WritingThoughts

There are many myths being circulated about freelance writing. Unless you’re extremely familiar with what a freelance writer actually does, you could easily get sucked into believing one of these myths. What are some of the most common myths about freelance writing?

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Do you run a blog as a business? If you do, you may have wondered whether you should pay bloggers to write for you or if you should use one of the many forms of free content (including guest posts). It’s an understandable dilemma.

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Some would argue that there’s no difference at all. Indeed, the lines between article blog posts are becoming increasingly blurry. (Yes, I still prefer to tack the word “posts” on the end, with a blog being the site where the posts are published. I am aware that some writers refer to their posts as “blogs.”) […]

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The freelance writing community is very well represented on Twitter. A sizeable number of writers gather there each day to share information and chat. Yesterday was no exception. In fact, Twitter users who wish to reach writers would do well to pay attention to what happened.

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“Oh no they didn’t!” But sadly, yes they did. Once again I’ve run across someone who thinks that simply because they own a word processor and can type they can write their own web copy–even though they have no writing experience whatsoever. They just don’t see the need to hire a professional writer. They don’t […]

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So, you’ve decided to create a blog post. Or perhaps, you want to publish an article on an Internet magazine. Whatever it is, you will probably want to promote your piece through social media. If what you are writing is going end up online, pay attention. There are certain steps you need to follow if […]

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Freelance writing is a great way to make a living if you love to write. You get to spend all day putting words together, and if you’re good, you get paid for it. For word lovers, what’s not to love? There’s more to freelance writing than words, though. A lot has already been written about […]

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I’m often asked what it takes to become a freelance writer. There’s all kinds of answers that I could give to that question, but basically it boils down to one key factor: WORDS – I’m good with them. In fact, without my writing ability everything else that I’ve learned would be relatively useless. It’s always […]

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I paused as I finished writing a recent blog post for a client to take a look at my work. “Yes,” I thought to myself, “Miss R. would definitely have marked this one up.” I counted two. . . no, three sentence structures that my high school English teacher, Miss R. would have marked in […]

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This is a question that I’ve been mulling over for the past month or so, ever since it came up in a discussion with a colleague. I currently (as of 2008) wear two hats. I blog (not only here, but also at Business and Blogging, Freelance Folder, OpinionMom, and Work From Home Momma). I write/edit […]

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