I have tried transcription jobs before and had a really hard time at first understanding different accents. It took me a long time to finish my work. I would say I got used to different accents after my second week. How ...
Hi there! With the rise of the freelancing job popularity, have you given any thought about which freelancing job is the most profitable one? Personally, I've been doing a lot of data entry, not to mention article ...
I've got 2 boys ages 13 and 15 and I want them to learn how to write. I gave them some topics but they can't relate to it. What in your opinion are good topics for teens to write about?
Hello there and thank you for opening this topic. I am new here with what you call online writing and I don't have much knowledge about it and I was just taking some risk outside my comfort zone. What do you think that c...
This is a question aimed at users that post to relax and those that post to get paid. Do you pay attention to your spelling and grammar? I'm asking because I have noticed that a lot of people posting online have posts th...
If you were told to write about an animal,which animal would you choose. I was once told to write a short story with one of the main characters being an animal.I chose a dog. I found a dog appropriate as I would capture...
It is time for a change of environment. My laptop will be open in the local pub today, where my tab will not be for alcolhol, but for coffee. It is an expensive choice, but a nice place to be, given this is an old coachi...
Creative writing such as poetry, writing fictions and stories needs a creative mind and artistic imagination. Creative writing is another level of writing and considered an art. Is the ability to be a creative write...
All writers work differently. Few writers can write anything without an outline of some sort - more like a blueprint from which you can deviate as the need calls for it. Along the way, when creating content, it is not un...
I thought I'd turn to here for help since all of us write in at least some way. I've been writing for a long time now (it started more or less as something that dulled the sense of stress I was feeling in everyday life)...
I love beautiful penmanship. Writing by pen and paper has a therapeutic effect on my wellbeing. It keeps my creative juices flowing. When Im writing with pen, ideas and thoughts comes into my mind easily. I envy ...
The events that happen to us, the environment we live in, your current situation, and other factors can reflect in our writing. It may be bring a positive and negative effect to ones writing. Strong powerful emotions alw...
I see children (some with supervision, some none), who are making their own video blogs as young as 8. I have nothing against video blogging, I enjoy and follow a lot of them in YouTube. However, as a mom, I would also l...
There are times that I don't want to start something new because someone has already done it. I love to read and was hoping I can be like my favorite authors. I want to give others the same feeling a book has given to me...
What are the modern tools that an aspiring writer could use to enhance his capabilities in writing? Many aspiring writers today had many platforms in expressing their interest in writing. May the answers in this th...
For a writer, being rejected is a dent on the ego. When you create a discussion and later on the admin would delete it for reasons that it is not related to the niche then that will make you think. Naturally you will rev...
I miss going to the post, buying stamps, writing on paper and sending mail. When was the last time you've sent some mail?
Salute to all the freelance writers toiling day and night to make a mark in the dense content world out there. This one is for you. I am concerned about what writers are going through on the internet as they pursue...
All writers come to a point when you feel you have run out of new ideas. I'm sure that everyone has experience what they call as "dry spell". It is very difficult when the ideas for your next feature just aren't coming. ...
How much do you strive for your articles/dissertations to be perfect? I'm a perfectionist in some ways. I get annoyed by the occasional double space in word documents I get from time to time. When I finish a paragraph...
Do you maintain a Bucket List? What are some of the things to do on your list?
What are your long-term goals as a writer and what's your time frame for your goals?
I guess this mostly applies to fiction writers... When you have an idea, how much planning do you do before you start writing? Do you map out characters, dates, places, etc? If so, just a little bit of info, or full bios...
SMS or Short Messaging Service was developed in the mid 80's as a way to send short messages over vast distances using handheld devices which was then limited to voice calls. In the mid 90's SMS was already a part of o...
In our world where everything moving so fast and requires consistency of accomplishing things as quick as possible,how do you write a message in your mobile phone? Did you do abbreviation of some world so that you would ...
I guess it is not only me who had experienced those days where your mind doesn't seemed to find words to complete even a short article. Not because you do not like the topic or doesn't know it but because your mind seeme...
What sites do you know buys readymade content? Where do you sell your articles?
When I first created my Facebook account, my intention was just to learn about it and I had no inkling that I would be this active in social media. When I started gaining friends, that was the time that I was into forums...
This is the advice of a veteran writer for the movies. Using the subplot is a segue way to avoid the audience or reader to get bored with the long scene or sequence. The subplot can divert the story just a little bit. Fo...
Hi everyone, I would like to ask for tips on how to improve my speaking skills. I am a very shy person and I know that I am lack of confidence speaking in front of the class. I just wanted to become a good speaker as wel...
I am working on a book that has very extensive citations--marked in the text by a footnote. Does anyone have advice about the best way to handle this in an ebook, predominantly aiming as Kindle. As much as I like the...
In every day life we would see a lot of presentations and adverts what to you is easier to understand is it words or pictures/graphics?
One of the things I find frustrating about freelance work is that many places can be unclear in their expectations when they want something written. They might expect something to be written to a certain word count but n...
Hello and good day to everyone. A few weeks ago I saw an article in a forum where I am a member of (but I won't mention the name for privacy purposes) and realized that it is very similar to what I've written in another ...
Obsolete words are words which are no longer being used actively in writing. The main difference between an obsolete word and an archaic word is that obsolete words is that it's a relatively newer word which has falle...
Have anyone of you heard about the Butterfly Effect, some call it The Mandela Effect. This is when people could remember an event in the past that never really happened. A good example is Nelson Mandela, a lot of peo...
Needing some help over here. As a bilingual freelancer, I'm always searching for sites that can offer a good bilingual job opportunity. Also, if that job is related to health/medical area, that's my thing for sure. So I ...
Some writers use their real names in writing content while others use Pseudonyms. Pseudonyms, Nom De Plume, Pen Names, Aliases are fictitious names commonly used by Authors. What does one benefit from doing so...
I am a person that love to read books. I read e-books too that has a topic that caught my attention. But I always wanted to make an effort to buy a physical book and read it more than just an e-book. I enjoy reading it e...
What books do you have on your list to read at some point? I have a ton, but the three I'd like to get to really soon are: 1. All Quiet on the Western Front by Elrich Remarque 2. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream ...
