How does one get into freelance writing?
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How does one get into freelance writing?
Just do the work. Send pitches, apply to gigs, leverage your network. Don’t fuss too much about the *right* way to start.
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How to pitch a story.
Or, how to help your idea grab the boss’s attention.
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How to write an explainer.
An explainer should leave your reader brighter by a point or two.
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Writing for an audience.
Where persuasion matters more than proving a point.
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Write to understand.
Do you know why you write?
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Dear sir / madam, please don’t hire me.
Avoid job application goof-ups that make employers cringe
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Reference your sources properly.
How can you ensure that the information you’re writing is reasonably reliable?
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I have an idea!
An ideas notebook has held me in good stead all these years. Every time I had a brainwave, which always happens at odd times, I recorded it in the ideas notebook.
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First Drafts Are Allowed to Be Shitty.
Don’t be disheartened if you don’t get it first time right
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Mapping your story saves a ton of time!
I outline a story before I write it. Many writers do this. It helps you focus on what you want to write and stick to it throughout the piece.