You Don’t Have To Be Mr. Bombastic
by Marsha Maung
Oct 14th, 2008
I hate it when people say that in order to be a good writer, you’d have to have a mind filled with complicated, bombastic, not-your-usual-everyday words in order to survive as a freelance writer. That’s like telling me that unless you’re driving a Porsche, you’re not allowed to play in a certain park or eat in a particular restaurant.
To me, the quality evaluation of one’s work should be a little bit more realistic because unless you’re writing for something like, say, a magazine or a really popular paper, then a huge vocabulary will not come into play at all. While I don’t encourage every Jane, John and Jonas to become a freelance writer (it would, then flog the market….as if it’s not flooded enough as it is) because it requires a whole lot more than just knowing how to spin some words together just for the sake of making the numbers.
But then again…there are many different types of internet freelance writing so, for those of you who want to make some bucks writing, you can go down the SEO route.
I depend on the internet for my work…A LOT! So, I know, typically, in order for a freelance writer to survive in this blogger eat blogger world, you’d have to stand out for your own writing style and quality of your service.
If I can put my own two cents into this, I’d say that in order for a freelance remain head-above-water, less is more. You have to remember your target audience…the people who would be reading the materials that you publish on your website or your blog. You have to strike a balance between presenting yourself as a professional freelance writer and also revealing your personality to your readers and potential clients….this can get a little uncomfortable, be warned.
To me, the most important point about sustaining yourself in this freelance writing industry is to establish your niche and finding your own personality and recognizing that you have your own style of writing…one that you’re extremely comfortable with.
Some people prefer to write mag-style. Some others prefer to write blog-style. Heck, some people prefer not to write at all and instead blog via videos and pictures (which I also tend to do, sometimes) and there’s nothing wrong with that.
If you feel better writing very personal articles, then be it. However, if you’re standing right at the other end of the scale and prefer to write articles with bombastic words, then be it. The most important thing is HOW you prefer to write and not HOW MANY BOMBASTIC and UNCOMMON WORDS you can use in an article.
*** *** ***
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marsha Maung is a Malaysian-based freelance ghost blogger writer with two kids. She spends her time ferrying her kids around, watering her plants, writing web content, SEO stuff, ghostwriting books and also indulges in the occasional Facebook-ing. Visit her blog for more dirty details on the life and times of a mother, writer, designer, housekeeper, coffee-maker, poop-wiper, chef...and just about everything else under the sun.
REPUBLICATION RIGHTS! IMPORTANT!!
Listen up! I am a very nice person, if you think this article is neat and you'd like to publish it in your website, all's cool with me but with one condition. Only one and from the bottom of my heart, I wish that you would, in all sincerity, allow me my one single wish....to place the following codes into the your website at the END OF THE ARTICLE.
It's not going to disrupt much, so please do it? Either paste the above ABOUT THE AUTHOR stuff into your website (with links included) or copy the following codes into your website. That's it! Thank you!
*muax*
<b>Marsha Maung</b> is a Malaysian-based <a href="http://www.marshamaung.com" target="_blank">freelance writer</a> with two kids. She spends her time ferrying her kids around, watering her plants, writing web content, SEO stuff, ghostwriting books and also indulges in the occasional Facebook-ing. Visit her <a href="http://www.marshamaung.blogspot.com" target="_blank">blog</a> for more dirty details on the life and times of a mother, writer, designer, housekeeper, coffee-maker, poop-wiper, chef...and just about everything else under the sun.
 |
| Subscribe to TrulyMarsha |
| Visit this group |