Comments on: How Magazine Writers Can Adapt to Writing on the Internet

By: Aad Lips

Aad Lips — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:45:08 +0000

You’re absolutely right, Michelle, and I won’t hide behind the fact that Dutch is my native tongue. I should have noticed this BEFORE I sent my reply.

Aad Lips

By: Michelle Hutchinson

Michelle Hutchinson — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:25:07 +0000

Thanks for the tip, J.M. Another important piece of advice is: Use correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Thus, your sentence that reads, “…I realized that Greg has left out an important peace of advice…” should have had “peace” spelled as “piece.”

Michelle Hutchinson
Professional Editor and Proofreader

By: Aad J. M. Lips

Aad J. M. Lips — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:57:13 +0000

Hi Michelle,

Looking at your website http://www.wordhelper.com, I realized that Greg has left out an important peace of advice: layout.

Sentences that stretch the entire width of the (wide) screen are pretty hard to digest. Like the large blocks of text that Greg already mentioned, readers tend to avoid ‘threatening’ layouts like the one you use on your site.
So try using columns in your webpages.

The layout is the first contact readers have with your content. So make it inviting to read. Your best writing won’t be read if the layout turns your reader off.

Aad J. M. Lips – Dutch copywriter

By: Charlie Self

Charlie Self — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:57:51 +0000

Greg,

The article is great, as far as it goes. What I really need now is some instruction on how to live on $10-$20 an article from Internet writing, versus the $350 to $3,000 I got from magazines.

After 40+ years of freelancing fairly high on the hog, I’m not really all that interested in chomping on pig’s feet, pickled or not.

Still, I’ll pass your link along for listing in my association’s newsletter (National Association of Home & Workshop Writers), and stick it in my LinkedIn group of similar name. It most definitely is useful.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:58:37 +0000

Supriya,

Yes, as I understand India is amazingly diverse.

- Greg

By: supriya iyengar

supriya iyengar — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:40:26 +0000

Hi Greg

I do a bit of freelance and this article was insightful in a lot of respects- the main being the segregation between print and digital media writing. Also, a market like India has immense scope with respect to digital media being a medium and content writing.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:41:56 +0000

Thanks, Charlie. Good luck!

- Greg

By: Charlie Self

Charlie Self — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:36:16 +0000

Useful article. I’ve been a freelancer writing magazines and books in several fields since 1968. I haven’t exactly been resisting writing for the web, but more like ignoring it, as the money is so far below rotten as to be asinine.

Possibly your ideas can help there. I’ll be bookmarking your site.

Thanks.

By: Bob Carpenter

Bob Carpenter — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:01:51 +0000

What JJ fails to see is that many of us magazine writers are being forced to write for a magazine-related web site also. No more pay, but it helps if it’s good.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:41:22 +0000

Joanie,

I’m glad you liked it!

- Greg