book reviews and human interest articles articles by marciano guerrero http://www.ideamarketers.com/library/profile.cfm?writerid=79722 With correlative conjunctions professional writers create hook sentences and hook paragraphs As can be seen from the examples cited, correlative conjunctions may be used for both fiction and non-fiction http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=966995 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=966995 Although Lubbocks book The Craft of Fiction is seldom read today, the aphorism "show, dont tell" remains unchallenged But what was fresh and novel then has become a new orthodoxy, an orthodoxy that has to be challenged regardless of the authority http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=960868 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=960868 Not only did Orwell write great essays on the proper use of the English language, but he also wrote great fiction His novels Animal Farm and 1984 --satiric the former and prophetic the latter-- represent what we now refer to as the Orwellian nightma http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=960835 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=960835 A practical rule for the writer of fiction reserve dialogue only for the "culminating moments" (moments of high tension) of the narrative While brief sprinklings of dialogue pleases readers, an abundance annoys, displeases, and loses them http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=952509 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=952509 It is not in material wealth, nor money, or possessions, or fame, much less in the abundance of servants that the most precious of all riches lies Boethius reveals exactly where http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=947532 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=947532 Adler --as opposed to Sigmund Fred-- believed that striving for superiority is the most basic human drive (not sexuality) Yet when we fall short we tend to blame others, we become victims of the inferiority complex http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=939922 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=939922 Far be it from me to criticize Pascal, but I do want to add my own reading to his thoughts on Fidelity and love http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=939107 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=939107 A man in his 70s reveals his secret for youthful looks The first four verses of Psalm 23 and a setting in Sherman, Connecticut http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=937680 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=937680 Using The Past day to Find the Good Being fond of Samuel Johnsons Essays, which I often read and re-read, one fated day I found some valuable remarks for self-development that he presented to his public http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=934152 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=934152 Lord Bacons axiom, "Theres no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion," prompts readers perhaps to seek out the strangeness --lack of balance-- that makes a particular character beautiful http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=932215 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=932215