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How to Select a Good Holiday Themed Book

By Jorty

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Nothing can get you in the holiday spirit as much as a good book. New holiday-themed novels are published every year, but there are also some terrific classics that can get you in the mood for Christmas... more »

How to Start an e-Book Club

By Sheila Wilkinson

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Wouldn’t it be nice to have a book club with members from all around the country–-or even around the world? You could discuss great ideas and great story lines and characters with a wonderful and diverse audience. You could only do that on the ... more »

How to Start Writing a Memoir

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Following the events of September 11, 2001, there was a marked increase in the interest in memoirs. We want to tell our stories. A memoir is a specific literary form that explores a period of time, or a series of related events in a life. A ... more »

How to Understand Literary Devices

By tkfinley

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Literary devices are present in fiction, nonfiction and poetry and are fundamental to the understanding and appreciation of literary works. They are part of the writer’s tool box and include metaphor, foreshadowing, simile, objective correlative, ... more »

How to Understand Stalin's Rise to Power

By Bob Strauss

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Few dictators in world history have been as feared and reviled as Josef Stalin, who as head of the USSR from the mid-1920s to 1953 was responsible for the deaths of untold millions of Soviet citizens. Stalin's accession to power shortly after the ... more »

How to Write a Play

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Write a play and create fun characters, a magical place and an outlet for creativity. Whether writing the next masterpiece or a short skit with friends, a play is a way of presenting an idea and telling a story... more »

How to Write a Screenplay

By Paul M. J. Suchecki

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There is a lot more to writing a screenplay than I can put in one posting. However, I’ll try to summarize the most important aspects of what I learned, as a script reader for Daniel Day Lewis, Morgan Freeman and Ann Margret and while at the ... more »

How to Write a Script

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Exciting and innovative scripts are essential to performing arts. Writing scripts for plays, films, TV dramas or sitcoms has many differences while the basic elements are the same. Follow the tips below for writing a good script... more »

How to Write Your Own Comic-Book Movie

By Bob Strauss

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Now that the Spider-Man movie franchise is on its third installment—and even obscure superheroes like the Silver Surfer are getting the big-screen treatment—you may have decided to redirect your screenwriting aspirations from understated, twee, ... more »

How to Publish Without an Agent

By Author1947

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You have written the book you dreamed of writing all your life. You have edited it and submitted it to an agent. The agent is unable to find a publisher for you because new authors are not being accepted by the big publishing houses. There are ... more »

How to Read Great Books Online For Free

By dalady

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Reading is a wonderful escape. Most People I know love a good book. Heck, I know people who love hundreds and hundreds of good books; you call tell by the stacks of them that are lining the walls and piled by the couch. I myself have too many ... more »

How to Write a Life Journal

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Write a life journal so that you can gain temporary fame--and make money. Make your journal interesting reading and more people will want to read your journal. Get enough people interested in reading your life journal and you might end up with a ... more »

How to Prepare to Write an Autobiography

By eHow Careers & Work Editor

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Most people think you just write a little in your spare time, and then your autobiography is done. You have it published, and it becomes a hit. It doesn't work that way. You have to prepare to write your autobiography. You have to mentally ... more »

How to Structure a Nonfiction Article

By ceujon

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A wide range of creative strategies are available to unify and to organize your nonfiction article. The approach you choose depends upon your subject and your purpose in writing about it. These four classic ways to arrange creative material and ... more »

How to Write a Biography

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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A well-written biography is a detailed story of someone’s life written in an entertaining way by someone else . All of the good times, the tragedies, the turns of fate and fortune that the person experienced will come to life on the page. Here ... more »

How to Write a Memoir

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Writing your personal memoir can be a great way to share your story. You may have life lessons to pass on or a fascinating history to share. Even if you are not a writer, you can still create a memoir to provide a family heirloom for future ... more »

How to Write an Autobiography

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Learning how to write an autobiography can be challenging and rewarding. Breaking it down into steps can be helpful if you don't know where to start. Here are some ideas to help you get started... more »

How to Write a Novel

By Chuck Marean

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To write fiction you need to be organized. This can be done on a computer in a way similar to using a loose-leaf notebook with labeled dividers... more »

How to achieve Happiness

By shreya

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THE WHOLE WORLD IS RUNNING AFTER LOVE, WEALTH, NAME, HEALTH....NO!! WE ALL ARE LIVING AND DYING FOR - 'HAPPINESS'... more »

How to create a fancy book report

By MetallicaFan95

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Book reports are main projects in today's classrooms. There is a creative way to make one... more »

How to End Your Tween Book

By tedpedersen

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There are lots of ways to end a book--from happy, sad, and mysterious to ambivalent, comic and tragic. But when it comes to endings, the bedrock issue to bear in mind is to keep the promise you made with your reader at the beginning of the book. ... more »

How to Keep Track of Article Submissions

By eHow Computers Editor

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Keeping track of article submissions is key to preventing duplicate article submissions. Duplicate article submissions can cause rejection from the article directories and prevent future submissions... more »

How to Write a Personal Experience Essay

By cinnamon789

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Your personal experiences are ironic, poignant, ordinary in a remarkable way, funny in an excruciating way and filled with bizarre "opportunities for growth." What you understand as a result of them touches a deep universal core. You have ... more »

How to Write a Recipe Book

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Recipe books are an essential for most people. People use recipes books as fund raisers for charitable organizations or keepsakes as family heirlooms. If you're a good cook and believe you have great recipes to share with the world, write a ... more »

How to Write About Other People in an Autobiography

By eHow Careers & Work Editor

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When writing your autobiography, it is inevitable that you will write about other people. After all, you are not the only person in your life. Take care to keep from hurting others and make your autobiography legally safe by following the tips below... more »

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