When we see a small left margin and a wide right margin, the person is a real spender. He probably begins with a budget of some type, but his true nature soon gets the better of him. The left shows where he begins and the right shows where he is going. Si...

Most writing has some degree of variation. The variations often occur in the writing slant and also, but not as frequently, in the base line. When the amount of change is insignificant (such as under 10 degrees), it is regarded as the normal flexibility...

Though the letters f, j, p, q, y, and z also reach into the lower zone, for purposes of exactness graphologists concentrate their analysis on g and use the other lower-zone letters for back-up corroboration. Often other letters are useful only in certai...

When the capital letter I-the ego-is written huge, this is the image the writer has of himself. Surely he is extremely egocentric, a megalomaniac. A block letter shows culture, someone who reads. This is the capital I found in most books. The unad...

In this article, you will find virtually every possible kind of t bar. Any other t bar you may come across will probably be only a variation of one of these, and with practice, you should be able to see into which category of t bar it fits. When we s...

The authoritative Swiss graphologist Max Pulver (1889-1952) composed the chart below, showing many of the points discussed in the previous chapter. But in addition to demonstrating slant, it also demonstrates the zones. If we were to superimpose a wr...

Picture a man standing bolt upright--the very image of independence, separateness. In Figure 1, look at line AD-it is straight. When one writes in such a fashion more or less consistently, we say that his writing is vertical. In line AE, however, we hav...

What is Graphology? Graphology is the study of handwriting and what it can tell about the mind behind it. When a person writes, it's his hand that does the writing, but his brain that does the dictating. There have been many cases of amputees who, hav...

Authors and film writers know they have a limited time to grab the reader's or audience's attention in these 'want it now' times. If they don't 'open with a bang' the browser will replace the book on the shelf, and the cinema goer will either chat o...

Some of these simple tips may be familiar to you, and some may not. They can make or break your ability to be considered a serious writer by an agent, editor, or publication. See if you practice these tips consistently. If not, choose to begin to. â...

SEO copywriting can be spelled as search engine optimization copywriting and involves the technique of writing texts for a web page, which is easily readable by a surfer and targets intended key words. It aims at enabling the targetted items to appear on ...

We're all familiar with what 'writers block' is. What exactly causes this phenomenon that strikes as we attempt to compose our thoughts or ideas on paper differs with each person and situation. If you think about it, writers block is almost always cau...

Copyright (c) 2008 SharpBrains The results of a recent "Brain and Mind Haikus" contest are in. Below you have my Favorite 10 Haikus on brain-related topics, plus many other fun ones for a total of 25... Can you write a haiku describing anything cros...

More than ever before readers are crying out for something to lift them out of the tide of dire news and the pressures of modern life. To be able to bring a smile to peoples faces, or even make them laugh out loud, can prove to be a highly paid talent. ...

Introduction: It is very hard for a freelance writer to just keep on writing without having some kind of fortitude and determination to do so. Not too many people possess that ability, however, fortitude and determination is my middle name. I did not g...