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    Writing About Famous People You Don't Know.: Writers Secrets, #2
    Writing About Famous People You Don't Know.: Writers Secrets, #2
    Writing About Famous People You Don't Know.: Writers Secrets, #2
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    Writing About Famous People You Don't Know.: Writers Secrets, #2

    By Jeffrey Lant

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    Lucky you! You have arrived at the rest of your life. What you learn in these chapters you can use and profit from every single day you remain alert and willing to learn. In short, we here today begin your great adventure.
    Barbra Streisand has a signature tune that goes like this...
    "People who need people are the luckiest people in the world" (from the film "Funny Girl", 1968). And this applies especially to writers, for everything we write will be almost entirely, if not exclusively, about people.
    In this volume, I'm going to give you the essence of what it takes for you to rise high and triumph as a writer. Let us begin at the beginning, as a writer about people and their multifarious activities.
    To begin this volume, I suggest that you read the five portrait articles I have written and included in this book... about Abigail van Buren, Arthur Godfrey, Jacques Brel, Elizabeth Taylor and Pete Seeger. If you do, my comments will be more understandable and useful to you. I have written hundreds of profiles, ranging from the completely unknown subjects, to the household names. Indeed, I am one of the major profile writers of my generation. I want to pass on my mantle to you. It is worth having.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeffrey Lant
    Release dateOct 16, 2016
    ISBN9781533750440
    Writing About Famous People You Don't Know.: Writers Secrets, #2
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    Jeffrey Lant

    Dr. Jeffrey Lant is known worldwide. He started in the media business when he was 5 years old, a Kindergartner in Downers Grove, Illinois, publishing his first newspaper article. Since then Dr. Lant has earned four university degrees, including the PhD from Harvard. He has taught at over 40 colleges and universities and is quite possibly the first to offer satellite courses. He has written over 50 books, thousands of articles and been a welcome guest on hundreds of radio and television programs. He has founded several successful corporations and businesses including his latest at …writerssecrets.com His memoirs “A Connoisseur’s Journey” has garnered nine literary prizes that ensure its classic status. Its subtitle is “Being the artful memoirs of a man of wit, discernment, pluck, and joy.” A good read by this man of so many letters. Such a man can offer you thousands of insights into the business of becoming a successful writer. Be sure to sign up now at www.writerssecrets.co

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