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Stand Up Comedy, Guarantee For Success

There are oodles of opportunities for comedy stand up acts all over these days, including talent shows on TV. So how do you turn your act to an amazing success? The key is likely comedy stand up.

Well, the current is part of the answer. The other side is experience and practice. A script writer who has written for a multitude of top comedy stand-up folk informed me that it was excit ...

Dreams in Colors & meanings

Dreams in colour are rarer in comparison to others. The question of colour in dreams has been proved of absorbing interest; and there has been much research into the subject. We often claim to have dreamed in colour but when we are questioned we fail to clearly tell which colours we have dreamed in or what was the colour of a particular object or so. This, to some extent, is because of our tendenc ...

Article Marketing: What's it all about?

Article marketing is all about writing brief articles related to any industry and further submitting those articles to distribution forms and article sites. The writer may finally include a bio piece in the article, revealing personal and professional identity and a link to the web site. The bio piece will auto include itself if anyone uses the article on their web site.

The writer ...

Getting The Most From Your Article Submitter Software

If you are serious about Ezine article writing you do need an article submitter. It is, in fact, an articles writers most important tool. The latest generation are faster, have more automatic features, and continually update their databases. Article writing has continued to increase in popularity because the once dreaded time consuming submittal chore has been made so easy. Some of the latest ...

It Is High Time The US Ended Its Embargo Against Cuba

Since the Cuban revolution took place on New Year�s eve of 1959 the United States has had 10 Presidents who have had many of the same ideas while differing on many of which but if there be one consistent it was and still is their repetition of the now ridiculous expression �Castro will soon fall!�. Yes, this will eventually happen after all who has not been born who will or has not already ...

The United States Should Get Rid Of The Electoral College

If there is one in thing I have always felt should be changed in America it is the Electoral College System along with the English system of measurement and the law that claims that one need be 21 or older to legally drink alcoholic beverages. However before I go in to reasons why I feel the electoral college system needs to be changed, I will explain for those who are not aware what this ...

How to Write a Correct Actor�s Resume

Just as every other profession requires a resume, actors must have a great resume to be considered for acting jobs. The acting resume, just like a resume in corporate America, shows what experience and training you have, and gives an idea of the kinds of skills you possess.

There is a standard format that all acting resumes have. This is not a place to get creative � save that for ...

Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of People Named 'H'

by Philip Yaffe

Part 7 of an occasional series

I am a collector of quotations. I have been ever since I learned how to write, I mean professionally, not in primary school.

I am particularly fond of what I like to call "pithy prose". These short quotations can cover an unlimited variety of subjects: love, religion, politics, huma ...

Shakespeare: What Can a Great Poet Teach Us about Clear, Concise Expository Writ

by Philip Yaffe

William Shakespeare was unquestionably one of the world's greatest poets and poetic playwrights. Arguably, his mastery of English far surpassed that of anyone else who ever put pen to paper.

So what can Shakespeare -- a genius at playing the language almost like a violin -- possibly teach us about expository (non-fiction) writing, wher ...

How to Apply the Three Acid Tests of Effective Writing

by Philip Yaffe

"If you don't know what you are looking for, you are unlikely to find it, even if it's right in front of your nose." -- Anon

We all write in hopes that our readers will understand what we are saying with minimum effort and maximum pleasure. But how can we be certain that they will?

We can't. However we can great ...