuses on online writing, visit -- and feel free to show off your character charts.

Looking for more character questionnaires / charts? You and Your Characters. Written by James Patrick Kelly Copyright © 1991 by Davis Publications, First published in WRITING SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, edited by Gardner Dozois, et. al., St. Martin’s Press. Once I admitted to myself that I had the raging hunger to write, I gobbled up every book on the subject I could find. I still have most of them; I’ve just gathered fourteen and stacked them beside my computer monitor for inspiration. Each has a chapter on characterization. If you’re looking for technical jargon, have I got some used books for you! It seems there are all kinds of characters: developing characters, static characters, round characters, flat characters, cardboard characters (oh, are there cardboard characters!)

I’ve recently been teaching my daughter Maura to ski, a skill described by a language every bit as arcane as that of characterization. Although the vocabulary of characterization is important, it can also get in your way. The operative word here is pretend. Antagonist: a.k.a. Reference, Facts, News - Free and Family-friendly Resources - Refdesk.com. BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - Free. Self Publishing and Book Printing Solutions - Books, EBooks, Photo books and Calendars at Lulu.com.

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