Comments on: Writing Tip of the Day: Your productivity equation http://freelancewritinggigs.com/articlewriting/writing-tip-of-the-day-your-productivity-equation/ ...to help you get ahead with better articles Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:44:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://freelancewritinggigs.com/articlewriting/writing-tip-of-the-day-your-productivity-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Chris Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:38:57 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/articlewriting/?p=100#comment-73 I start off the day deciding what I want to accomplish for this day. I also use ToodleDo.com to organize my projects. I start off the day deciding what I want to accomplish for this day. I also use ToodleDo.com to organize my projects.

]]> By: Terreece Clarke http://freelancewritinggigs.com/articlewriting/writing-tip-of-the-day-your-productivity-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Terreece Clarke Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:33:44 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/articlewriting/?p=100#comment-71 Veronica - I'm wincing with you girl! Oh man, we've all had cringe worthy moments and nothing like a flashback! But like you said, lesson learned! Aurora - As long as you recycle it isn't terrible to print things off once in a while. Sometimes there is no substitute for paper in hand! Veronica – I’m wincing with you girl! Oh man, we’ve all had cringe worthy moments and nothing like a flashback! But like you said, lesson learned!

Aurora – As long as you recycle it isn’t terrible to print things off once in a while. Sometimes there is no substitute for paper in hand!

]]> By: Aurora http://freelancewritinggigs.com/articlewriting/writing-tip-of-the-day-your-productivity-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Aurora Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:11:14 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/articlewriting/?p=100#comment-70 I write everything as early as possible in the morning and afternoon. Then I take a refreshing break and come back and sit and proof it all once I've had time away from it. While I know it isn't environmentally friendly, some of the more difficult pieces I still print and proof with a cup of coffee and a pen in hand. For some reason I can find errors on paper that I skip over when I read it on the monitor. :) For productivity/speed gains, I template as much as possible and fill in the content "blanks" as needed. For example, I have a newsletter that goes out every morning, and some of the basic info does not change, so I make a template and start with that rather than a blank page. E-mail note to Editors, special heading tags and HTML formatting, e-mail invoices (the list goes on). It is amazing how much time I have saved over the years by templating my most common tasks. I write everything as early as possible in the morning and afternoon. Then I take a refreshing break and come back and sit and proof it all once I’ve had time away from it. While I know it isn’t environmentally friendly, some of the more difficult pieces I still print and proof with a cup of coffee and a pen in hand. For some reason I can find errors on paper that I skip over when I read it on the monitor. :)

For productivity/speed gains, I template as much as possible and fill in the content “blanks” as needed. For example, I have a newsletter that goes out every morning, and some of the basic info does not change, so I make a template and start with that rather than a blank page. E-mail note to Editors, special heading tags and HTML formatting, e-mail invoices (the list goes on). It is amazing how much time I have saved over the years by templating my most common tasks.

]]> By: Veronca Shine http://freelancewritinggigs.com/articlewriting/writing-tip-of-the-day-your-productivity-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Veronca Shine Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:33:21 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/articlewriting/?p=100#comment-69 You certainly have hit a nerve with me on this one. I cringe at my past mistakes due to having too much on my plate. I hence since have taken less in order to provide good quality. I can remember accidently submitting a draft rather than a finished product for an assignment, which contained more fragmented sentences than you could imagine. Needless to say, the editor wrote back and inquired if I was a native English speaker (I am) because my writing sounded as if I used an on-line translator. They accepted the finished product but I learned a valuable lesson. You certainly have hit a nerve with me on this one. I cringe at my past mistakes due to having too much on my plate. I hence since have taken less in order to provide good quality.

I can remember accidently submitting a draft rather than a finished product for an assignment, which contained more fragmented sentences than you could imagine. Needless to say, the editor wrote back and inquired if I was a native English speaker (I am) because my writing sounded as if I used an on-line translator. They accepted the finished product but I learned a valuable lesson.

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