The Complete Freelance Writing Course
The Complete Freelance Writing Course, available at $79.99, has an average rating of 4.1, with 85 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 949 reviews, and has 7829 subscribers.
You will learn about identify opportunities for paid writing work in all sorts of unexpected places pitch effectively to these outlets determine your strengths and market opportunities on different platforms coach yourself in any form of writing write for podcasts write for for video write blog posts, web copy, white papers, ebooks and for B2B outlets write speeches and presentations write to influence write apps apply principles of clarity, fluency and flow to your writing market your writing practice using creativity rather than online shouting critique the work of successful writers you admire, analyze their technique and use it yourself negotiate fair fees for your work employ formats to help you work faster and smarter use technology to help you work faster and smarter review your skills level and plan further personal development compete effectively in writing marketplaces using your portfolio This course is ideal for individuals who are If you love writing, and would like to make a freelance career out of it, then this course will show you how, both in terms of your skill development and the set-up and running of your writing business. You may not yet have a definitive ideas of the type of writing you would like to specialize in, and how to structure a professional writing career. You may not be fully aware of the wide range of opportunities available to writers. You may already be freelance in another discipline and want to write as bolt-on, or hope to become freelance. It is particularly useful for If you love writing, and would like to make a freelance career out of it, then this course will show you how, both in terms of your skill development and the set-up and running of your writing business. You may not yet have a definitive ideas of the type of writing you would like to specialize in, and how to structure a professional writing career. You may not be fully aware of the wide range of opportunities available to writers. You may already be freelance in another discipline and want to write as bolt-on, or hope to become freelance.
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Summary
Title: The Complete Freelance Writing Course
Price: $79.99
Average Rating: 4.1
Number of Lectures: 85
Number of Quizzes: 1
Number of Published Lectures: 79
Number of Published Quizzes: 1
Number of Curriculum Items: 86
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 80
Original Price: £99.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will Learn
- identify opportunities for paid writing work in all sorts of unexpected places
- pitch effectively to these outlets
- determine your strengths and market opportunities on different platforms
- coach yourself in any form of writing
- write for podcasts
- write for for video
- write blog posts, web copy, white papers, ebooks and for B2B outlets
- write speeches and presentations
- write to influence
- write apps
- apply principles of clarity, fluency and flow to your writing
- market your writing practice using creativity rather than online shouting
- critique the work of successful writers you admire, analyze their technique and use it yourself
- negotiate fair fees for your work
- employ formats to help you work faster and smarter
- use technology to help you work faster and smarter
- review your skills level and plan further personal development
- compete effectively in writing marketplaces using your portfolio
Who Should Attend
- If you love writing, and would like to make a freelance career out of it, then this course will show you how, both in terms of your skill development and the set-up and running of your writing business. You may not yet have a definitive ideas of the type of writing you would like to specialize in, and how to structure a professional writing career. You may not be fully aware of the wide range of opportunities available to writers. You may already be freelance in another discipline and want to write as bolt-on, or hope to become freelance.
Target Audiences
- If you love writing, and would like to make a freelance career out of it, then this course will show you how, both in terms of your skill development and the set-up and running of your writing business. You may not yet have a definitive ideas of the type of writing you would like to specialize in, and how to structure a professional writing career. You may not be fully aware of the wide range of opportunities available to writers. You may already be freelance in another discipline and want to write as bolt-on, or hope to become freelance.
This freelance writing course covers everything you need to know to set yourself up as a professional freelance writer. You’ll investigate good writing, versatile writing and profitable writing and create a multimedia writing portfolio to show clients. You’ll get 1-2-1 feedback on your writing, with monthly updates to help keep your scribbling on track.
Master multimedia writing skills to stand out as a freelance professional writer
You’ll learn to:
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Research wide and hidden writing opportunities
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Judge realistically how profitable writing is likely to be for you
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Analyse role models, to improve writing technique
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Demonstrate and develop writing skills in a variety of media
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Create a portfolio to showcase your work, which reaches the right targets
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Relationship build and network to position yourself for collaborative opportunities
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Produce work quickly, build on feedback and grow a sustainable practice
Packed with practical exercises which you are welcome to submit for feedback, you’ll get formats, filters and technology tips to help you write prolifically and fast.
Whether you:
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Love writing and would like to turn it into a career
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Are unsure what sort of writing to pursue
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Freelance in another discipline and want to write as a bolt-on
this course will help.
Created by a writer of 30 years experience and with a background in psychology, this most comprehensive course will help you succeed as a freelance writer in today’s digital global marketplace, and make the most of its tremendous new opportunities.
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
Lecture 1: How This Course Works
Lecture 2: Where Are You Starting From?
Lecture 3: Why Do You Write?
Lecture 4: Helpful Practice Activity: A Writing Manifesto For Your Portfolio
Lecture 5: Checklist For Course Exercises: Track Your Progress
Lecture 6: Video Transcript
Lecture 7: Helpful Practice Activity: Ikigai For Writers
Chapter 2: The Writer's Role Today
Lecture 1: Why Research Is Core
Lecture 2: Chat GPT For Writers: AI And Research
Lecture 3: Helpful Practice Activity – and Fun Too: Ethnographic Research
Lecture 4: Copywriting And Blogging
Lecture 5: Stand Out With These Skills: Web Design, Podcasts, Video Script
Lecture 6: Your Writing Mission
Lecture 7: Helpful Practice Activity: Flow Diary And State Your Mission
Lecture 8: Realizing Your Writing Intentions
Lecture 9: Direct To Market: From Traditional To Indie Publishing
Lecture 10: Video Transcript
Chapter 3: Business Of Writing: Overview
Lecture 1: What Writing Has Most Value
Lecture 2: Helpful Practice Activity: Hook Your Readers With Value Added Writing
Lecture 3: B2B and B2C
Lecture 4: ACTION: Setting Realistic Money Goals
Lecture 5: Video Transcript
Chapter 4: Important Habits
Lecture 1: Your Daily Practice
Lecture 2: Helpful Practice Activity: How To Write Like Joan Didion
Lecture 3: ACTION: Freeflow Writing
Lecture 4: Finding And Studying Role Models
Lecture 5: Helpful Practice Activity: More On Role Model Writers – Brains And Paths
Lecture 6: Video Transcript
Lecture 7: Writers Block: Beat The Block
Lecture 8: Vision Boards For Writers: Helpful Practice Activity
Chapter 5: Good Writing: General Principles
Lecture 1: Know Your Aim
Lecture 2: Keep It Simple
Lecture 3: Rules For Clarity
Lecture 4: Fluency And Flow
Lecture 5: Vivid Writing
Lecture 6: Your Writing Voice
Lecture 7: ACTION: Your Verb Bank
Lecture 8: Video Transcript
Lecture 9: Books On Writing For Writers: What Practical Lessons Can Great Writers Give Us?
Chapter 6: Versatile Writing: An Overview
Lecture 1: 49 Items You Can Get Paid To Write
Lecture 2: Mind The Gap Thinking
Lecture 3: Are You A Pragmatic Writer?
Lecture 4: ACTION: Using Slideshare For Inspiration
Lecture 5: Video Transcript
Chapter 7: B2B Writing
Lecture 1: Writing Apps
Lecture 2: Podcasting
Lecture 3: Writing For Video
Lecture 4: ACTION: Three Quick Formats
Chapter 8: B2B Writing 2
Lecture 1: Newsletters
Lecture 2: White Papers and Reports
Lecture 3: Blogs, E Books And Web Copy
Lecture 4: Speeches And Presentations
Chapter 9: Profitable Writing
Lecture 1: Setting Up Your Portolio
Lecture 2: Positioning, Networking And Where The Work Is
Lecture 3: Money And Skills
Lecture 4: Software For Writing
Lecture 5: What Editors Want: Types Of Writing
Lecture 6: What Editors Want: How To Find Editors
Lecture 7: What Editors Want: How To Pitch
Chapter 10: Story And Fiction
Lecture 1: A Personal Story
Chapter 11: Motivation For Freelance Writers
Lecture 1: How To Motivate Yourself
Lecture 2: Helpful Practice Activity: Writing In To Tropes You Love
Lecture 3: Helpful Practice Activity: Irresistible Tropes
Lecture 4: Short Story Special: Helpful Practice Activity
Lecture 5: Writing Memoir
Lecture 6: Helpful Practice Activity: Write By The River Workshop
Lecture 7: Helpful Practice Activity: Writing Reset – why and what you write
Lecture 8: Helpful Practice Activity: Your Personal Monopoly, Likes And Numbers
Lecture 9: Resources For Freelance Writers
Chapter 12: Helpful Practice Activities
Lecture 1: Writing Prompt: Your First 7 Steps As A Freelance Writer
Lecture 2: Writing Practice: Single Sentence Daily
Lecture 3: How To Get Feedback For Your Writing
Lecture 4: Write More Creatively With Metaphor 1
Lecture 5: Self Publishing On Kindle: Tips From Amazon Author Academy
Lecture 6: How To Be A More Successiony Writer
Lecture 7: Secrets Of Spellbinding Writing
Lecture 8: Some Magic For Your Writing: Halloween Special
Chapter 13: Course Updates: What's New For Writers
Lecture 1: AI Update For Writers
Chapter 14: Lecture 52: Bonus Lecture
Lecture 1: Keeping Updated
Instructors
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Philippa Davies
Writer and Psychologist
Rating Distribution
- 1 stars: 11 votes
- 2 stars: 28 votes
- 3 stars: 143 votes
- 4 stars: 319 votes
- 5 stars: 448 votes
Frequently Asked Questions
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