writer – Kelterss

What I love most about working as a professional writer

There is a lot of content available that is scraped from a competitor or “written” by a spinning engine. It gives content writing a bad name since many average online readers don’t realize what’s going on behind the scenes. I manually write every single word that I deliver. Is it always loved by my customers? Of course not. Sometimes it might even be a piece of crap. But it’s genuinely and authentically my piece of crap.

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Things I wish someone had told me before going into professional writing

There are quite a few things that I wish I had learned before becoming a professional writer. Still, these are the top ones that I use to help inspire the next generation of writers considering the career path. Use these as your compass!

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Critiquing groups: their jobs and limitations

A critiquing group has the kind of power that can either buoy up or weigh down a budding writer just trying to learn and improve. If there s one thing you can take from my words, it would be this: use that power wisely!

A tumbler post by lark kitacity that says "my writing prof said something about critique today that stuck with me: if you give a critique that results in the writer feeling like they never wanna writer again, it is you who have failed as a critique, bc you've extinguished someone's desire to create". There are two replies also by lark kitacity. The first one says "as a critique, your job is not to "make this piece of writing better" but to understand what the writer wants to achieve and help them to achieve it". The second ones says "...just wanted to add in case anyone ins reading the thread that I have had to mute this convo for my sanity so I'm not seeing any notifs, but I appreciate all the perspectives that have been shared and I'm glad this has resonated with many people".

The best freelancing platforms

When I started out, there wasn’t much out there for trustworthy online platforms to advertise my services, but now there seems to be one on every virtual corner! If you’re looking at getting involved with freelancing platforms, you’ll want to take the time to figure out what the best one is.

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The worst words ever

As much as I love words, there are just those that take up space and don’t often give you anything for it. I know that professional writers are supposed to love all words, but that’s overrated. Some words are just completely useless and leave good writers open to ridicule when used in conversation or writing.

How to win over a customer

As if researching, writing and editing weren’t enough to handle as a professional writer, you also have to figure out creative ways to win over the customer. With all of the competition out there, it may seem that trying to keep the customer interested is an impossible task, but you’ll be pleased to learn that it isn’t. It simply goes back to the core concept of why you’re in business in the first place: because you’re good at what you do.

Behaviour yeses and noes: the customer

If you’re looking at hiring a freelance business writer to give you some support and you want to make sure that it’s a profitable relationship on both sides, here are some behaviour tips to help you make the most out of this understated professional relationship with your content writer.

Behaviour yeses and noes: the writer

Professional content writers have rules to follow just like any other kind of professional out there. However, since quite a few are freelance business writers, they don’t have formal rules that are agreed to and apply for all customers. If you’re looking for some guidance on behaviour to protect your professional relationship with the customer, take a look at some of the most basic yeses and noes to keep everything a-okay.

When to break up with a customer

Sometimes a difficult client can create a bad experience on your end as well no matter how much you may want to be positive and productive. Looking for some tips on how to save yourself the potential frustration, lost time and cancelled orders? Here are some warning behaviours to watch out for.

The importance of business-oriented beta reading

Before you publish a blog post or website content, you want to make sure that it’s the best it can be, right? An experienced business content writer will be able to take a look at what you’ve got done and recommend changes throughout to make it even stronger.