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August 11, 2014
The BARCODE For Being A Technical Writer
Written By: Sonia Naik
A technical writer? Me? Well I never thought I was one until one fine day I woke up to a pile of reports, essays and research papers all pointing to one thing – when did all this happen and how?
For starters I have always been a voracious reader. More of those ‘ l love the smell of new books’ or ‘Oh I would love to be a librarian’ or ‘ Books are my best friends’ were always a part of my vocabulary. I wrote…a lot, whether it is my own expressions to fill my diary pages, ed...
A technical writer? Me? Well I never thought I was one until one fine day I woke up to a pile of reports, essays and research papers all pointing to one thing – when did all this happen and how?
For starters I have always been a voracious reader. More of those ‘ l love the smell of new books’ or ‘Oh I would love to be a librarian’ or ‘ Books are my best friends’ were always a part of my vocabulary. I wrote…a lot, whether it is my own expressions to fill my diary pages, ed...
August 7, 2014
Top Things To Consider Before Making A Career Out Of Freelance Writing
Written by: Satarupa Bhattacharya
The tinker of money, dreams laced with dollars and the tapping away at your keyboard—do all of these seem so known to you? When someone asks me why I started writing in the first place, I am often stuck up with these images in mind. However, that in no way means freelance writing is only a money-churning venture that I have clung onto simply because I found nothing else. In my wee-days of freelancing, I was crazily confused-- not merely with anxious questions...
The tinker of money, dreams laced with dollars and the tapping away at your keyboard—do all of these seem so known to you? When someone asks me why I started writing in the first place, I am often stuck up with these images in mind. However, that in no way means freelance writing is only a money-churning venture that I have clung onto simply because I found nothing else. In my wee-days of freelancing, I was crazily confused-- not merely with anxious questions...
August 2, 2014
Effective Marketing Ideas For Self-Published Authors
Written By: Dora HoustonAnyone can get a book published today through self-publishing and get exposure to a certain extent. The first and foremost principle in marketing of one’s own book is to figure out where the potential readers are going. The author has to stand in front of them. Depending on the content or topic of his book he also needs to check which are the websites the readers are seeing, which magazines or blogs they refer to, and what are the most popular sites for information sha...
June 29, 2014
How I Landed My First Writing Gig
Written By: Smita Kale
“Would you be interested in joining as an Admissions Editor in our company? It’s a work-from-home job.”
The second part of the conversation caught my fancy immediately and without thinking I agreed. When I went to the office for a written test and interview, I realised that probably I had bitten off more than I could chew. How on earth will I be able to write ‘creatively’? A science and math teacher by profession, with a teaching career of 14 years, my mind was attuned to...
“Would you be interested in joining as an Admissions Editor in our company? It’s a work-from-home job.”
The second part of the conversation caught my fancy immediately and without thinking I agreed. When I went to the office for a written test and interview, I realised that probably I had bitten off more than I could chew. How on earth will I be able to write ‘creatively’? A science and math teacher by profession, with a teaching career of 14 years, my mind was attuned to...
March 20, 2014
Want To Become A Better Writer? Here's What To Do...
Written By: Reema Mittal
As I pen this down, my mind is beginning to get entangled in a dilemma whether it is my voracious reading which influenced my writing ability or is it my divergent writing career which influenced my equally diverse reading interests.
Writing happened to me serendipitously. Fresh out of college, I dreamed of exploring the wide world around me. And to live my dream, I decided to earn some money and landed up in a publishing company as a trainee copy editor. Although the d...
As I pen this down, my mind is beginning to get entangled in a dilemma whether it is my voracious reading which influenced my writing ability or is it my divergent writing career which influenced my equally diverse reading interests.
Writing happened to me serendipitously. Fresh out of college, I dreamed of exploring the wide world around me. And to live my dream, I decided to earn some money and landed up in a publishing company as a trainee copy editor. Although the d...
Dream Big, Start Small
Written By: Uday Mitra
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. (AnaïsNin)
Multimedia surrounds me as I edgily craft 500 word articles for a pittance, going around the internet in dizzying circles. And then comes the occasional editing and proofreading contracts that generate decent incomes for those little vanity purchases otherwise unfulfilled. I sometimes dream of writing a bestseller yet!
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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. (AnaïsNin)
Multimedia surrounds me as I edgily craft 500 word articles for a pittance, going around the internet in dizzying circles. And then comes the occasional editing and proofreading contracts that generate decent incomes for those little vanity purchases otherwise unfulfilled. I sometimes dream of writing a bestseller yet!
Read more »
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Dream Big, Start Small
Written By: Uday Mitra
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. (AnaïsNin)
Multimedia surrounds me as I edgily craft 500 word articles for a pittance, going around the internet in dizzying circles. And then comes the occasional editing and proofreading contracts that generate decent incomes for those little vanity purchases otherwise unfulfilled. I sometimes dream of writing a bestseller yet!
Read more »
serials online
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. (AnaïsNin)
Multimedia surrounds me as I edgily craft 500 word articles for a pittance, going around the internet in dizzying circles. And then comes the occasional editing and proofreading contracts that generate decent incomes for those little vanity purchases otherwise unfulfilled. I sometimes dream of writing a bestseller yet!
Read more »
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March 16, 2014
Finding Poetic Inspiration...
Written By: Malavika Madgula
“I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.”
-- Robert Frost
There is a plethora of matter on the internet as to how to get inspired to write, how to write well, ideas on what to write, and so on. I have no idea about the success rate of those who tried this non-conventional path, but I am one who believes that writing comes from within. If something about words makes your whole spine tingle, then you’ve probably had a long love...
“I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.”
-- Robert Frost
There is a plethora of matter on the internet as to how to get inspired to write, how to write well, ideas on what to write, and so on. I have no idea about the success rate of those who tried this non-conventional path, but I am one who believes that writing comes from within. If something about words makes your whole spine tingle, then you’ve probably had a long love...
March 8, 2014
Becoming A Writer: The Push I Needed
Written By: Vishnu
The question of whether or not I could call myself a writer was the first thought to enter my mind. What is a writer, anyway? So what's a confused girl like me to do?Take to Google of course!
The stories and explanations I've come across are far too many to list out now. Of the results, some people expressed their frustration on having been unable to write their next book and started doubting themselves on whether or not they could still call themselves writers. Other...
The question of whether or not I could call myself a writer was the first thought to enter my mind. What is a writer, anyway? So what's a confused girl like me to do?Take to Google of course!
The stories and explanations I've come across are far too many to list out now. Of the results, some people expressed their frustration on having been unable to write their next book and started doubting themselves on whether or not they could still call themselves writers. Other...
12 Habits Of Highly Successful Writers
Written By: Inderpreet Kaur
Writing for a living is not an easy profession because your credibility gets you more work and you need to have something to show for your skill. Finding good work and the kind you want to do is even more difficult since you are second guessing all your actions.The path to success is not an easy one, that we all have heard a million times but how do we make that ‘hard work’ really work for us?The emphasis must not be on just working but also working on making sure y...
Writing for a living is not an easy profession because your credibility gets you more work and you need to have something to show for your skill. Finding good work and the kind you want to do is even more difficult since you are second guessing all your actions.The path to success is not an easy one, that we all have heard a million times but how do we make that ‘hard work’ really work for us?The emphasis must not be on just working but also working on making sure y...
