Ronda Writes

What I'm Working On 03/03/2010

March 4, 2010
I just finished up a lot of articles for Bright Hub.  Check out my profile there to find articles about Scrum, Home Businesses, and Entrepreneurship.  I also have been working on articles for the next issue of Equanimity Magazine and other client projects.

My spotlight article came out in Infinity Journal: "Bringing Back Focal Practices to Combat a Hot, Flat, and Crowded World: A Critique of Thomas L. Friedman."  This website requires registration, which is free, in order to read the article. The article talks about how getting back to focal practices can help solve some of the problems we experience in our world.  It was inspired by a review I did of Friedman's book some time ago for In-Spire Journal.

This week's projects include finishing up a couple things for Equanimity and working more on client projects.

What are you working on this week?

Posted by Ronda Levine. Posted In : Freelancing 

 

[Fiction] Friday - Campaign Terror

February 6, 2010


I haven't participated in the Fiction Fridays at Write Anything for a while (I've been working on my short story collection, Santa's Cheezborgers) but I thought I would give a go at this week's Fiction Friday exercise.  This week's challenge:

Pick a book of fiction you’d never read (e.g., if you read sci-fi, pick a romance). Open to a random page and read the last couple paragraphs of the page. DO NOT TURN THE PAGE. Now continue writing the story. Feel free to change the genre as you write.

â...


Continue reading...

Posted by Ronda Levine. Posted In : Fiction 

 

How to Create a Story Arc

February 5, 2010
A story arc is another word for "story structure," but this term goes back to Aristotle's conception of what makes an aesthetically pleasing story in Poetics. A classical story demonstrating dramatic structure generally has three parts:
  1. The Inciting Incident - This part of the story sets things up, piques our interest and gives us a taste of what's to come.  The best stories begin "in media res," in the middle of things.
  2. The second act - This part of the story builds through rising action unti...

Continue reading...

Posted by Ronda Levine. Posted In : Creativity 

 

Writing Poetry Wednesday - Sdrawkcab and Forwards

February 3, 2010
This poem comes from a poetry prompt given by Robert Lee Brewer at Poetic Asides. The assignment was to write a poem backwards - either numbers, or days or backwards in time.  Robert wrote a poem using the alphabet in reverse order.  Here's the result of my tinkering with the exercise:

Sdrawkcab and Forwards

Life scribed for us in a mirror
Daeh pressed up against a wall
Daisies eid and life sdne
Feeling all crazy and pu-dexim
Walking forwards, sdrawkcab gniklaw
Crawling at complete standstill
Windows...
Continue reading...

Posted by Ronda Levine. Posted In : Poetry 

 

Generating Good Ideas for Research Papers

February 2, 2010
Chances are, you feel a severe case of anxiety in class when you need to come up with a good research paper idea. Whether you are working on a senior research paper or you need ideas for your presentation, coming up with paper ideas can be a daunting task.  Here are some tips that worked for me when I needed ideas for research papers, ideas for a senior thesis, and even ideas for a dissertation when I was contemplating writing one.

  1. Write it all down.  Sometimes when you are reading, or in clas...

Continue reading...

Posted by Ronda Levine. Posted In : Academics 

 

What I'm Working On 2/01/2010

January 26, 2010
After a very busy January, it looks like it's going to be a very busy start to February.  Here are some of the projects I completed in January:

  • Equanimity Magazine's launch issue was released. Not only did I edit many of the pieces you will find in this magazine, but I also wrote three pieces:  "Classical Music's Effects on Memory and Learning" pp. 22-23, "Surviving and Cooking: An Interview with Lucille 'Lucia' Campilongo and Daughter Gina" pp. 33-35, and "America's Richest Kids:A Conversatio...

Continue reading...

Posted by Ronda Levine. Posted In : Freelancing 

 

What I'm Working on 1/12/2010

January 13, 2010
Happy new year!  I hope everyone is off to a great start to 2010.

This week, I'm working on the personality development book project.  I'm also working on articles for a management consultant.  I began the week by editing articles for a client's blog.  If you would like help editing articles for your blog or website, contact me. My rates are very reasonable.  I'm also working on ghostwriting a short story for a project I'm very excited about. Finally, I'm putting the finishing touches on a jou...
Continue reading...

Posted by Ronda Levine. Posted In : Freelancing 

 

Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!

December 28, 2009
As 2009 draws to a close, I thank all of my clients and readers for their business and readership. I wish you all a wonderful holiday season and a wonderful, happy, successful, and healthy new year.

I will be out of office until January 4th on vacation.  In the meantime, feel free to contact me with your ideas for 2010.

Continue reading...

Posted by Ronda Levine

 

What I'm Working on 12/14/09

December 15, 2009
Last week I came down with some sort of virus and I fell behind on my production schedule for December. These things happen, and when they do it reminds me that scheduling should be a looser endeavor.  So, my goals for this week include writing Bright Hub articles, updating Bright Hub articles, continuing to work on the website I'm writing content for, continue building Stan Levine's website (http://www.stanimationproductions.synthasite.com) continue a short story project I've been working on...
Continue reading...

Posted by Ronda Levine. Posted In : Freelancing 

 

What I'm Working on 12/1/09

December 2, 2009
I just finished working on my end of the month wrap-ups and creating a new organizational system of keeping track of projects using a combination of Microsoft's OneNote and Microsoft Outlook.  I'll be posting on this later this month.  This week, I've started working for Demand Studios, creating some how-to articles.  This is enjoyable.  I just finished up a bunch of articles for Bright Hub.  Finally, I'm still working for the client requiring web content.

I'm hoping to stay on track with my s...
Continue reading...

Posted by Ronda Levine. Posted In : Freelancing 

 
Older posts »
 
Custom Search

 
 
Make a Free Website with Yola.