Compiling the ‘Perfect’ Job Application When you apply for a job, your aim should always be to present a ‘perfect’ job application. What this means is that your application should get the immediate attention of your prospective employer by reflecting your credentials, skills and experience; it should put you ahead of other candidates applying for the same job. There are, essentially, three parts ...

Comic Book History, Fascinating! The origins of the comic book are somewhat controversial and perhaps the jury is still out on comic book history. So lets go back to the cartoonish broadsheets of the Middle Ages, which were parchment products, created by anonymous woodcutters. These could have been the very beginnings of the comic book. As mass circulation of these broadsheets became possible, t...

Clay plots: stories for the young at art – Brief Article Storytellers are treasured in many cultures. In fact, in many, storytelling is the traditional way to initiate the young in the beliefs and experiences of the elders. Storytellers have a flair, a cadence and intonation that grabs the interest and imagination of others, weaving with words the images of the past or predictions of the future. ...

Choosing The Right Writer! Ever made a decision that you really wish you hadn’t? We all have, so, you’re in good company, but when it comes to copywriters, what company do you want to keep? There are a lot of writers out there. The strange thing is that there are an awful lot of inexperienced writers out there who have: – An over inflated sense of their own value– A severely impaired sense of t...

Characters – Give ‘Em Some Attitude The other day, a writer friend of mine told me her publisher recommended she read a certain book to get the flavor of what they liked to publish. Eager to know, my author friend rushed to find the book and devour it… only to feel slightly disappointed – and confused. She wondered what it was about this book the publisher liked. The story wasn’t great. The writ...

Characters: The Building Blocks of Fiction All good fiction starts with characters. Characters are the central focus of your story; they control the plot, causing its twists and turns and ultimate resolution. A mistake many writers make is conceiving the plot first and then plugging one-dimensional characters into this storyline, simply moving them from point A to point B. This results in a flat ...

Characters and Point of View The point of view -- how you choose to tell your story -- determines the voice of your writing. Children's stories are told from the viewpoint of your main character. Who this character is -- his or her personality, temperament, strengths and weaknesses -- will affect how the story is told. Whichever viewpoint technique you choose also impacts the way you develop you...

Children, Stress and Storytelling The holidays are over and the kids are back to school. Their stress level is high and perhaps will get higher. Kids do not get stresses you say? Wrong! They get stressed just as much as adults. Aside from kids and adults, pets can get stressed too. That’s why pet CBD companies have developed products to help ease the pain for our furry companions. Research sugge...

Child Stories: Going Beyond Despite the explosion of the Internet and various new media, child stories are still what most people want – whether they are adults or children themselves. Nonetheless, I wonder if we can’t learn something from the new media? I think that the greatest lesson that the Internet and other new media have to teach us is that human beings love interactive media. Although ...