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10 Insider Tips for Freelance Writers from Those Who Hire Them

Elna Cain

I dont know about you, but I always thought professionalism, promptness, and availability were the only things I needed to know or have. Doing What You Say You Will at the Time You Say You Will Believe it or not, new freelance writers dont always follow deadlines or make excuses.

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How to Explain Your Ideas Clearly: The Zoom-In-Zoom-Out Technique

Enchanting Marketing

Zoom in, and you show details. But in writing, you alternate mostly between the extremes: Captivate readers by using the telephoto lens—tell the story of one person in one specific situation. Shall I show you? But she doesn’t tell only her own story, she also comments on theories around loss and grieving.

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12 Ways to Find Freelance Work Online (No Experience Needed)

Elna Cain

But, what if you dont have a portfolio filled with your online work? Even if you dont have a body of work online to show prospective clients that you can write for them, you need to know HOW to write to gain freelance work. This isn’t “faking it until you make it.” Yes and no.

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How I Start Writing Promptly, Without Relying on Willpower

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It didn’t work for me. Building bridges boosts productivity because our brains continue processing and consolidating ideas, even when we dont focus on those ideas. Like most people I dont like doing chores. And when I tell myself I SHOULD do something, my resistance to doing it grows.

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How a Bestselling Author Revises One Sentence: A Lesson in Vivid Writing

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In her book The Art of Memoir , Mary Karr discusses the importance of revision , and she shows us a rough draft of a sentence from her memoir Lit : Mother drove me to college in our yellow station wagon, and every night we stayed at a Holiday Inn, where we got drunk on screwdrivers. You can’t picture that summary.

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My Favorite Ways to Use an AI Writing Tool as a Freelance Writer

Elna Cain

These tools aren’t replacing the writing you do for clients. This is also an AI tool, and it hasn’t replaced editors and proofreaders, has it? And, if that doesn’t convince you to use these AI tools, MaAnna of Blog Aid, mentioned in her podcast a quote she read , “AI will not replace people.

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Storytelling: Are you good at it?

Kayleigh Moore

I just finished a complete series re-watch of the TV show Mad Men , and the thing I was struck by most in this viewing was that Don Draper’s character was a masterful storyteller. The thing is: Lots of people tell stories. Everything comes back to the way I communicate and tell stories. But he does it with such… finesse.