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From freelance translators in any language to writers to complete any writing task, from marketing copy to ghostwriting book manuscripts to Short Story writers. Find Writing / Translation WFH freelancers on December 21, 2024 who work remotely. Read less

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Write interesting stories and essays to deadlines with good attention

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Write page-turning stories and generate creative, distinctive manuscripts / copy

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Source, write and edit well-crafted, high quality news and feature

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How to find the right editor for my project?

The most valuable independent editors working as freelancers share the eye for fact-checking and careful precision, ability to meet deadlines, and high standards of grammar, spelling and punctuation that their print media colleagues, editorial assistants and columnists are known for occupying fast-paced news offices and press environments.

Look for a proven track record of good display writing, evidence of research skills that puts verifying facts with high standards of accuracy first. From story to copy editing, HostJane's interactive workspace makes paginating and editing writing easy, in fact all stages of the publishing process can be covered from HostJane Boards.

What educational qualifications should a good writer have?

While we shouldn't be hard and fast about college educational backgrounds as many writers are self-taught and don't have English degrees, it is common for professional freelance writers to have a college degree or at minimum, equivalent work experience to read and evaluate reports and manuscripts, and to edit manuscripts with minimal supervision. This applies to nearly all writing genres from popular science to lifestyle, business, personal development, women's issues, technology, management and self-help writing.

As a guide, a good writer whatever their educational background, should have a "college level", hands-on understanding (even if the writer is not an English literature major) of grammar, spelling, literature and punctuation with strong skills in communication and organizing documents. This is particularly helpful for children's writers and graphic novelists who are also integrating with 4-color/illustrated art into their manuscripts or sometimes collaborating with artists directly.

Which type of freelance writing is most sought after?

Outside of script editing, academic essay writing for topics and manuscript editing or ghost writing, it's often opinion writing in researched subject matter like the Covid Pandemic, "Internet of Things" (IoT) technology, politics, current affairs and social justice matters, and law that freelancers are often engaged for.

Writers who, backed up by good source hunting and editing, focus on uncovering new angles for their readers with a diversity of human voices and different social perspectives often get hired more because they test new ideas with clear editorial direction and intellectual range. This is as true in audio journalism as it is in storytelling and episode making for script writers.

The writer who can get readers hooked from the first page and develop story ideas, whether in a longform analysis and conversational debate or nonfiction or digital magazine editorial, will have wide appeal and receive more repeat business. Deadline-driven short story writers who can interpret data and write with emotional and cultural intelligence are also always in work.

How are copy-editing and proofreading different?

Copy-editors track and maintain the flow of the written text, named "the copy", is grammatically error-free, factually accurate with a consistency and clarity that makes reading the writing smooth and well-formatted. Correcting spelling, grammar, reworking text and punctuation to deadlines through the editorial production cycle are all requirements in a copy-editors's job description.

The final edit of "the copy" is the domain of the proofreader, to ensure the published version is examined thoroughly and completely error free with a line-by-line read. Companies working to branding guidelines and style checklists will often employ proofreaders to make sure their press releases, advertisements and print marketing is consistent and clean.

There may be professional, regulatory or legal requirements hinged on certain writing, making it essential that stringent deadlines are final proofs sent to press are correct. All of this is the Proofreaders job across multiple channels including digital, direct, print, social media etc. Both copyeditors and proofreaders usually have a full understanding of Chicago Manual of Style and Associated Press Stylebook, as well as excellent working proficiency in Windows, Word, Excel and Adobe Workfront (formerly ProofHQ) software.

Bilingual copyeditors are particularly valuable being able to coordinate all of these skills across 2 language modes without the company needing to pay for specialist translations.

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