Writing & Translation

What if you could carve out a niche self-publishing and selling books like a rock star? Sounds a little crazy, right? Kind of like punk hair, heavy-metal riffs, insane vocals, and a whole lot of attitude. Hi…I’m Steff Green. I’m a freelance writer...

Note: I’m giving myself a quick autumn break this week, so am posting this shortie instead of the usual post and podcast. Enjoy! It’s important for authors to get the nuances of slang in dialogue right. All our research into dialectal...

A lot of companies have been thrown for a loop during this COVID-19-induced recession, but that doesn’t mean you should put your freelance marketing efforts on the back burner. We reached out to experienced freelance writers to show you how to: See...

We talk about story being an arc, but in many ways it is more of a circle. A well-constructed story is a seamless whole in which its two halves reflect each other. We see this clearly in classic story structure, and perhaps nowhere more crucially...

If you had a playbook for the most important writing rules and freelance laws to follow, what could you accomplish? Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone show you the ropes? You know, the writing rules and freelance laws to help you… When you’re...

A lot of the questions I get from new freelance writers are about writing niches. Those questions include: In this post, I’m going to give you a complete road map to figuring out your best-opportunity writing niches. It’s a simple process, once you...

What are the steps to self-publish your book? The modern boom of independent publishing has put the power to publish in the hands of authors—if they choose to use it. But even once you’ve decided in favor of the indie route over the traditional...

Not pocket change, a little extra cash, or just enough to cover expenses. There’s a lot of paths you can take to get there. And plenty of lucrative niches and great clients to go around. Three days after I graduated from Columbia University in...

Many freelancers tell me they have writing fears holding them back from taking the plunge into freelancing. Or they believe the writing fears and worries that not having a journalism degree means they’re not qualified. Many writers are introverts,...

Your antagonist’s motivations can make or break your story. If your antagonist’s motivations are weak, unconvincing, or over-complicated (which is usually symptomatic of the first two problems), then you will severely undermine your story in...

Feeling stuck? There’s a lot of advice out there about freelance writing. But some ideas you might have about freelance writing can leave you feeling like you’re standing in cement or slowly suffocating in the grip of a python. Every writer has...

This past weekend, I attended a men’s retreat out in the woods. For the greater part of a day, we sat in a circle, facing each other, sharing the words that wounded us and the ones we longed to hear. Words can do a lot, it seems, depending on how...

What’s that famous book The Elements of Style all about? It’s pretty simple…concise writing. But how often do you read content that isn’t concise? You know… Concise writing doesn’t look like this. Why? Every word counts. There’s limited time to...