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One of the heaviest burdens of an eating disorder is loneliness. Isolation is your reality. It is also a fiction created by the disorder to insulate itself. The disease keeps you in danger by keeping itself safe from the relief of companionship. The truth is that the loneliest place on the planet has more inhabitants than New York City. There are 11 million people, women and men, in the United States with eating disorders. Millions more suffer with "subthreshold" disordered eating that is dangerous and secretive. I am one of these millions. In 1986 I dared to enter an eating disorder clinic for my compulsive binges. Before I crossed that threshold, I had never uttered a word about the cravings that...

Spring is a season that provides the opportunity to get yourself out and about to discover new things. Springtime can be a particularly romantic time of the year too, as the first glimpses of sunny days emerge and blossoms and blooms appear. So get into the swing of spring and explore some new avenues with your partner. Learning new skills together often proves very beneficial as you learn how to do something new whilst getting to spend quality time with your partner. If you both like to cook up a storm in the kitchen then cookery classes can be fun. For creative types there are photography courses, creative writing workshops and pottery making, to name just a few. If music and film are a shared...

I was seven years old. The teacher began to get cross. 'Robert, write down what's on the board or go to the back of the class and stay there until you have." When you're seven you don't master the language, especially when you've been singled out in front of the class and told off. Ten minutes later I still hadn't written anything, so off to the back of the class I went until an hour after all the other kids had gone home. My teacher, a kindly soul really who I'm sure just wanted the best for me, waited behind as well and encouraged me to write. "You're not going home until you've finished; I can wait all night." "I cant" was all I could blurt out. She should have known. I had new glasses, a patch...

So you want to know how to improve your writing skills and get published. Bring out that novel inside of you and learn how to improve your writing skills AND get published. Whatever you are thinking of writing, whether it be for a magazine, newspaper or that novel that we all have inside us, writing can be fun. Firstly you need to know how to improve your writing skills so that you can let your imagination flow onto the pages BUT sometimes it will be hard work. So "Where do I start?". "What is the correct way to write". "Where to find out how to improve your writing skills?". "How and where do I get published?" I will tell you. Your writing is YOURS. It comes from the inspiration inside you. If you...

The new way to get more business is through psychology.  I work in the insurance industry and one thing that I have noticed is that many insurance relevant messages never get heard. They're the wrong messages sent to the wrong target markets. Ask yourself, are you someone your intended target market would easily and quickly gravitate to? Do they find you immediately trustworthy and credible? I find that many insurance advisors are indeed credible, but they are not good at demonstrating their credibility. As a result, many people they meet don't easily trust them.  The biggest marketing mismatches involve emotional issues - the things that help your prospect feel safe with you.  Some examples of...

On March 5, 2010 the authorities in South Korea arrested a married couple for criminal negligence causing the death of their infant daughter. The 41 year old husband and 25 year old wife had met online and spent the majority of their time in an Internet Cafe playing a game which ironically involved nurturing and protecting a child avatar, while their own infant was left unattended for up to twelve hours per day. The infant succumbed to malnutrition and the highly publicized arrest lead to open discussion in South Korea over the growing problem of internet addiction. What is interesting is how quickly the culprit is sought out and blamed for the tragedy. The couple is only marginally vilified...

Norm Goldman, Editor of reviews The Muse On Writing Editor: Lea Schizas ISBN: 1554043174 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews The Muse on Writing was published, as Editor Lea Schizas declares in the introduction, “to unravel some writing aspects in a way not presented in other writing books.” To accomplish this feat she has amassed nineteen excellent writers and authors, each of whom have combined their knowledge pertaining to important topics as the writer’s voice, conflict, plotting, dialogue, characterization, inspirational writing, writer’s block, and editing. In addition, there are chapters...

When you're considering writing a new story, just where do you get your ideas from? I have met many published authors and read interviews with countless more. Most of them confirm that this is the question that they get asked more than any other. Many aspiring writers no doubt hope that the famous author will provide them with a web address - or book title - that will mean never having to think up an idea again. Of course, successful authors don't have a secret place they go to find new ideas. Most writers I've heard can't even tell you where they find inspiration - it just happens they say. Coming up with the idea is only part of the battle, as giving two writers the same suggestion and they'll...

It started very simply for one well-known comedian. He was out with nothing to do one day and decided to buy a book. The subject of the book was how to write books, and the result changed his life. He has since had a television show in his own name, the hosted a famous and tremendously successful comedy show, and he is the new host of The Price is Right. That's right, Drew Carrey got his start simply by buying a book on how to write jokes. So now you must be asking yourself, how can I learn to write jokes. If thats the case, then I hope to give you a few tips from my own experience. The most important thing is to not be afraid of embarrassment. You will need to be a clown, be a fool. Some of your...

One of the easiest ways to grow your freelance writing business is to broaden your professional network. Here are seven ways to do that: 1. Join several listservs for writers. Over the years, I've gotten writing assignments, invitations for school visits, and other information from writers I've met via listservs. I've also made some great friends. You'll find all sorts of listservs for writers at 2. Set up a page. And then "work your page." MySpace is a super way to broaden your network, but you can't simply create a page there and not do anything to promote yourself and widen your circle of friends. You need to visit other MySpace pages and send requests to become a friend of someone who looks...

e you should decide whether or not taking part in a writing workshop is right for you and your writing you should first understand just what a writing workshop is. A workshop is an educational format where an expert shares information on a focused topic over a short period of time. Some workshops are intended to be simply informative while others involve more hands-on activities. Today there are many options for enjoying a workshop: you can attend workshops in person, view them on television or tape, or participate in an online workshop. So now that you know what a workshop is you can see how this format can readily be adapted for writers. Writing workshops can cover the basics of writing, writing...

Harry Potter. The name brings instant recognition from people all over the world. The books have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Only the bible has more translations. The movies have gone on to grace the lists of the Top 10 grossing films of all time. When Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published in 1997, Joanne Kathleen Rowling was a previously unpublished author. She had no publishing credits, no insider knowledge, no friends in the industry. So how did she do it? How did she go on, in the space of ten short years, to become the first billionaire author on the planet? The answer to that question lies not in what she did in those ten years between the publication of the first...

Do you day dream, are you creative and observant, can you pen down any thought, do you enjoy reading?  If the answer to this question is yes, here's an impressive career opportunity for you. Read on to know more. Creativity is exploring your thoughts and coming up with something very unusual or precisely thinking "out of the box", writing is to pen down these thoughts so as to document it and creative writing altogether means to write something interesting and having a novelty factor, to lure reader's and keep them glued to your write-up. Creative writing comprises of novels, short stories, poetries, autobiographies, semi-autobiographies, drama, scriptwriting and all non-journalistic writings.  A...

If you have a love for writing and would love to see your work published then your wait may be over. Grants for writers exist to help aspiring writers turn their dreams into a reality. Whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction, technical books or a biography, writing is a wonderful way to make a good living. So where do you begin to look for these grants. Well the internet is full of sites dedicated to various grants available. However, a good place to start is within the writing network. As writers know the ups and down of the writing world, they also know ways to find the money they need to keep their love alive. Let’s look at a few examples: - Society of Children’s Book Writers and...

Being a veteran author I get a lot of mail from readers and writers of all backgrounds. I receive a lot of mail from aspiring writers especially. I recently received many emails asking the same question: "I need help with my manuscript. Where do I get it? Can you help me?" I explain to newbies all the time that published writers are not able to critique others’ work due to legal conditions as well as most of us barely have the time to finish our own work, let alone critique someone else’s. Yet, I hate leaving aspiring writers in the cold so I wanted to create this article for those just starting out who do not know how important online writing groups can be for new writers seeking publication...

Many folks like to write and some wish to become a writer, of course first they need to learn how to become a writer right? Yes, this is true, but when does an amateur writer become a professional writer? One would say by definition as soon as you actually sell something, but in reality it is the day you decide to try to sell something. You see my fellow writer, you are a Writer or an Author when you reach the point that you know. No one can take that away from you and this “Professional” or “Legitimate Author” syndrome and the approval from another is bogus. The day you feel you are a writer, You Are!!! And the day you get paid for your first article, eBook, short story...

 Think about it...why is a reader reading your article? Why isn't he or she clicking it off and read something else? Is there something in it for him or her? If it is a book, then why doesn't he or she stop reading it? There are many possibilities but here are just three of them for the sake of explanation. 1. There is something in it for him or her. If he or she continues to read your article or book, he or she will derive a sort of benefit or learn something new; 2. Your article or book is magnetic. It is interesting to read because it is funny, sad, entertaining, informational, etc; 3. One thing leads to another and he or she wants to link it all together - this is what a good story is all...

Once you have an idea, how can you turn it into comedy? One way is by the use of exaggeration. Once you start making the end results more than they would normally be, the result is frequently humorous. Or it could be that the effort expended by your character is out of proportion to the end result - or perhaps the end result is not what he expected. This can be seen in the Roadrunner cartoons where the 'baddy' tries with great effort to do the roadrunner in but his plans usually backfire onto himself. The use of literary devices is also an aid to writing comedy. You can make use of ambiguity where there is unclear or double meaning to a word or phrase. Alliteration also creates a comic touch to the...

nto writing? Then welcome to the club. To help you start with, here’s a reminder for you. Writing is not just a simple thing that you can only just take it for granted. It has a lot of forms and a lot of considerations to follow. However, your determination and writing skills are your weapons in creating such an effective and successful piece. Have you tried writing articles or essays or even reports? Notice how continuous and long their contents are? It is like talking to your readers directly but not face to face since you will have to write it down and let them read it. As a matter of fact, that kind of writing is based on the writer’s point of views and based on the facts that he had...

Children are very creative. One way to harness their imagination into writing would be to use a creative writing software made for children.Creating a readable story can be a frustrating, daunting, and seemingly insurmountable challenge to children; but if they have a software package that makes creating a story fun and easy, then you may be able to help the next great author get his or her start! With a story writing software for kids, you have several tools for your children: a spell checker, a thesaurus, a character creating wizard, a grammar wizard, plus a whole lot more. These tools enable your child to create readable, organized, and coherent text and narratives. They make your child focus on...

Creative Writing Challenges Creative writing is a much more mind intensive activity as compared to other forms of writing. Generally, writing by itself requires various degrees of thinking but creative writing calls for a particularly complex level of thinking. Whether, it is a work of fiction or non-fiction, you have to be able to get your creative juices flowing to produce a good if not a great piece of work. The first challenge is how to get the creative juices flowing off your hands. The best way is to write and keep on writing. It does not make sense? Not even relevant? Never mind. Once the creative juices are free flowing, the next challenge is to harness your thoughts, get them organized and...

There is a lot of people that think that writing is really just a case of getting a piece of paper and a pen and then sitting down and writing, however this is not the case. In the perfect world this would be the case however it is not the case in reality. There is actually quite a lot to writing. There are a lot of people that would like to come up with the best articles, books or journal entries. If you would like to learn how to write better there are some writing classes that are available. There is a selection of software available as well its really just a case of selecting the best writing software. Nowadays writing has been made slightly easier due to the invention of computers and the World...

Getting creative should not be a hard thing to come about if you know what it is that avails your personal growth in creative writer. Creative writing templates is a ideal use for a starter or pro writer. Almost all  these templates are disintegrated into small piece so as to aid your ability to write about a creative piece with less stress  on your part. It should assist you create a master piece work with your writing  by outlining possible steps that are available for  use with structured pattern for a good presentation and arrangement of your work. Unlike all template a creative writing template comes in ways structured to assist a beginner get past the possible problem of writers block...

Freelance writing jobs have been getting much attention nowadays. Anybody can do freelance writing jobs as long as they have the time and interest in writing. You can choose freelance writing jobs as a full-time career or just for occupying those idle hours doing nothing. Develop your writing skills while getting paid. Since the success of the Internet writers were given another door for earning. Through freelance writing jobs writers are now able to sell or provide service for someone with just few clicks on the keyboard. There are two ways on how to earn through freelance writing jobs. One is to write articles for someone and the other is to write articles about the topic which you really know. In...

When our children are young one of the hardest things to do is leave them to go out into the workforce. This is why so many women are starting to work from home. The growth of the Internet and the online world has opened up many opportunities and made working from home easier and more flexible than ever. Here are four top online jobs for moms with young children. Jobs For Moms With Young Children: 4 Top Online Choices 1. Virtual Assistant: Many companies that downsize will outsource some of the routine jobs within their organizations. You could find yourself dealing with tasks such as phone calls, emails, travel arrangements, and file keeping. This is a great option for anyone who has assistant...

I taught school for a dozen years and loved every one of them. But the day came when I realized I had done everything I could with my job and had no more to give. To keep myself creative I started writing articles for educational magazines and several were published. The idea of becoming a writer intrigued me, so I gave the school several months notice and quit my job to pursue this new career. Quitting teaching was a hard decision -- a grieving decision -- and every time I drove past the school tears welled up in my eyes. Now I understand that I was going through anticipatory grief, a feeling of loss before a death or dreaded event occurs. One career had ended and the other was uncertain. Though...

How do you know if you are a good candidate for writing jobs from home? Well, consider your current situation. Are you a single parent looking for a way to stay home with the kids and be a parent that's "there for them" every day while still making some income from home? Or are you a spouse who wants to add some monthly income to your savings? Perhaps you're a college student whose part-time job isn't quite paying those high student loans. If these circumstances fit you, then you should seriously consider writing from home. What Are Writing Jobs from Home? You might be wondering what all is involved in writing jobs from home. As a professional writer who works exclusively from home, I believe I can...

Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you should be perfectly comfortable. - Bobby Bragan, 1963 For the non-fiction writer the use of statistical data can add some relevant meat to their 'persuasive stew'. For instance if I were attempting to convince you that becoming a writer were a good idea I might include the following statistics. Median annual earnings for salaried writers and authors were $44,350 in May 2004. Employment of writers and editors is expected to grow 9-17% for all occupations through the year 2014. Writers and editors held about 320,000 jobs in 2004. A college degree generally is required for a position...

Writing throughout history has transformed itself to either an immortalization of one's thoughts or a lucrative business. The first is the essence and the other one is the consequence. With respect to the art of writing itself, it must always be treated with reverence. Not that too many great people have dedicated themselves towards glorifying the art or that it has become a means by which we have learned history and man's life but because it is in itself, a vital part of our existence. Creative writing must come from the heart. It can be learned. It can be copied from what has already been written by other authors, only adding some innovative details. It can be new. Whatever you choose, so long as...

Freelance health writers can be found anywhere. With just a simple search in Google, you will find some freelance health writers in an instant. The question is, "Are those freelance health writers capable of doing the job"? In finding a technical writer there are factors to consider. You can`t just hire someone who prefers to write about technology to work on your health article. Anybody can be a writer and everyone has his own specialty in writing. To be a freelance health writer, you need to have at least the basic idea about the human body and health. You cannot do writings for health related topics if you don`t value your health. As we all know that writing reflects oneself. Most workload for a...

Catch-22, huh? In the writing business, you can't get published until you have some experience. If you can't get published until you have experience, how do you get experience? How do you get publishing clips to show all those publishers who want to see "previously published clips"? It's almost as if Lily Tomlin's telephone operator character came up with this: "Is this the party to whom I'm speaking? Are you the unpublished writer who has published clips I can look at? (Snort, snort!)" What's an unpublished writer to do? Get published, of course! I'm not being flippant; I'm serious. Think about your life. There are a number of things you can write about right now (essays and travel articles about...

Please welcome my guest, scientist-turned-author Bob Boan. Boan has been a member of the space community for over twenty-five years developing RF and optical systems for communications and sensing satellites. He has multiple patents and publications in his field. Previously, he served in academia. He earned a BS from Campbell University, a master's from the University of Mississippi and a doctorate from Florida Institute of Technology. He's with us today to talk about his latest coming-of-age novel, Bobby Becomes Bob, published by Twilight Times Books. Q:Thanks for being my guest today, Bob. From space scientist to literary author... will you share with my readers how this came about? A:I first...

It was 35 years ago that the first novel by Frederick Forsyth was written, after he left a career in journalism to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. The thrillers being churned out at that time had a different structure, and Frederick Forsyth defied all conventions. Before you read one word of his book, you knew the end of the plot (we are talking about The Day of the Jackal). Still, the book kept you interested throughout the narration. As it turned out, The Day of the Jackal turned out to be an instant hit, and the best countdown suspense thus far. Frederick Forsyth could now write secure in the knowledge that all his forthcoming novels would have a ready audience. Books around Current...

With the growth of the internet, more website and blog owners require fresh content on a regular basis. The majority of that content is writing in some form or another. As the internet becomes more ingrained into everyday life, people who have never written professionally before suddenly discover that they have a knack for it. Some even decide to pursue a writing career full-time. Knowing what you're getting into would benefit you a great deal, but if money is your main reason for becoming a writer, you should reconsider. The web is full of people who want great fresh content: true. Those same people are willing to pay good money for that content: hardly. Let it be known that while some writing gigs...

Becoming a successful author is very much like the growth of bamboo. Bamboo is an interesting plant. Its growth starts underground, where the rhizome system that supports the canes are developed. For three whole years, the plant establishes itself underground and there is no apparent growth. Nothing appears to be happening. In the fourth year, shoots appear. The bamboo canes grow in height and diameter for only 60 days every spring. After the 60 days, that particular cane will never grow again. However, because of the rhizome system, the next spring the shoots that come up will grow much taller and faster in those 60 days. After a bamboo grove has been establishing its rhizome system for 5 years...

"body"> Children and adults have been arrested by the saga of the boy wizard, Harry Potter, the boy who's made them laugh, made them cry, held their breaths in nail-biting and litmus-testing situations. It's thus no surprise that J.K.Rowling, the creator of the boy who lives in the hearts of zillions of readers across the world, has attained star-status, though I'd support all those critics who opine that she deserves more of the acclaim stuff. J.K.Rowling was a broke single mother as poor as possible in modern Britain without being homeless. She had studied something practical suppressing her dreams of becoming a writer. It was in a train in Portugal when she was struck with the idea of the boy...

Writing is a skill anyone can develop. Writers are not born but created. All the writers you know have come only this way. For becoming a Writer yourself, you have to have the will; inclination; and passion. Set your mind as a positive one. Imagine that you are a Writer and earnestly believe that you can become a Writer.The mental exercises are important. Why it is necessary to go into the mental exercises you have been learning? Well - you are going to transform yourself into a Writer- from whatever roles you have been playing, outwardly in the real world so far. You may be a student, a professional, a businessman or woman, an employee, a father, mother, brother, sister or whatever. These are...

Learning how to become a freelance writer can be hard and intimidating, and I kept that in mind with my site review, hoping to help you all avoid the mistakes I've made and to give you enough information to make you confident in signing up and getting started. The following are some step by step tips that can help beginning writers make the most out of Constant Content, even just starting out. Constant Content Writing Tip #1: Proof read. Writers can charge a lot more for their articles on Constant Content because buyers know to expect really high quality articles when they make a purchase from CC. Constant Content Writing Tip #2: Don't under charge for your work. This is a classic mistake, and one I...

The Internet has changed everything, especially for the writer or the want to be writer. Now even a complete novice can find real writing jobs. So, it's true, you can become a freelance writer. You just need to deploy these 3 sound strategies for success! Real writing jobs are not hard to find, but the trick is to get paid to write with as little risk to yourself as possible. You don't want to pour your soul into one of those supposedly paid writing jobs only to get stiffed in the end. Obviously, if you get the short end of the stick you might not try again and that would be a shame, because real writing jobs do exist in the marketplace today! There are lots of sites where you can post your interest...

Movies have been made for decades -- many of them involve a bomb being deactivated. When I see a scene in which a bomb is deactivated 1-3 seconds before it's about to explode, I'm not impressed by the script writing. If I ever write a screenplay that includes a scene in which a bomb has to be deactivated, creativity will be my primary objective. In my story, the bomb will have one wire. That wire will be cut and the timer will stop. The timer's digital display will read no less than sixteen hundred seconds remaining. My idea lacks suspense, but it contains originality. I'm confident I'll be able to write some intensity into the remaining 118 minutes of the film. I have ideas for other methods of...

You've probably heard the buzz. T-Mobile's finally got 3G service. Finally, mobile broadband speed comes to many a people's favorite carrier. Well, this isn't a public relations piece so you're gonna get the good, bad and ugly. If write a screenplay of a truthful dialogue between T-Mobile and its potential customers it'd go something like this: Does T-Mobile have 3G? Uhh...Yeah Is it any good? Umm...sure...sometimes... What do you mean sometimes? Because they just launched their 3G service it's extremely limited compared to the big 3 (Verizon, AT&T and Sprint). The initial goal was about 30 major cities. It's great if you're in a hot town like Los Angeles or Washington, D.C. but let's say you're...

Like many of us, you probably have an idea, or several ideas, for the perfect movie. How many times have you watched a movie and thought that you could have done better? How many times have you imagined movies in your head starring your favorite actors? You probably have a lot of movie ideas running around in your head but you do not know how to put them on paper. Hollywood has always given the people what they want. When an idea sells, they are more than happy to jump on the bandwagon and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for a screenplay or idea that will sell to the general public. But how do you get that idea on paper and across to the general public to see? There are several ways that you...

All writers, established and beginner; novelist, screenwriter and playwright; every writer can benefit from the writing exercise. Whether it's to enhance their current project, a way around writer's block, or to explore a potential idea, exercises help keep the imagination working at top speed. Writing Exercise: Creating Character Details. The most interesting characters come alive in the smallest details: a favourite food, a favourite type of music, a fear of spiders, an allergy to plums, a scar from a fall at two years of age, a love of reality television. These details are what makes a character three dimensional and human. They may seem mundane, but think about what defines you as a person. Is...

Are you interested in getting your movie ideas discovered not only by movie producers but also by the movie going public? Then you have to stop thinking about creating movies and start writing your movie ideas down on paper. The only way that you are going to get your movie ideas from your head to the screen is if you actually put some work towards your movie ideas. When was the last time you went to the movies and thought to yourself "I can do better than that!" If you have been going recently, you probably said this to yourself quite often. And you probably can do better than what is out there in the theaters now. It seems as if Hollywood has run out of ideas and simply has to hash up the same old...

Have you put together a writer's checklist? You know, the things you will need in order to put your story together. A few suggestions... 1. A pen or pencil. 2. A note pad. 3. Alternatively a personal computer with a word processor. 4. A dictionary. 5. A thesaurus. 6. Applicable research materials. 7. An outline providing direction for your work. OK, if you've checked everything off your list then you're ready to go, right? Well, maybe not. In the world of writing one of the components often forgotten is 'passion'. I'm not talking about romance here. I'm talking about a personal vested interest in the story or subject matter you are seeking to write. Is it something you are passionate about? "What is...

> Considering training for screenwriters. Among the general public, not much thought is given to the screenwriting profession. The typical person watching a television show or feature film isn't going to give much consideration to how actors come to say what it is that they say. From the average person's perspective, actors may just make things up to say as they go along. The reality however is that actors don't make up what they say: they recite lines of dialogue, which is written by a person typically referred to as a screenwriter. The rare person who does have some form of interest in screenwriting often hopes to be a screenwriter him or herself, presuming they aren't one already. The fact of the...

Most people that want to write a screenplay already have an idea that they could envision on the big screen, but some people no matter how hard they try just cant think of ideas. There is nothing wrong with this, I used to be one of them before I wrote my first screenplay. To make screenwriting easier I use a set of techniques that I have learned over the years from reading countless books and getting hundreds of script writing tips off various people in the industry. In this article I will be giving you a brief summary of my top 5 script writing tips in chronological order. 1. Always Start With The Genre Before you start making notes and write a single word on the page decide what type of film you...

Searching for a Literary Agent can be a daunting task. But it is an essential one. It's true that the easiest way to find representation is through someone you know who already has industry contacts. But let's pretend you are a screenwriter who does not have any connections in Hollywood. Then where do you begin? Well first, after you have spent hours upon hours pouring your heart and soul into creating your inspired masterpiece a finished screenplay or novel manuscript emerges. The first question you should ponder is whether or not your screenplay or manuscript is ready. Sure you think it is. But there are questions that need to be answered first before it is ready for the masses. Have someone else...

When you write a query letter, your first challenge is to summarize your 100+ page story to a paragraph or two. The second challenge is to establish enough credibility that the person reading the query letter will feel like it's going to be worth the time it takes to read it. The whole purpose of writing a bio that is a sentence or two long in your query letter is to establish enough credibility to make them think you can deliver on the story you're telling them about. There are three possible things that can help your cause in this matter: 1. If You've Had Something Produced If you have had a script produced legitimately, that should be placed in the opening of the letter. This is where you can...