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Which Writing Rate Earns the Most? Per Word or Per Hour?

Make a Living Writing

There’s a lot of discussion online about writing rates. What’s the best way to bid a project? By the project? Which writing rate is the best way to price jobs? Now, if you’re working for an ongoing copywriting client, I personally believe bidding by the project is best. By the word? By the hour?

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Michael Lewis (Once Again) Tells the Biggest Story in Finance

Jane Friedman

Michael Lewis hit the story of a lifetime when he published his bestselling book, The Big Short , about the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis. Before writing The Big Short , Lewis was already regarded as a world-class storyteller. It was the ultimate setup.

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Agents and Editors Aren’t Always Right About Market Potential

Jane Friedman

Whenever I teach on nonfiction book proposals, I open up the conversation by talking about market potential ($) and how to convince agents or editors that your project has it. She had an agent who was not at all enthusiastic about her next project-in-progress about the power and freedom of living single.

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Writing Travel Memoir, Fear Of Judgment, Fear Of Failure, And Journaling With J.F. Penn

The Creative Penn

What do you need to consider when writing travel memoir? The clips are from Travel Writing World , Wish I’d Known Then , and Sacred Steps , and I was also on Into the Woods. I’ve included different clips on my Books and Travel Podcast, more about the walking than the writing side, so you can also listen there.

Writing 98
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Writing Faster Without Burning Out With LA Witt

The Creative Penn

How can you establish a creative routine that enables you to write the books you want to write without burning out? Witt is the author of nearly 200 romance novels and novellas, and today we're talking about her book for authors, Writing Faster for the Win. LA Witt talks about her strategies. Transcript of Interview with L.A.

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Lessons Learned from 12 Years as an Author Entrepreneur

The Creative Penn

In the intro, Finding readers [ ALLi blog ]; Writing the Shadow Kickstarter. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid , writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. Sign up for my next Kickstarter here: Writing the Shadow: Turn Your Inner Darkness Into Words.

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What Is Overfitting in Machine Learning?

Grammarly

How to detect overfitting How to avoid overfitting Examples of overfitting Work smarter with Grammarly The AI writing partner for anyone with work to do Get Grammarly What is overfitting? Paul got four out of six predictions correct in 2008 and all seven in 2010.