Rob Parnell's Writing Academy Blog

  Thanks for being a subscriber to the Easy Way to Write ! In association with: Writing, they say, is a vocation, like being a doctor or a nurse - except you don't automatically get paid to write - and are perhaps some kind of freak if you expect it. I don't agree. Writing is a skill and a craft like any other. You can make clay pots or weave blankets and people wouldn't dream of expecting not to pay for them.  Why should a writer give away novels, books, short stories and articles? Even poems? Writers should be paid to write - simple as that. Go to the link below for special offers on Easy Way to Writ e stuff! Keep Writing! Rob Parnell THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE: The Seven Rules of Success Rob Parnell How do you remain happy? How do you get what you want? Success is often a perception. You either believe you have it or more often you hate yourself for feeling like a failure. Here are the Easy Way to Write seven rules to live

Thanks for being a fabulously good looking subscriber to the Easy Way to Write! Just finishing off the last - 6th! - part of the doco we're making. Should be up online tonight. Thanks for the great feedback for the other 5 parts! Soon I'm starting a weekly EWTW video show... Well. it's half way through the year and perhaps time to think about those resolutions you made on January first.  How far along your path are you? How far into your writing goals for the year? If you've let things slip because life is seeming to get in the way, it could be you need the advice in the article below! Keep Writing! Rob Parnell THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE: How to Get Happy Rob Parnell Many writers and would be artists complain their lives get in the way of their aspirations. They say they would be happy if they had fewer duties and responsibilities - because then they could concentrate more time and energy into their creativity.

Rob Parnell Many of my subscribers email me to ask: How do I get more hits? How can I get more online friends and leads? How can I sell more of my stuff? How do I become more POPULAR! Below is a quick rundown of the advice I usually give. Much of it assumes that you are already involved in social networking and have FB, Twitter, Linked In and Google+ accounts. If you don't already, register with them all - especially Google+ because, I recently read, Google apparently favors your articles and posts in their search results if you have a Google+ account linked to your Gmail address. 1. Be Funny People don't so much surf as skim. They want to be grabbed quickly by your message - any message. The best way to get under someone's skin swiftly is to make them smile - or better still, LOL. Post funny remarks to your social sites. Short one liners are enough. If you're not naturally funny, get a joke book or re-tweet other people's humorous comments.

Write to Live Welcome if you've just joined me recently. Hope you had a great 4th of July - yes, these newsletters are written in real time! Y'know, the Internet is so distracting it's hard to make that shift sometimes. The shift that says, "Now I must start writing!" I'm an hour late with this newsletter today because I had so many 'digital/social things to do' before I could begin.  Ah well. Onward... Lots of my famous writing resources here: Keep Writing! Rob Parnell THIS WEEK'S ARTICLE: Description in Fiction   Rob Parnell Is description in fiction a good thing? I get a lot of emails from my cherished subscribers asking about description - anything from 'how does one do it?' to 'how does one stop doing it?' We live in a busy world - different from the past when, before TV and the Internet, we had hours to soak up and enjoy writers w