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Importance of Writing Skills
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The Archetype Arien
Mister Inc
Where have all the budding writers gone? TW2
In the dawning silence
I can hear the phantom ring
The world just seems to fall away
I hear the angels sing
Grief and pain just disappear
My world is mine again
And for that single moment
I can live without an end
I can hear the phantom ring
The world just seems to fall away
I hear the angels sing
Grief and pain just disappear
My world is mine again
And for that single moment
I can live without an end
Velvet whispers
Inaudible murmuring
Stifled secrets
Indigo shadows veil desperation
Obscuring desire
In a lucid azure dream
I found you
Under a sapphire sky.
Inaudible murmuring
Stifled secrets
Indigo shadows veil desperation
Obscuring desire
In a lucid azure dream
I found you
Under a sapphire sky.
Well, it so happens that I was asked my permission to dedicate 2 whole pages to me in an upcoming book called The International Who's Who of Poetry with one of the pages being my poem and the other page being a biography of me. Woohoo! (Hopefully it's n
I'd be interested to read more of your stuff, if you're willing to share.
A Maiden
Sara Teasdale
Oh if I were the velvet rose
Upon the red rose vine,
I'd climb to touch his window
And make his casement fine.
And if I were the little bird
That twitters on the tree,
All day I'd si
Sara Teasdale
Oh if I were the velvet rose
Upon the red rose vine,
I'd climb to touch his window
And make his casement fine.
And if I were the little bird
That twitters on the tree,
All day I'd si
Holy butter.
Some people are so shy about what they write, they won't share it...
I ask: why do you write if not to be read?
I ask: why do you write if not to be read?
I'm suffering from a little writers block. I'd would *appreciate* any help given by the inspiration dxpians. The piece is humor.
What would a good break-up speech sound like if it is heard over the answering machine? I want her to be cold and s
What would a good break-up speech sound like if it is heard over the answering machine? I want her to be cold and s
Some college students simply prefer studying Monet over math and Freudian theory over physics. For them, it makes sense to major in a liberal arts discipline like history or philosophy.
But liberal arts majors get more out of college than an interesting transcript and the answers to Final Jeopardy; they also master the writing and communication skills experts say are crucial to success in almost any career.
Why it pays to write well
The benefits of a liberal arts major start early: A degree in liberal arts rarely restricts a student to just one career path. Whereas some majors ? engineering or computer science, for example ? provide specialized training in a specific field, liberal arts degrees tend to provide a much broader educational background and skills applicable to almost any job.
In addition, good writing skills shine through on r?sum?s and cover letters. David Teten, CEO of New York-based independent research firm Nitron Advisers, says he has seen communications from some job seekers that were incoherent, ungrammatical and rude.
"One out of five people who apply to jobs with my company get rejected because their writing skills are so bad," he says. Score one for liberal arts majors.
The same communication skills employers look for during the job search are valued even more highly on the job ? in part because they can save the company money.
One-third of employees at blue-chip companies can't write well, and businesses spend up to $ 3.1 billion annually on remedial training to improve their workers' writing skills, according to a report by the National Commission on Writing.
And writing skills are only getting more valuable. "As companies get bigger and less and less cohesive ... the written word becomes even more important," says Lisa Earle McLeod, columnist and author of Forget Perfect (Penguin/Putnam). "You don't have people in one place working together anymore, so being able to write concisely and directively for people will become a more valued skill."