Writing for the next National Geographic editorial is what a lot of content writers may wish for! But it usually takes a while to get to write about the topics you love. Most of us have to scale through writing for boring topics till the time we arrive at a place where we have some freedom over the choice of the topic we want to work on.
Every Friday, we have a (supposed) creatively fulfilling activity here at Spacebar. Normally, we have writing prompts, but today we decided to do it a little differently.
A series of unforeseen events that have truly and really occurred in Spacebar office, in an alternative universe. As narrated by Alpana Mandal.
A series of unforeseen events that have truly and really occurred in Spacebar office, in an alternative universe.
In the voice of Tristan Fernandes.
In 2013, when I started Spacebar, I was sure I wanted Spacebar to be a Content Solutions firm.
“We don’t just write, we strategize and create solutions for our clients.”
So after my post about the life of a writer, I still managed to keep my job! Whee hee! That means I have had another month of clients, projects, deadlines, themes, voices, blog language, Canadian English, English English, Indian English,strange Google searches, online shopping, late nights and this month, a life changing attack of cockroaches. And she lived to tell the tale.
If you are a writer, you will have days/week/ a lifetime of having to motivate yourself! Being a writer is NOT easy. It is fulfilling, emancipating *insert other big passionate words here* but it is NOT easy to turn a free-spirited, passion into a job with deadlines and time-bound responsibilities. Often I find myself in the following situations. Feel free to laugh at my plight:D
If you are a writer, you will have days/week/ a lifetime of having to motivate yourself! Being a writer is NOT easy. It is fulfilling, emancipating *insert other big passionate words here* but it is NOT easy to turn a free-spirited, passion into a job with deadlines and time bound responsibilities. Often I find myself in the following situations. Feel free to laugh at my plight:D
“I find the entire concept of an internship program unfair to the interns”, Alpana said “ We never had people scrambling to find internships, when I was in college.” “ May be it is because the diversity in the courses that are taken up today.
When you deliver content solutions – and not just content writing services – to your clients, you dive into other aspects of their business such as social media, SEO and digital marketing. And you notice how difficult it becomes for businesses to choose their marketing style. If I had to write a book on Marketing in 2014 for Dummies, I’d segregate all kinds and forms or marketing into two simple buckets: