Noticing Newbies 1. About this Newsletter 2. A Word from our Sponsor 3. Letter from the Editor 4. Editor's Picks 5. A Word from Writing.Com 6. Ask & Answer 7. Removal instructions Welcome to the Noticing Newbies Newsletter! Our goal is to showcase some of our newest Writing.Com Authors and their items. From poetry and stories to creative polls and interactives, we'll bring you a wide variety of items to enjoy. We will also feature "how to" advice and items that will help to jump start the creation process on Writing.com We hope all members of the site will take the time to read, rate, review and welcome our new authors. By introducing ourselves, reviewing items and reaching out, we will not only make them feel at home within our community, we just might make new friends! Your host this week: bianca_b @->--@->--@->--@->-- Passionate about writing? Take your passion to new heights - with an online Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, available only from top ranked National University. Choose workshops based on your interests. Work with experienced and published faculty. Prepare for a variety of career opportunities. Use a state-of-the art online system: Study where and when you want. Click here to get more information! @->--@->--@->--@->-- Spelling Strange enough, the word Spelling in Dutch and English mean the same. Spelling is important - as a child you learn how to spell a word, in order to read and to write it. To spell a word is also a tool, to master difficult words faster. Authors are always working with spelling - they don't even know it when they write. While typing their work they see letters appear on their screen. Letters forming words. While reviewing I noticed that some authors must have written their work so awfully fast, they don't even notice that there are typo's in their work. Typo's that are made fast are a switch of combination in two letters. I.e. their turns out to be thier. And this is just one example. I can write down numerous examples, but I know as well that I am not perfect in my writing. However, I feel, if an author really wants to get their works published, they have to make sure that typo's are corrected. @->--@->--@->--@->-- But what if I can't find typo's myself? Some authors have the problem, when reading their own work, they overlook errors in grammar as well as typo's. That is quite common - even I am struggling with that. My solution is a simple one... let someone in your environment read your work. If he or she finds errors, correct them directly before uploading or submitting your work. Publishing houses usually reject works that need heavy editing. Editing costs time and time is money for them. @->--@->--@->--@->-- Suppose, no one is available to read and correct your work; what can you do to improve it? What I suggest in that case is, when you uploaded it to Writing.com and a reviewer points out these typo's to you... correct them! Ask your reviewer when you are ready to read it again, to see if you corrected it in the right way. That is the only way to learn from the mistakes that are made. @->--@->--@->--@->-- @->--@->--@->--@->-- ** Image ID #839916 Unavailable ** You are invited to come over and try your best in this contest! Another contest:
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Jade is very busy Eventhough I have been with the site for well over a year, I still read the Newbies newsletter. It has so much great tips that anyone can use. Thanks for the great NL's guys!!!!! Jade ~Sweets~ Please keep your great work going on the Noticing Newbies newsletter. You make me want to be one again. You give good advice that they can use and give them a good snapshot of Writing.com life and oppurtunities. I think this would apply to all the editors @->--@->--@->--@->-- Have a question or comment for the Editor? http://www.Writing.Com/main/newsletters.php?action=nli_form To stop receiving this newsletter, go into your account and remove the check from the box beside the specific topic. Be sure to click "Complete Edit" or it will not save your changes. |