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08 Sep 11 Why You Should Hire A Professional Web Content Writer?

Web content writing is not just another commercial writing. It is something unique, requires specialized skills, knowledge and understanding of the media. Never rope in any casual writer for your web content, as you can’t afford to mess up your website; it is your identity before the entire world. Here are some reasons, why you should hire a professional web content writer.

Understanding of Internet, Websites

Most importantly, why you should rope in a professional web content writer is because of his or her understanding of the Internet medium, websites and what people look forward to from a website. Internet works very differently from other forms of media. Attention span on Internet is limited, cluttered by too many websites around and plenty of distractions. Websites need not only stand out from designing point of view, but also from content’s context. Flawless grammar, crispy writing style, excellent vocabulary, and power packed message should be integral part of your web content. A professional web content writer also knows how a reader reads on Internet, how long one can read and at what point one needs to break the ice. A web content writer knows how websites vary in style and what makes a good site stand out from the rest.

Beyond just writing

A good web content writer can be of immense help, besides just writing. A good web content writer knows tricks of web writing, how many words should be there in a paragraph, how long people can read at a stretch on a page, what kind of messages or web content work well with the target audience, how eyes move through a website, where images need to be placed in a web page, which topic needs how much write up etc. A professional web content writer comes with years of experience in working with other websites or seeing many other good websites. He may also help you in conceptualizing some new ideas for your website.

Flawless work

When you choose a random writer and do not look for a specialized web content writer, there are always chances of errors, confusion and lot of tension. Why would you settle for an average work or hire another proof reader to keep a check on your website, just for the sake of saving few bucks? Instead hire a professional writer who can deliver flawless work, has good writing style, has good command on language and grammar and can deliver good work seeking no further supervision.

Prompt delivery of work

Prompt delivery of work is very essential to every project. There are times, when a project requires very prompt delivery and only a skilled professional web content writer can work good even under time constraints since he has years of experience and need not do much effort for the same.

So don’t make the mistake of hiring an average random writer. Go for a specialized web content writer only.

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25 Jun 10 Freelance Writing and Work hours

This is one of the most common questions asked by freelance writing aspirants. They want to know if a freelance writer has to work from morning till evening, or just couple of hours a day will be sufficient. Another thing that bothers them in this regard is when one should write? These are valid questions, and need proper consideration before you embark on the freelance writing ship.

When to work?

There is no definite answer to this question as one can work whenever one wants as long as one meets the given deadline. I know many freelance writers that write in the morning, right after they wake up. Upon asking, they told me that writing in the morning is more fun as the mind is fresh and ideas keep coming.

I also know freelance writers who work in the deep darkness of the night. They feel they can produce good quality work in the night as there is seldom any distraction at that hour; no phone calls, no people coming over to meet, and kids and wives remain asleep then.

There are freelance writers who want to work during the day because for them working regular hours – from 9 or 10 in the morning till 5 or 6 in the evening – and maintaining a fix work schedule is important. They feel by working a regular hour they can take time out for family.

There are people who say they do not have any fix timing. They can work randomly at any hour without compromising the deadline or quality of the work to be delivered. They believe that the “hour of the day has no effect on their output”.

All of the people I talked to are excellent writers, and they produce excellent output for their clients. In the light of discussions I had, I believe working hour is not important. What is important is the quality of the output and timeliness of delivery. I must mention here that I do not endorse “working random hours” , as it affects the quality of output.

How long one has to work?

This depends where you are in your career and what your financial goal is. If you are starting out then you have to work long hours to meet your financial obligations, but if you are a veteran then you can work just for 3-4 hours and meet your financial goal, provided it is not very lofty.

I know people who worked for 15 to 16 hours (even more) when they started out, but as they gained experience and got good paying clients they reduced the number of working hours.

If you are starting out as a freelance writer then expect to work for more than 12 hours in a day, but as the time will pass you can reduce this to 4 to 6 hours a day.

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29 Oct 09 What is Writing Prompt and How to Use It

Often times, we find ourselves staring on a blank sheet, or on a blank word processor hoping to get some idea, but as the luck would have it, nothing comes to my mind. After waiting for hours, when nothing happens, we feel the frustration. If you have been into writing then you must be aware of the monster called writer’s block. How many times have you faced this monster? This monster comes to haunt all of us, and even the award winning writers are not safe from this.

It is where when we need writing prompts to help us get out of this rut. Writing prompt can be anything that can make us write. It could be a picture, a word, a phrase, a quotation, an illustration, a person, a place, or anything. Anything that prompts us to write can be called writing prompt.

You will need writing prompts a lot in your writing career, hence I will ask you to maintain a list of writing prompts that can pull you out of the writer’s block. If you think, you are not going to face writer’s block in your career then either writing is not something in which you are going to make your career, or you are not planning to write much, at least not regularly.

How to use writing prompt

  1. Make a list of writing prompts that will help you get out of the writer’s block. Always remember, writing prompt for a fiction writer cannot be same as writing prompt for a non-fiction writer. Writing prompt used by a self-help writer cannot be same as writing prompt used by writer writing on health-related issues. Hence, see what works for you and make a list of it.
  2. Like anything else, writing using prompts also depends upon practice. The more you practice the more quickly you can get out of the block.
  3. When faced with the writer’s block. Start with choosing any random prompt from the list, and then write on it continuously for 10-15 minutes.

In the next blog post, I will tell you how to build your own list of writing prompts. Till then practice what you have learned.

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