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The Second Edition of The Business of Being a Writer Officially Releases Today

Jane Friedman

While a good chunk of the first edition remains relevant and valid for writers, especially the guidance on book publishing, the sections that address digital media and publishing, magazine publishing, and social media are sorely out of date. My editor asked me to revise the book, so I said yes.

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10 Things That Could Destroy Your Freelance Writing Career

Freelance Writing Jobs

Young freelance writers who are just starting out experience the same fear of disappointing a client and never finding another writing job again. It’s the one feeling you must rid yourself of if you ever want to fulfill a long career as a freelance writer. Which mistakes are you making as a freelancer? Click To Tweet.

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10 Things That Could Destroy Your Freelance Writing Career

Freelance Writing Jobs

Young freelance writers who are just starting out experience the same fear of disappointing a client and never finding another writing job again. It’s the one feeling you must rid yourself of if you ever want to fulfill a long career as a freelance writer. Which mistakes are you making as a freelancer? Click To Tweet.

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How To Find Experienced Book Editors

Melanie Saxton

In my ongoing pursuit of a master’s degree in digital media, I’ve taken communication courses, digital writing courses in advertising, marketing, and social media, as well as screenwriting and digital media law and ethics courses (which covered copyright and intellectual property).

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What Does Creativity Mean To You: The IPA Director

Caroline Gibson

Media opportunities have multiplied at the rate of knots, bringing the need for different creative skills to communicate with people effectively. Written by Caroline Gibson, freelance copywriter, London. The post What Does Creativity Mean To You: The IPA Director appeared first on Caroline Gibson - Freelance Copywriter Blog.

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Where To Find An Advertising Internship In London

Caroline Gibson

It’s open to anyone from anywhere with roles available in account management, creative production, digital, media, new business, planning, social & influence, AI and PR. When to apply? Applications are now open for 2025. (In In 2024, they closed mid-November with interviews in early December and the start date in August.)

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A Novel Approach to the Challenges of Our Profession

Copywriter Collective

Having spent 16 years as an agency copywriter/creative director, 13 as a freelancer, and 10 as a copywriting professor, many of my personal experiences turn up in the career of the boomer character, Ted Canby. Ted’s formative years take place during the Creative Revolution, and he is fixated on traditional, non-digital media.