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#WriterWednesday - There are many writing niches out there, but a small handful certainly should have your name on them. Finding a compatible niche will make freelance writing fun and profitable. Brand yourself as a niche writer to be able to demand higher rates and become a renowned subject matter expert. Writers, which niche are you considering?

24 book recs for freelance writers! Guess what? We just updated our book rec list based on feedback from the ATFW community. If you're looking for some great reads that can help you grow your writing business, here are 24: https://lnkd.in/gvRjevM5 P.S. Have you read a book that ended up helping you in your career as a freelance writer? What was it? #FreelanceWriting #BooksForGrowth

🔏 Are you new to the world of freelance writing and need help getting words on paper? 📝 Are you an experienced writer having trouble getting your words to say what you want them to say? ✍🏻 Are you tired of having to rewrite your blog post or article over and over again because your client still isn’t satisfied? If you want a solution to all of the above, take a look at our 8-step guide on how to outline a blog post or article: https://lnkd.in/eyQvBSEq #contentwriting #contentwritingtips

If you’re a freelance writer, you should stop reading whatever business book you’re reading right now and read this book instead I see many people recommend books for writers here. They range from writing books such as Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft to marketing books such as Robert Cialdini’s Influence. These are all great books, but I find that most content writers don’t lack writing or marketing skills. What they lack is a sales process. If you dedicate a portion of your day to implementing a sales process to find and acquire the best clients, you’ll watch your freelance writing career grow quicker than ever. The best book that’ll give you an overview of sales and an easy sales system to implement is The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes. Start reading this book immediately. What's your favorite book on writing? #freelancewriter #contentwriter #freelancecontentwriter

Grammarly and other such AI tools are designed to standardize, ergo blandify, your writing. Reduce it to New York Times level, 10th grade. Fine if you're a journalist and want readers to get "just the facts." Awful if you are a novelist and want to preserve your voice. 1) It matters what style setting you choose before you check, of course 2) learn to ignore even the Chicago Manual of Style if your way of phrasing it is more you.

A very useful mini book. I will save it here for later reference 😉

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I found Grammarly was making all my writing sound the same and/or not "mine" when I used it. Technically correct English isn't always the most effective copy. It's kind of a precursor to a problem I'm seeing with AI copy these days, too. When you see it enough, you start to notice all the similarities ("ensure", "instill", 3-5 H2 headings in each article, "in conclusion", 2-4 sentences restating the same thing over and over, no actual opinion stated or flag planted, etc), and it completely takes you out of the experience of reading. IME, Grammarly produces a similar effect, but it's guiding human writers towards it instead of generating the copy itself.

One of the things I wished someone tells me about when I started my work as a freelance writer is: To accept imperfect pieces as most of the time they sound perfect comparing to average writings out there! Remember two tips: 1. Perfection is one of the most crucial mistakes a new writer may get trapped in. 2. One of the best ways to write perfect pieces is to write any way and receive the feedback that can work as your best guide to enhancement and natural development. #Writing #omatips #ghostwriting