Cultivating multiple article ideas from the same topic can help freelance writers collect more bylines explains Dinsa Sachan in this article from Writer’s Digest March/April 2019. In today’s fractured media environment, every month sees...
Wondering how to sell an essay? Writing a cover letter that’s short and perfect to introduce your pages will sell a piece faster than submitting an excellent article or essay with an uninspired note. This article is excerpted from Susan S...
This article is excerpted from Susan Shapiro’s new book, The Byline Bible: Get Published in Five Weeks © 2018 from Writer’s Digest Books. The newspaper, magazine or web editor loves the freelance article you submitted and says “Yes!...
In the viscious “How the hell am I going to pay for school?” cycle most students go through daily, more and more are coming to one answer: sugar daddies. Jenny* is a 19-year-old first-year student at Mount Royal University in Alberta. S...
We’ve got $35,000 up for grabs for one lucky Student Life Network member in FULL RIDE. Happy 2018! You’re totally killing that “New Year, New You” vibe and sticking to your resolutions right? (cut to new running shoes still in the ...
Ok, listen up. I have a message for the students of Canada and I hear this is the place to get it read. Editor’s Note: This is one of our favourite articles from years past. And considering how frustrated everyone has been with the school...
Editor’s Note: This article on popular school myths was originally published in 2014. Some of the links and stats have been updated to reflect how common these myths still are. As a first-year student transitioning from high school to uni...
Most employers are looking for more than just a degree and some retail experience when they set out to hire new grads. In fact, many of them are looking for these soft skills with new job postings. 1. Naturally Curious and Adaptable Employe...
(~6 min read) For the purpose of this article, dialogue is an alive, action-alike, realistic way to reveal new information about character and/or plot and thus it should carry tension (from ‘Make a Scene’ by Jordan E. Rosenfeld,...
Water Wasters By Dale Angel Water Wasters have always walked among us, masquerading as upright citizens. But…with surveillance equipment, cameras, listening and forensic devices that can detect suspicious splashes left over from was...