Posts Tagged ‘tips for content creators’
3 Rs to Help You Write Like an Expert When You Feel Utterly Clueless
I’ve always enjoyed the challenge of diving headfirst into a project that I have no clue how to perform. Sometimes, this shines through in an upcycling project, and other times you’ll see it in the spackled holes in my walls from incorrect measurements. Actually, I most often fulfill this thrill through my role as a…
Read MoreCreativity Anxiety Is Real — Push Through It In Your Creative Career
I have anxiety. I’ve known this for years. The official diagnosis has helped me work through many fears and actions from my past. However, there’s one situation that I continue to struggle through — my work in a creative career. I’ve always discussed this particular anxiety with my fellow creatives. We could never put our…
Read MoreDon’t Settle, Keep Searching – How to be More Practically Fearless as you Find What Drives You
Digging into a creative profession is hard, friends. I’ve never had the answer to “what do you want to do when you grow up?” and here, at 32, I’m still not sure I’ve made a definitive, set-in-stone decision. So many of us grow up as head-in-the-clouds kids. Maybe you were idealistic, too. A procrastinator. More…
Read More4 Mistakes All Content Writers Make (and The Solutions You Need)
Marketers can write day in and day out and still fall into traps that lead to terrible content. You slip into bad habits that start small, but then become huge blindspots when you produce and assess your work. Before too long, readers lose all interest in anything you write and your marketing efforts struggle. I’ll…
Read MoreBack to the Basics: Content Creation Through Preschoolers’ Eyes
Nobody ever told me I could turn writing into a career. Actually, I was watching “What Women Want” with Mel Gibson one day and fell in love with the creativity of advertising. The idea of using words to create images and connections with complete strangers — that’s what made my adrenaline pump. It’s then when…
Read MoreOnce Upon a Time: Storytelling Lessons from a Princess
Once upon a time, in a strange kingdom called Florida, there was a beautiful princess puppy named River. The princess had been abandoned in a dark castle by an evil witch who no longer wanted River because the old “preferred cats.” Locked in a dungeon, River began to wonder if she’d ever have a home…
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