Who Do You Work For?
As a freelance writer, this is usually the second question I get asked when I tell people what I do for a living. The first one is “What’s that?” (I kid you not.)
Here’s the thing. When you are a freelance anything, you are not working for your clients. You are working for yourself. You are the head of your own company – “Me, Inc.” for want of a better name.
Rules For Writers
I found this in my online travels on the WritersJokes web site and thought it was worth sharing. Enjoy!
- Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
- Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
- And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
- It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
- Avoid clichés like the plague. (They’re old hat.)
- Be more or less specific.
- Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
- Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
- No sentence fragments.
- Don’t use no double negatives.
- Proofread carefully to see if you any words out or mispeld something.
- Eschew obfuscation.
FWJ Contests … and a Discount Coupon
We have a couple of fun things going on here at the Freelance Writing Jobs network that I wanted to share with you.
If you love coffee (mmmm…coffee…..), check out the Win a Dunkin Donuts Coffee Gift Basket Contest at Deb’s Freelance Writing Jobs and Other Stuff blog.
The other contest is over at Network Blogging Tips. Two readers will win a set of 250 post cards to help them promote their business.
Please check them out and enter for your chance to win.
