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How a Ghostwriter Can Help You Write Your Life Story
Do you have this impulse: a nagging, won’t-let-you-go desire to write your autobiography?
Perhaps you’ve lived the kind of life that’s inspired people to tell you time and time again that you should write a book and the idea of connecting with others through your story is incredibly appealing to you. Or maybe you’d love for your family and future generations to be able to read about your life in your own words. Or perhaps you want to put your truth, your experiences, and your reflections onto paper for no audience other than yourself.
Whatever your motivation, you are not alone.
What Not to Do: 5 Lessons from Bad Copy
We all come across it, all day, every day.
In our email inbox.
In sponsored posts on social media.
On websites.
Even infiltrating the news.
It’s every writer’s, marketer’s, and business’s worst nightmare:
Bad copy.
A Writer’s Work Is Never Done: The Quest for Perfection
I often get mad at myself when I don’t do something perfectly. It’s part of my perfectionist nature. I tend to be that way with many things, including in my work as a freelance proofreader and writer, and my job as a stay-at-home mom.
Even making pasta can get me upset. If I cook it a minute too long, I’m so disappointed with myself. And that’s saying a lot, because I am not a good cook. But there are a few meals that I make surprisingly well, and I want them to come out perfectly every time.
Many writers are perfectionists. Rewriting can be done so many times that it starts to drive a person bonkers. Writers often think they have left out something important in a piece, and it’s difficult to convince them to let go of the work and publish it.
Retrain Yourself to Make the Most of Feedback on Your Writing
Create. Measure. Improve. Repeat.
If you run your own business (or you’ve created your own app or software as a service), you may be familiar with the process of feedback loops — you create a product, study how it performs, determine any opportunities for improvement, and then implement the changes. This process might happen a few times before your product is at a point where you don’t need to make changes constantly.
So many organizations use feedback loops, whether it’s at the production level, the team level, or the customer service level. Having some type of loop of information can help a business make meaningful changes within their company and provide the best product possible.