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Where Has Your Day Gone? 10 Time Management Tools for Writers

Freelance writing can be a bit of a roller coaster ride. There are times when the work and the deadlines are almost unmanageable. Then there are those slow times, when other work can be done – updating a website, writing more posts for a personal blog, revising social media profiles, bookkeeping, etc. Use these apps to make the most of your time.

Why House of the Dragon Has Us Thinking About Sbagliato

Emma D'Arcy from House of the Dragon went viral for saying their drink of choice is a negroni sbagliato with prosecco. While sbagliato sounds like something you would order in Westeros, it's actually a cocktail you can order at your local bar.

15 Legitimate Places to Find Blogging Clients

You can get paid to write blog posts on a regular basis, and paid well! But you have to find blogging clients who will pay you what you're worth. Fortunately, they're out there. Here are 15+ places to find new clients.

The Best Facebook Groups for Writers

Back in 2017, we listed our favorite Facebook groups and tons of readers wrote in sharing amazing groups that hadn't made the cut. So, for 2020, we're adding more great Facebook groups to our list.

The Best YouTube Channels for Writers

Have you discovered the AuthorTube world? Here are 13 of the best writing channels on YouTube.

How to Escape the Freelancer's Feast and Famine Cycle

Many of us—myself included—became a freelance writer to be in control of our time and income, to not be limited, and to stop living paycheck-to-paycheck. So, when opportunities arise to market yourself and grow (or save) your income, don’t hesitate. Here's how to break the feast and famine cycle that many freelancers get stuck in.

How to do Copywriting for SEO

SEO is probably one of the least understood online topics, period. This doesn’t come as a surprise once you understand just how often search engines such as Google adjust and calibrate their ranking algorithm. The biggest challenge content creators then have to face is writing content which not only appeals to the right kind of audience but is also optimized for various search engines. But the moment you realize that content should revolve around people instead of search engines, you will find that SEO copywriting really isn’t that complicated.

What Is Alt Text and Why Does It Matter for SEO?

What is alt text and why is it an essential technique for ranking in Google search engine results? Find a simple explanation and useful examples in this 101 beginner's guide.

How to Pitch to Paid Writing Sites

If you’re a freelance writer, you’re probably wondering how you can scale up your career to bring in more money. Should you shoot up your fees? Take on more clients? Monetize your writer’s website? Even then, what about those dry months where you won’t even get a reply to your pitch, let alone land a client? Well, I might have just what you need to fill that space up—7 sites that pay writers, some up to $450 per article.

7 Ways to Breathe Life into a Tired Writing Topic

Bored of blogging? Fed up of churning out the same topics every week? We've got 7 ideas to help reinvigorate your stale blog posts.

Freelance University: Is It Worth It?

In this article, we review Freelance University to show what the course covers and discuss whether it's worth the investment.

How to Use Word Clouds for Business, Fiction and Copywriting

A word cloud is “an image composed of words used in a particular text or subject, in which the size of each word indicates its frequency or importance.” So, the more often a specific words appears in your text, the bigger and bolder it appears in your word cloud. ProWritingAid has a Word Cloud Gallery that makes it easy to create word clouds based on the text you paste into the tool.

How to Pitch a Guest Blog Post (With Examples)

Follow the five-step plan in this article to find out how to get your guest blog posts published. A.J. Ogilvie outlines an approach that focuses on developing a rich understanding of the company you want to write for, identifying the target audience for their content, and how you can publish on their blog by clearly articulating the value your articles offer them.

Avoid Job Boards As a Freelance Writer

Every freelancer starts in the exact same place: job boards. Job boards are the easiest place to get started, picking up a few jobs when no one, nowhere, knows who you are or what you do. But there's a problem. Stick with them too long, and you risk jeopardizing your freelancing future. Here's why, and what to do instead.

Fake It 'til You Make It: 8 Ways to Establish Yourself as a Credible Professional Writer

Are you giving out the warning signs that you’re a new writer? Worried that everyone seems more experienced than you? We share 8 easy ways to present yourself as a credible writer when you're just starting out.

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The Writing Process

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Where Has Your Day Gone? 10 Time Management Tools for Writers

Why House of the Dragon Has Us Thinking About Sbagliato

15 Legitimate Places to Find Blogging Clients

The Best Facebook Groups for Writers

The Best YouTube Channels for Writers

How to Escape the Freelancer's Feast and Famine Cycle

How to do Copywriting for SEO

What Is Alt Text and Why Does It Matter for SEO?

How to Pitch to Paid Writing Sites

7 Ways to Breathe Life into a Tired Writing Topic

Freelance University: Is It Worth It?

How to Use Word Clouds for Business, Fiction and Copywriting

How to Pitch a Guest Blog Post (With Examples)

Avoid Job Boards As a Freelance Writer

Fake It 'til You Make It: 8 Ways to Establish Yourself as a Credible Professional Writer

Grammar Guide

You're Currently Browsing:

Articles about blogging

The Writing Process

Blogging and Content Writing

Grammar Rules

Business Writing

Writing Apps

How to Use ProWritingAid

ProWritingAid in the Classroom

Where Has Your Day Gone? 10 Time Management Tools for Writers

Why House of the Dragon Has Us Thinking About Sbagliato

15 Legitimate Places to Find Blogging Clients

The Best Facebook Groups for Writers

The Best YouTube Channels for Writers

How to Escape the Freelancer's Feast and Famine Cycle

How to do Copywriting for SEO

What Is Alt Text and Why Does It Matter for SEO?

How to Pitch to Paid Writing Sites

7 Ways to Breathe Life into a Tired Writing Topic

Freelance University: Is It Worth It?

How to Use Word Clouds for Business, Fiction and Copywriting

How to Pitch a Guest Blog Post (With Examples)

Avoid Job Boards As a Freelance Writer

Fake It 'til You Make It: 8 Ways to Establish Yourself as a Credible Professional Writer

Grammar Guide

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