by Jennifer Stevens | Apr 18, 2012
True or false? 1. Life is to be enjoyed and lived to the fullest. 2. You’re only as old as you feel. 3. “Crazy” is relative. 4. Opportunity is everywhere. 5. The world is full of adventures waiting to be had. Bonnie, here, still at the helm while Lori’s away on... by Jennifer Stevens | Mar 29, 2011
How to Turn a Ho-Hum Story Idea into a Brilliant (and Salable) One The very best story ideas are unique, specific, and targeted to a particular audience. I say that to our workshop attendees all the time. They nod enthusiastically and write it down. Yet when we go to... by Jennifer Stevens | Mar 28, 2011
Some writers spend too much time talking about themselves up front and not enough time highlighting an article idea. With that approach, you might as well ask an editor to toss your letter in the trash. But flip that structure — highlight an idea in the first... by Jennifer Stevens | Mar 15, 2011
Over the years I have worked with hundreds of writers. An absolutely shocking number, it turns out, seem to know little about what they can do to make an editor’s life easier. It’s too bad. Often it’s the little things that make working with one... by Jennifer Stevens | Jan 28, 2011
As a travel writer — any kind of writer, in fact — verbs are one of the most powerful tools you have at your disposal. Vivid verbs, that is. Verbs that describe an action or offer a visual image. I could rattle off a list of habits the best writers employ...