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10 Most Common Writing Mistakes

Written by GuestWriter on March 1, 2010 - 16 Comments
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When writing for an audience, there are few more embarrassing things to discover after submitting your work than a mistake, or worse yet, mistakes in your submission. Not only are they embarrassing, but your mistakes could cost you future work with the publisher or diminish your credibility in the eyes of your readers. To avoid [...]

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Stuck on a Freelance Writing Assignment? Don’t Know What to Write About?

Written by Dana Prince on December 9, 2009 - 5 Comments
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Ever feel like you’re stuck with a writing assignment? If you’re getting paid to write for a client and you haven’t a clue what to write about, you’re not alone.

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What Exactly Is A Rewrite?

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on April 7, 2008 - 0 Comments
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Rewriting – love it or hate it, it’s part of the job of many web content writers. A typical situation is that a client asks you to write a series of articles for a particular purpose, such as to publish them on a website. At the same time, the client asks you to rewrite those [...]

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Men With Pens Review

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on March 10, 2008 - 0 Comments
Filed as: blogging, ghostwriting, help me write, reviews, work at home, writing

Men with Pens is one of my favorite new blogs. It’s the successor to the Web Content Copywriting blog which I mentioned last year. Run by James Chartrand and Harry McCLeod, this is a writing blog with a difference. These guys really know how to write unique blog posts. It’s refreshing to read new [...]

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Freelance Writing Questions: Starting Out In Freelance Writing

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on February 6, 2008 - 0 Comments
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Why aren’t you writing yet? A lot of people dream of starting a freelance writing career, but never get around to doing it. One of the reasons is that they fall in love with the dream of writing, but find the reality hard to achieve. So what’s the first thing you should do if you [...]

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How To Write A Travel Piece And Stay At Home

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on January 18, 2008 - 13 Comments
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I’ve just completed a travel piece about a place I’ve never visited. It may seem a strange thing to do, but this was the commission that my writing client gave me. Usually a travel piece is full of local color, but how do you add that if you’ve never set eyes on the place?
Researching The [...]

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Great Keyword Articles

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on September 18, 2007 - 0 Comments
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Write Really Great Keyword Articles is today’s post from Dana Prince’s Writer’s Blog. I read this blog every day and it’s one of my favourites. This post will tell you why.
When you get an assignment that involves ten of the same keyword or twenty or more,it can feel like a bottomless pit at the start. [...]

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September Newsletter On The Way

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on September 1, 2007 - 0 Comments
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Well, it’s nearly time for another edition of Writing Lab News. I started this free newsletter last year and it’s quickly become one of the high points of my month. I’ve also had lots of great feedback on it. If you want to see what’s been in it, take a look at the ever expanding [...]

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Three Quick Ways To Create Freelance Writing Clips

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on July 25, 2007 - 0 Comments
Filed as: freelance writing, help me write, promotion, writing

Here’s my latest on Garden and Hearth.
Three Quick Ways To Create Freelance Writing Clips
As a new freelance writer, it is often difficult to provide freelance writing clips when applying for writing jobs. Writing clients want to see examples of your work before they hire you, but if you are new to the writing business, you [...]

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Adapting Your Writing Style

Written by Sharon Hurley Hall on June 27, 2007 - 0 Comments
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Most freelance writers have a writing style that feels comfortable to them. When I’m writing my own stuff, I write like a Brit. That means flowing, run on sentences and a style that’s slightly wordier than the AP style. I write for a lot of British clients and that style works well for them. [...]

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