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Permalink Reply by solano cerry on March 19, 2019 at 4:15am

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Have you looked back at an article or blog you wrote as a freelance writer and cringed? I know I have, and I still do. Sometimes the issue is punctuation then I realize my flow is off or the wording is awkward. Writing can be a difficult skill to master. Fortunately you can always become a better writer

Being honest starts with grabbing a piece of your writing and reading it out loud.

Though some people swear by editing on screen, others will need the printed version in front of themselves. Choose either and start. Look at the lay-out, are some pages text heavy while others appear sparse?

Where is your writing halting? Do you use superfluous words: fillers? Is your punctuation up to par?

Make and take note.

Do this for a few pieces of writing and you’ll start to see if and where your particular weak points lie; style, lack of research, lack of organization, long sentences, you get the idea.

Define what you have to offer, what it will do for someone, who you are and what the customer needs to do next. Next time you need to write copy or you want to sell yourself and your services or update your website, use this method. In fact sign up and you will find tons of extra exercises specific to copywriting

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Permalink Reply by carlisl jump on March 20, 2019 at 7:11am

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Have you looked back at an article or blog you wrote as a freelance writer and cringed? I know I have, and I still do. Sometimes the issue is punctuation then I realize my flow is off or the wording is awkward. Writing can be a difficult skill to master. Fortunately you can always become a better writer

Want to learn to make your sentences shorter, use less fillers, active tenses and produce coherent eatures?

Then take one of their lessons. Each lesson succinctly explains what the issue is and what it may look like when you write. Practice on the online worksheet provided. Find the ‘best practice answers’ though the link at the bottom of the sheet.

Define what you have to offer, what it will do for someone, who you are and what the customer needs to do next. Next time you need to write copy or you want to sell yourself and your services or update your website, use this method. In fact sign up and you will find tons of extra exercises specific to copywriting

Grab a magazine, your kids’ coloring book or one of your photo albums and select a random picture. Now write a compelling headline to sell whatever is in the picture. Try this for another couple of pictures over the next couple of weeks. Keep enticing. (Invite your friends over, do the exercise together and compare the results. It’ll make for a great laugh if nothing else.)

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