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Originally Posted by Captain Kawaii
Some bizarre advice in that primer. That and being laborious to read I would recommend that it is best to let people who can write, write. Those who cannot, hire writers who can.  |
I agree that it's a much better investment for people to pay someone else to write. However, I do realize that many people in the industry don't just have $200 to drop into a website for search results in over a month's time. This blog post was primarily made as a result of one of my under writers being inefficient. He asked for some advice, so I thought - why not make it public? Draws attention, can be used as a reference and it's always a good idea to remind yourself of good steps to take toward business.
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Originally Posted by Captain Kawaii
I say bizarre in the sense that you push the generic aspect of writing to an art form. You have successfully sucked all of the elements out of what makes creative writing "good."  |
And hopefully it was transcendently clear that quality should
not suffer as a result. In fact, I'd expect that proper execution of these tips would make the quality better, all while allowing it to be produced at a better rate. You're spot on with some jobs being very mundane - blog posts are a great example. I mean, you can be creative with them, but generally it means bugger all and you're much better just churning out as many as you can. As a result, I find myself having constant challenges to see how many I can produce in a set period - I get very competitive with myself, and generally keep a little sticky note tab opened with the time I started and where I began.
Other projects are actually quite fun, and I do tend to avoid going to overboard on the efficiently thing. If I'm quoting someone $150 to do the front page text of his website, you can bet I'll be as creative as possible and go through several revisions instead of pumping out the most baseline material in as shorter time as possible.
Thanks for the response.