We’ve all been there: You’re on a roll writing your latest piece, in the midst of a sentence, and suddenly… What word goes here? Are...

Many years ago in college, a journalism professor started a lecture with these 11 words I’ve never forgotten: “If you are not a reader,...

No matter how many years you’ve worked as a professional writer, how many classes you’ve taken, degrees you’ve earned, or bylines and...

If your online writer’s bio is a bit yawn-worthy, let’s jazz it up. After all, playing with words is what we writers love to do, right?...

Wordsmith. You hear the word tossed around in chatty writer’s groups and on sassy author profiles. But, what the heck is that exactly,...

How many freelance writers are out there who have gone months, years, or even a lifetime without producing their best work. Let’s be...

How do you create a high-performing blog? Well, it all starts with the structure of your blog posts. And that starts with setting up your...

We imagined our summers would be spent hopping on flights, touring through cities, exploring nature, and going off the grid. But our...

Laptop open. Check. Cold drink. Check. Data points. Wait, what? If your content marketing client is asking you to take a data-driven...

If you’ve logged onto the internet at any point between March and today, you’ve seen the onslaught of COVID-19 emails inundating your...

Your task: Entice the world to use your new client’s services. The challenge? You work in marketing, so the copy can’t sound like a...

You’ve been chosen to work on a brand’s new product launch. Heck, yeah! They’re hiring writers to craft blog posts, product descriptions...

According to studies, when we are surprised, our brains cause us to physically freeze for 1/25 of a second. Following that initial...

First things first: Take a big, deep breath. It’s a difficult time for many — if not all — industries right now. If your once-thriving...

What is an executive summary? Short. Concise. Powerful. Executive summaries are the first page (or pages) of a business plan or proposal....

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” — Jim Rohn Reading is a wonderful way to educate...

Your LinkedIn summary — aka the “About” section — might be the most important part of your LinkedIn profile. Why? Because it’s the first...

An executive summary is a short recap of what is presented in lengthier reports but still includes all of the necessary facts, figures...

You’ve been tasked to personalize a topic. As a writer, you must make it vitally important to the brand’s readers and pull them in, like...

As freelance writers, we are left to our own devices to scrounge enough energy and motivation to dominate our projects. And over time,...