Practice Makes Perfect

Written by Lisa Hood


Practice Makes Perfect

When my daughter began to playrepparttar clarinet, most ofrepparttar 129021 notes she played were painfully off key. Soonrepparttar 129022 notes were more or less correct, butrepparttar 129023 melody was lacking as she took long pauses to place her fingers. As she practiced, she was able to play a few simple tunes, with only two or three notes, from memory. Now she can play more complex arrangements, she can read music and translaterepparttar 129024 little squiggles and bars into counts and beats and twinkling notes, her fingers can findrepparttar 129025 notes by touch and she is ready to perform to a small audience of family and friends. Someday, she may be able to perform to a larger audience.

If you have ever played a musical instrument, this probably sounds very familiar.

As a writer, have you taken this same approach to honing your skill? Have you learnedrepparttar 129026 fundamentals of grammar and language? Have you appliedrepparttar 129027 basics to practice writings: articles, essays, short stories, journaling, writing exercise? Have you read books, paying attention torepparttar 129028 pace ofrepparttar 129029 story,repparttar 129030 character development,repparttar 129031 integration of plots and subplots? Have you shared your writings with trusted family and friends, soliciting feedback?

No?

To be a successful writer, you must practice and hone your craft.

Please, don’t expect your audience to suffer through your learning curve. Write just forrepparttar 129032 sake of writing. You’ll gain competence and confidence and when you decide to perform in front of an audience, of agents, publishers or readers, you’ll be ready.

Try these exercises for practice:

Where to find writing jobs online

Written by Abdallah Khamis Abdallah


A freelance writer’s best resources of finding jobs online are Job boards or sites. While some boards are geared specifically torepparttar freelancer, many others also list other type of jobs.

Some job boards allow freelancers to register their profiles and credentials for prospective employers to peruse, others allow resumes and classified ads to be posted. Other sites such as www.elance.com enable employers to post jobs and freelancers to bid fees forrepparttar 129020 jobs. The site earns a place for any jobs awarded. There are other sites similar to www.elance.com such as www.contractedwork.com.

There are many writing job boards online and it is not that difficult to discover them. Some Jobs boards provide links to other job sites andrepparttar 129021 list could be a bit long.

Searching throughrepparttar 129022 major search engines can also provide an exhaustive list of writing jobs. Use key words such as:

Freelance writing Jobs boards Writers Wanted Writing Jobs Copywriting Jobs Technical writing jobs

To make your task of searching for writing jobs online, we have provided you withrepparttar 129023 following list of sites. We hope you will find what you want.

http://www.emoonlighter.com http://www.elance.com http://www.burryman.com/freelance .html http://www.recruitmedia.co.uk/jobs.asp http://scriptlance.com

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