Fifty Words: Writing Challenge

by Sharon Hurley Hall on January 6, 2006

in freelance writing, writing

One of the key aspects of writing and journalism training is to be able to write concisely, highlighting the essentials of the subject you want your reader to grasp. This also works well when selling yourself as a writer.

If you’ve taken my advice and got yourself a website, you’ll want to be able to sell yourself quickly to the thousands of visitors who spend less than 30 seconds on your page. That’s why the home page of my website had a short version of my bio, under the heading ‘In 50 words or less’ (actually it’s 47). How would you describe yourself in 50 words or less?

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Sharon Hurley Hall has been mentoring writers here at Get Paid To Write Online since 2005 to help them improve and build sustainable and successful writing careers. Check me out on sharonhh.com. Feel free to connect with me online on Google+.

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