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    Many people have used fake names for a variety of reasons but one of the oldest reasons was a method used by authors to publish writing. A alternate name someone uses as an author is often called a “pen name”, an alias or a pseudonym. Authors use pen names so they can be published because for many possible reasons they wouldn’t be published under their own names. Many famous authors have used pen names because they wanted to be taken seriously or wanted to protect their name. For some people using an alias was the only way for them to be published. “When a local newspaper refused him publication, sixteen-year-old Benjamin Franklin started writing letters … under the persona of the middle-aged widow Silence Dogood…. Many female authors have to conceal their identity to get publishers to take them seriously.” Most publishers will only work with older, more experienced authors making it nearly impossible for younger writers like Ben Franklin to be published. By creating and using a pen name they can be published (should have been “Creating and using a pen name can publish them…”) as if they were more experienced.…

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    Informative Pen Names Essay You are writing a new book, you have published many before, but this time it is a different genre than what you normally would write. When you bring it to the publisher you would always go to, but this time they tell you they fear less selling because of the genre change. You are appalled, so you take up a pen name just to have your book published, and it works the publishing company publishes your book, and it sales go through the roof. This is just one example of…

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    Names are useful. Sometimes they’re even more useful when they’re fake, Pen names. Aliases, or pseudonyms allow authors freedom, flexibility, and opportunity. Although Men use Pen names women use them more because they think it helps them get more support and shows people that woman can write to. Woman Pen named for readers could read their book. Susan Eloise Hinton. Who is famous for young-adult novels, is another author who adapted her name. S. E. Hinton’s first book, the Outsiders,…

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    Pen names have been used by authors throughout history because, if they use real names their writing might not get published, women had a difficult time publishing their writing, the author wants to stay anonymous. Back then female or women writers would have to use a boy pen name. Publishers thought girl writers were crazy and could not be published. One famous pen name was J.K rowling. She used that name in all her books no one knew it was a girl. She changes her name depending on what kind of…

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    Pen Names There have been many pen names used by many famous authors in history. There many benefits to it and its very common in literature. publishing used to be different back then and things like being a girl writer or publishing more than one book per year per author were frowned upon so authors used fake names or, pen names, to hide their identity. A lot of authors like Stephen King, J.K Rowling, and Charlotte Bronte have used pen names for many different reasons like, to publish more…

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    My Writing Assignment

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    I love to read and occasionally write. However, I did not always feel so passionate about these wonderful things. Around first or second grade, maybe even third I did not care for writing at all. In fact, I recall one time when a friend of mine and me miraculously ended up going to the restroom at the same time somehow. I did not actually need to go to the restroom I just did not want to participate in the writing assignment given to me at the time. Yes I know it was kind of silly because when…

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    Hmmmm, click. Tap tap. Click. Click click clack. Sigh. Why am I writing again—click click tap. click clack taaaa-pp. As a person who has a vendetta against writing, the sounds of the keyboard distract me. My unedited writing turns to gibberish because, for example, no one can say, “j f s s ,“ in the rhythm of which I just typed does not sound amazing. I have always been drawn to music, and even when I strayed from it, I always end up back here. At age four, my parents got me a keyboard because…

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    Zentangle Research Paper

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    That’s because their face and their name are stored in separate areas of your left brain. It’s the job of the right side of your brain to recall those images and labels and put them together for you. That’s just one of the benefits of Zentangle drawing over just coloring in an outline on a page. Zentangle exercises those neural connections when you draw the tangles. Creating Zentangle art is really easy and fast. You traditionally work on a small 3 ½”x3 ½” quality paper tile that you can finish…

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    Erika Case Study

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    influential agreement. Secondly, she can approach Mr. Feng by mail and let him know that she will be in Taipei in coming days and her company DGG is interested in collaborating with Global Services to make good business in eastern countries. This approach in general will not have such negative consequences and will help company and Erika in a positive manner by opening their fountain pen industry once again east. It will be only possible if Erika will be able to handle the situation with a grace…

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    authors have used pen names in a number of ways in order to thrive in their careers and lives. Pen names are fake names that allow authors to obtain freedom while writing. Pen names are used by authors in the writing business to lead to their overall success. To begin with, pen names have helped multiple authors gain opportunities. Pen names give authors a chance to do what they were unable to do using their factual names. Charlotte Bronte used the name Currer Bell, a male pen name, to be…

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