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Unlocking the Ultimate Writer Within: 15 Key Techniques to Elevate Your Writing Skills

Unlocking the Ultimate Writer Within: 15 Key Techniques to Elevate Your Writing Skills

Are you striving to perfect your writing skills and create works that resonate with your target audience? Here are fifteen time-tested techniques to improve your writing, both as an art form and as a tool for effective communication. Composition craftsmanship: Develop a natural yet precise style in your writing. This means striking a balance between formality and approachability, ensuring every piece is engaging and purposeful. Linguistic mastery: Familiarize yourself with language nuances, including grammar, syntax, and punctuation rules. A deep understanding of these elements will provide a solid foundation and elevate your writing's overall quality.  Articulation proficiency: Cultivate your ability…
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8 Novels Featuring Exciting Heists

8 Novels Featuring Exciting Heists

No reader can resist the appeal of well-planned heists. A skilled suicide squad executing their evil plan successfully – who can hate such a story? Heist fiction has been around for years but often gets overshadowed by the more popular genres. But the fact that novels with heists are an exciting read is agreed upon universally! If you love books like this or want to try reading once – but don’t know where to start – listed below are eight novels featuring heists. A high-stake break-in found family and an engaging narrative: these stories have it all and some more.…
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Literary ‘Ghost’ing – All you need to know about ghostwriting

Literary ‘Ghost’ing – All you need to know about ghostwriting

Did you know that many believe Shakespeare actually had other people writing his dramas? Or that more than 50% of non-fiction published in recent years has been ghostwritten? Yes, that’s right, ghostwriting is very prevalent in the literary community. Even if the general views about it are unfavourable (for no good reason). Because of the apprehensive opinions about ghostwriting, it is no wonder that not many are aware of its actual definition. Everyone assumes it is one person hiring another writer to write a book and then taking all the credit. Ghostwriting, however, is very much nuanced and professional. What…
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7 Popular Bookstagrammers you should follow in 2022!

7 Popular Bookstagrammers you should follow in 2022!

Let’s say you have an unrivalled passion for books and reading – and can read everything under the sun. You can either keep reading like that… or turn your passion into a little sidebusiness, which is what the bookstagrammers do! We all know who bookstagrammers are – booklovers who share valuable book content for readers to explore! There are many bookstagrammers online who provide some of the best bookish content you’ll ever see. It, therefore, becomes a challenge to find the content you can vibe with, something that fits your preferences the best. To tackle that, here’s a list of…
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Abhimanyu: The Golden Prince

Abhimanyu: The Golden Prince

ABHIMANYU, the beloved son of Arjuna is one of the most endearing figures of Indian mythology. The Golden Prince, blazed across the realm of myth like an effervescent comet that lit up the heavens, yet was extinguished far too soon. Anuja Chandramouli, bestselling author of Arjuna, takes apart a familiar narrative and puts it back together with originality and flair, delivering a profoundly moving take on a classic text. Narrated with deep intensity, Abhimanyu’s saga unfolds, shedding light on unexplored aspects of his remarkable life and extraordinary persona. Booked4Books in association with the author brings an exclusive chapter from the…
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The fated love – The concept of soulmates and its portrayal in books.

The fated love – The concept of soulmates and its portrayal in books.

Out of all the uncanny concepts we have floating around in the universe, one of the most riveting has to be the concept of soulmates. Two people destined to be with each other, no matter what happens? Sign me up! Fortunately, soulmates are not limited to your romantic relationships – you can find your soulmate in platonic and familial relationships as well. However, modern literature has always turned a blind eye to platonic soulmates, instead opting to show the concept from a romantic perspective. The Red Thread of Fate, destiny, twin flames – there are so many concepts to replace…
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A closure to the diary of a young girl

A closure to the diary of a young girl

Manjari Gupta 20th century has bestowed on us the pleasure of getting acquainted with so many distinguished writers, wordsmiths of consequence; Sylvia, Virginia, F.Scott Fitzgerald and so many more. Amongst these path-breaking personalities was a 13-year-old girl, Anne Frank. On June 12th, 1942, a young Jewish girl received a simple dairy for her 13th birthday as a gift from her father. This young girl, Anne Frank, with her gift became a symbol of strength and crushed innocence in the face of the holocaust. She became one of the most influential and globally read writers of the 20th century. Let us…
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Finance it up! 7 Books to read on money management

Finance it up! 7 Books to read on money management

By Manjari Gupta “I AM A MONEY MAGNET.” Write that on a post-it and stick that upon your wall.NO! wait. Affirmation needs actions. You are not manifesting a single dollar if you don’t game up your money management. Every time you had a penny for wondering where all your savings have vanished away, you would be a millionaire by now. You do not have to be an economist to understand money. You just need to learn the art of converting your liability into an asset. A sound awareness about finance can make you more woke and smart enough to make…
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The new found love for adult fiction

The new found love for adult fiction

By Navya There has been a sweeping increase in the readers of adult fiction and non-fiction category. According to statistics, adult fiction sales saw 25.5% of year-on-year growth in 2021 compared to the pandemic year. Although adult non-fiction figures are humble, they do successfully capture the ‘mood’ of the literary market. Overall, statistics have declared ‘Young Adult’ fiction as the unanimous market winner of literature. While the figures look encouraging, the unprecedented growth cannot be referred to as a drastic transformation. The reader’s attitude shift is not sudden. It has been a gradual development of interest (just like love). Since…
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Why Audiobooks could be the next big thing?

Why Audiobooks could be the next big thing?

By Manjari Gupta Do you listen to books? Nah! You are not mistaken. You have read that right. I just said ‘listen to books’ because audiobooks are witnessing an unprecedented demand. We hear a lot about different books but we never actually ‘listen’ to books. How wonderful would it be to listen to your favourite lines from your favourite book? Although the whole idea of looks overly romanticized, only an audiobook lover can make one understand the satisfaction of listening to your books.  Audio has been around for over years now but the past couple of years has been pathbreaking…
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