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The power of a written word may begin with the beauty of the color that word illuminates. Do you find a powerhouse of colors in one word?

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How can you look at words differently to project their power?

Prepare for the Writing Challenge

During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. Each day we will post a question on our blog and […]

A farmer on a horse looks at the Tungurahua volcano eruption on December 10, 2010, in Banos, Cordillera, central Ecuador. (Photo by Kseniya Ragozina)[/caption]

As a freelance copy editor, I follow the […]

The power of a word can move us emotionally as well as physically. Describe a situation where this happened.

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During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. […]

What is another word for “power” that produces the same magnitude? Please explain.

Prepare for the Writing Challenge

During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. Each day we will post a […]

Describe the energy behind what brings out the power in words.

Prepare for the Writing Challenge

During Words Matter Week, we host a writing challenge. Each day we will post a question on our blog and […]

Words Matter Week, which is in its 14th year, is a holiday that is celebrated annually the first full week in March by the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors.

Words are the basis for […]

As writers, we naturally write the way we write naturally. But readers can’t hear the cadence of the words playing out in our heads as our fingers fly across the keys. Readers’ minds merely decipher the little bla […]

That’s what one of my students asked me a couple week ago.

“It can’t make you much money,” she said. “Not for the amount of time and work you put in over the three months.”

She’s right; it doesn’t. I sp […]

We wanted to get to know Marcia Rosen (NAIWE’s Public Relations and Book Marketing Expert) better, so last month we sat down with her. Here are some thoughts she shared with us.

Is there one genre that’s more p […]