How to Start a Freelance Copywriting Business

MuVar 2009 | Home Online - Al's Morning Meeting News directors, teachers, reporters, videographers and producers have been asking for this for years. I finally have produced a series of short videos that I believe will help you write better stories for broadcast, whether they are viewed over the air or online. It is tempting to think of this as a “TV thing,” but I am convinced it will be just as useful for print and online folks who now find themselves producing video stories. It has other applications, too — a minister friend of mine who watched the “finding focus” video said he was going to tell his fellow ministers to watch it. Here’s how the tutorials work: Click one of the links below. You will be directed to NewsU, Poynter’s e-learning site. Al’s Morning Meeting readers get the individual pieces for half price ($4.95) as a way to say thanks for sticking with me all these years. Or you can get all three tutorials packaged together for $14.85: Telling Memorable Video Stories: A Poynter Tutorial Series.

Edit Central Contents Introduction: On Writing Style and Diction Tools Sponsored Links Reference Books Technical Notes Privacy Policy Contact Introduction: On Writing If you want to become a better writer, you need to do the following, in order of priority: (1) write a lot, and (2) seek ideas and inspiration, and (3) get the technical details right. This web site is mostly about the third and least important of these points. It should not be a surprise that to improve your writing you should write a lot. If you want to improve your piano playing, do you really think that you should spend a lot of time looking at piano catalogs? Inspiration does have a role to play, particularly if it can get you to write more. Lastly, there are the rules of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Style & Diction This is an interactive section for checking a sample of writing. Click the "Submit" button to look for possible problems in the text. Sponsored Links Reference Books Become an excellent writer! Technical Notes Contact

Diary of A Mad Freelancer Gunning fog index In linguistics, the Gunning fog index measures the readability of English writing. The index estimates the years of formal education needed to understand the text on a first reading. A fog index of 12 requires the reading level of a U.S. high school senior (around 18 years old). The test was developed by Robert Gunning, an American businessman, in 1952.[1] The fog index is commonly used to confirm that text can be read easily by the intended audience. Calculation[edit] The Gunning fog index is calculated with the following algorithm:[2] Select a passage (such as one or more full paragraphs) of around 100 words. The complete formula is: While the fog index is a good sign of hard-to-read text, it has limits. Until the 1980s, the fog index was calculated differently.[3] The original formula counted each clause as a sentence. In the 1980s, this step was left out in counting the fog index for literature. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]

Let your readers copy edit your content. Letterpop The Age of Innovation - Innovation blog art by Alan M Webber When this period we're in right now passes and whatever comes next arrives, we'll look back fondly on this current time and call it, quite rightly The Age of Innovation. Beset as we are by serious and pressing problems, we run the risk of failing to appreciate one of the most incredible periods of creative output in world history. It's been almost a decade since "innovation" became a business buzz word. Instead, innovation has become a sustained business element. Why? Here's a partial list - feel free to add to it or make your own! Global competition. What are the shapes, forms, and practices that tell you we're living through the Age of Innovation? What are you doing to be part of it? One thing's sure: You don't want to miss it - you don't want to fail to appreciate it or fail to participate.