Practical insights on writing, storytelling, content writing, editing, copywriting, essays, and the craft of communicating ideas clearly.
Some journeys are planned, some are chosen, and then there are some journeys that quietly unfold while we are busy living another life.
Mine was one of those.
I never had a career plan that said I would become a content writer, a co-author, a freelancer or an entrepreneur.
For a large part of my professional life, I was deeply involved in academic administration. My days revolved around responsibilities, coordination, people, processes, deadlines and everything that comes with managing an academic environment.
It was a demanding role, but it taught me things that I still carry with me...
You spend hours writing an article.
You research the topic.
You edit every paragraph.
You choose a good image.
You publish it.
Then you wait.
Nothing happens.
A few days pass.
Then...
You’ve probably abandoned an article within the first few seconds.
Maybe the introduction was too long.
Maybe it said absolutely nothing.
Maybe it took three paragraphs to...
You have a topic.
You have a blank document.
And then you stare at the screen.
Where do I begin?
Many new writers assume the first step is...
You know how to write.
You’ve built a few samples.
Maybe you’ve learned SEO, created a portfolio, and written a few articles.
Then comes the frustrating part.
Where...
I’ve said no to work because the price was too low.
Not once.
Several times.
And when you’re starting out, saying no can feel almost impossible.
You think...
You finish an article.
You read the last sentence.
And you think:
“Done.”
I’ve had that feeling many times.
Then I read the same article the next morning.
Suddenly, things...
I’ve written about subjects I knew almost nothing about when I first received the assignment.
That’s one of the strange things about professional content writing.
A...
There’s a particular kind of message every freelancer likes receiving.
“Hey, are you available for another project?”
No proposal.
No introduction.
No portfolio link.
No convincing the client that...
I made this mistake when I started writing professionally.
I wanted my writing to sound mature.
So I used bigger words.
I made sentences longer than they...
