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What mistakes do you make as a freelance writer?
Are you a freelance writer? Do you enjoy doing what you do? Do you like working as a freelance writer for the many different people from all walks of life and areas and places of the world that need a myriad of different content types? Or perhaps you're an up and coming, aspiring writer and author and you're in the process of writing your first masterpiece!? Whoever you are, and whatever you do, the chances are as a writer, you make some mistakes along the way. Those mistakes could be something as small as, waiting for inspiration to come to you instead of going out and looking for it like a caveman does hunting for a woolly mammoth! To not knowing what to say (writers block). Plus a whole other heap of mistakes you can make as a writer!
Well I've brainstormed some of what I feel are the
top 10 mistakes that aspiring writers can make today. And in each one of them, I give a reason why and how you can commit those mistakes and how not to commit them too! So if you are a freelance writer or up and coming aspiring author, do check out those
Top 10 Mistakes Aspiring and Creative Writers Make. And see if you're guilty of any of them and how you can avoid making those same mistakes! After this, you will/should go on to become a better, smarter, more accomplished and more successful freelance writer or author!
And by the way, yes, I've linked to the post on the WordClerks FAQ. You should check it out! It's an extension of this Community FAQ only on WordClerks - a site dedicated to content writing services of all kinds and natures! And it's picking up more and more and there are now more people using it for content writing services than ever before! I've sold a few services on there lately and only have several up for a short while now. So if you're a content writer and you want to make more money. Get onto WordClerks and set up your services for sale on there! The earlier you do - the more success you'll see later down the road!
And PPS. I'll be posting several discussions here lately that link to some of those great articles and posts on the WordClerks FAQ. Do try to visit them and check them out and read them as if you're a freelance writer I think they will really help!!
PPPS. What kind of other mistakes are there that content writers or authors can make today?
Cheers!
Mike.
Tronia
It is natural that we all make them since nobody is perfect (right??). I've looked at the ones you've listed and I do recognize myself in a few of them. I used to do the mistake of waiting to get inspired instead of trying to go out and find some myself. I just always assumed that's how it worked. You know, sit back, relax... it will eventually come to you. Another one is that damn passive voice. I use it so often, I am trying hard not to anymore but it keeps creeping back sometimes.
One mistake that I can add is the fact that I tried to add/put too many ''big'' words into one sentence. I did this one very often when I was a bigger beginner than I am now. I thought that it would be more attractive to read but let's face is, who wants to read a sentence that has four out of five words that an average person doesn't even know the meaning of? yes, nobody. I don't tend to view mistakes as a bad thing as long as you learn from them. Each mistake you make, not just in writing or freelancing but in general, in life - each one teaches you a valuable lesson and it's up to you if you're smart enough to learn and grow from it. It is natural that we all make them since nobody is perfect (right??). I've looked at the ones you've listed and I do recognize myself in a few of them. I used to do the mistake of waiting to get inspired instead of trying to go out and find some myself. I just always assumed that's how it worked. You know, sit back, relax... it will eventually come to you. Another one is that damn passive voice. I use it so often, I am trying hard not to anymore but it keeps creeping back sometimes. One mistake that I can add is the fact that I tried to add/put too many ''big'' words into one sentence. I did this one very often when I was a bigger beginner than I am now. I thought that it would be more attractive to read but let's face is, who wants to read a sentence that has four out of five words that an average person doesn't even know the meaning of? yes, nobody.
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