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Published in The Freelance Field Notes

·Updated Jul 21, 2021

You Are the Creative Director of Your Own Life

What it means to have creative agency. — You are the Creative Director of your own life. Not just Director. And not just with lower case letters, either — Creative AND Capitalized. Official. Appointed. Artistic. Innovative. Yesterday I shared the above post to my Instagram story. And when I first saw it on my feed, I was like…

Life Lessons

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You Are the Creative Director of Your Own Life
You Are the Creative Director of Your Own Life
Life Lessons

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Oct 30, 2020

Participating in NaNoWriMo as a Blogger

50,000 words in 30 days. Let’s do this. — If you’re not familiar, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, and it’s a long-held tradition among novelists aiming to crank out 50,000 words of a novel in the month of November. That comes out to 1,667 words per day. As you can probably imagine, for those who choose to…

Writing

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Participating in NaNoWriMo as a Blogger
Participating in NaNoWriMo as a Blogger
Writing

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Published in Better Marketing

·Oct 27, 2020

12 Things You Need to Start Your Freelance Writing Business… and 5 You Probably Don’t

It doesn’t have to be fancy, it just has to work — To get started as a freelance writer, you only need one thing: a laptop. Okay, two things: a laptop and an internet connection. Once you’re on your laptop with your browser of choice pulled up, Google Chrome being my favorite, where do you go from there? When I started my…

Freelance Writing

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The 12 Things You Need to Start Your Freelance Writing Business… and 5 You Probably Don’t
The 12 Things You Need to Start Your Freelance Writing Business… and 5 You Probably Don’t
Freelance Writing

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Oct 1, 2020

It’s OKAY To Major In Creative Writing

Articles on creative writing to spark your inspiration. — When you major in something like “creative writing” you might get comments such as: “What are you going to do with that?” (0/10 very unoriginal) OR, “Oh, so you’ll never get a real job.” (They say as a “joke,” of course) OR, “Yeah, I thought about doing that too but…

Newsletter

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It’s OKAY To Major In Creative Writing
It’s OKAY To Major In Creative Writing
Newsletter

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Published in An Empowered Life

·Oct 1, 2020

I Did Absolutely Nothing On My To-Do List Yesterday, and it Felt Amazing

It’s okay to be a little rebellious. — Monday morning began bright and early — without me. I was still snuggled in bed, having slept through a score of alarm clocks (yes, I’m one of those people). When I finally opened my eyes, the day was well on it’s way to 10 o’clock, my early-morning-workout plans dashed and…

Personal Development

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I Did Absolutely Nothing On My To-Do List Yesterday, and It Felt Amazing
I Did Absolutely Nothing On My To-Do List Yesterday, and It Felt Amazing
Personal Development

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Published in A Life of Words

·Sep 23, 2020

Creative Writing Lessons from 5 Short Stories

The best short stories I read for my creative writing degree. — During a creative writing undergraduate degree, you may end up reading a few short stories. Those stories may produce thoughts such as: Why can’t my writing be this good? How did they DO THAT? Okay, that sentence just made me cry. I’ll never write anything this amazing! And then you’ll…

Writing

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Creative Writing Lessons from 5 Short Stories
Creative Writing Lessons from 5 Short Stories
Writing

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Sep 18, 2020

How Creativity is Kind of Like a Pickle

Resources to help you feel more creative! — On good days, I feel like my creativity is a blooming flower. And on bad days? It’s like mushy blueberries that have been out on the counter for too long and taste like dust. BUT IN REALITY, creativity is a lot like a pickle. Yeah, the long green dudes. Because…

Creativity

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How Creativity is Kind of Like a Pickle
How Creativity is Kind of Like a Pickle
Creativity

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Published in The Freelance Field Notes

·Sep 18, 2020

How I Keep Myself Feeling Creative For My Job

Being creative on demand is TOUGH. — Just be fresh and new and snappy and bold and witty and hip and entertaining! Oh, and have it done by tomorrow. PANIC MODE. When I was in middle school trying to write young adult novels (all of which vaguely resembled Twilight and should never see the light of day)…

Creativity

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How I Keep Myself Feeling Creative For My Job
How I Keep Myself Feeling Creative For My Job
Creativity

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Published in The Freelance Field Notes

·Sep 11, 2020

The 31 Simple Steps to Start an Online Writing Business

So easy!…Right? — Discover that having an online writing business is even POSSIBLE. Get really, really, really excited. Day dream about it. Have actual dreams about it. Think about it pretty much all the time. Journal about it. Annoy all your friends by talking about it constantly. Read about having an online writing…

Freelancing

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The 31 Simple Steps to Starting an Online Writing Business
The 31 Simple Steps to Starting an Online Writing Business
Freelancing

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Published in The Freelance Field Notes

·Sep 4, 2020

How I Made My First $3,000 as a Freelance Writer in 4 Months

Frankly, I’m not totally sure. A lot of it was luck. — I’m here to talk about MONEY. Strap in, babes! Or, more specifically, making money. Because we all wish we could be doing more of that. And unfortunately, for the last four months, I wasn’t making ANY of it. No, I don’t count my monthly .30 cent Medium earnings. …

Freelance Writing

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How I Made My First $3,000 as a Freelance Writer in 4 Months
How I Made My First $3,000 as a Freelance Writer in 4 Months
Freelance Writing

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Grace Claman

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