The Importance of Knowing Your Audience
The famous author F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote “Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.” Though I slightly resent the implication that writers don’t have personalities of their own, I couldn’t agree more with the notion that a good writer […]
Muscling Up Your Writing
Everyone these days is working out, hitting the gym, getting stronger and leaner. We’re watching what we eat and choosing healthy alternatives. If we can muscle up with our bodies, we should do it with our writing, too. Using efficient, powerful words makes our writing stronger, more assertive, and gets the point across without being […]
How to Avoid Distractions as a Freelance Writer
The blood of a freelance writer flows from the veins of some of the most creative people on earth. It’s part of the DNA! Each moment of the day must be harnessed if we are going to produce. How can we avoid costly distractions and still take care of the important things? Freelance writers must […]
Determining How Much to Charge for Your Work
Whether you have just received your first freelance writing job or have been at it for a while, determining the price to charge for your services can be one of your greatest challenges. (Just imagine: Asking for money being harder than actually doing the work!) It’s not all that different from someone asking you to […]
Don’t Lose Yourself While Ghostwriting
Ghostwriting can be a lucrative gig if you’re a qualified writer, whether you’re writing daily blog pots for your local real estate agent, crafting a newspaper column under the byline of a neighborhood dentist or jotting down remarks that the community bank president will present in his speech to shareholders next week. But ghostwriting comes […]
Sticking to Structure: Why Beginnings, Middles and Conclusions Matter in Today’s Blog-on, Groupon-crazed World
The Internet has done amazing things for writers. Many of us now work from home, dictating our own assignments and our own hours. Long gone are the tyrannical editors and lingering around the newsroom until 2 AM. This change is entirely due to the Internet and the explosion of websites that need content! Content! Content! […]
6 Things You Should Always Do As A Freelancer
We can learn a lot by going through the bad times in our freelance careers. Unfortunately, these times are inevitable in this unpredictable business. However, every problem has a solution. You simply need to be ready to take action whenever the time comes. With this in mind, here are some freelance writing tips to help […]
A How-To Guide to Creating Travel Journals
Whether you travel often or are taking a once-in-a-lifetime trip, get yourself a blog and post regular travel journals. You can use a general blog site or one that is designed especially for travel journals. Do it for you. Keep a personal trip journal and include anything you want during your trip. It can be […]
Rewrites – Tips on Keeping Rewrites Fresh, Interesting and Original
As freelance writers, many of us may come across a request to rewrite an article that the client has referred us to. Sometimes, the client asks us to take a published article written professionally and “make it original because if it won’t pass Copyscape I will reject it.” Other times it is a blog piece […]
Time Management Tips for Freelance Writers
Time management is something that we all suffer from. Writing a good article can be time consuming with the research, time it takes to write the article and then editing it before submission. Many of us don’t use a voice recognition program to write our articles, making us potentially slower than someone that can type […]
5 Tips for Better Humor Writing
One of life’s simplest pleasures is laughter and the ability to create laughter through your own writing is an accomplishment. But writing humor effectively isn’t easy. It takes time, effort and skill. Don’t fret though. There’s tons of information out there to help you develop techniques you can use to get even the sourest of […]
How to Avoid Distractions as a Freelancer
In your relationship with your freelance writing career, you are the decider. That means you are boss. You tell yourself when you can leave for a coffee break, take some time off to go run a few miles or swim a lap at the gym, or fit in a game of racquetball with your buddies […]