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kfarnell
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If you have a minute...

Well, that was stupid. While trying to set up my specialised profile, I managed to delete the text from my general profile. Then I thought maybe it was a blessing in disguise as it was looking terribly tired.

 

Anyway, I've rewritten it and was wondering if anyone was bored and fancied taking a quick peek. I'd really appreciate it if you could point out any errors or offer any sort of feedback, really. I know this is usually a newbie question but didn't think it would do any harm to ask. Thanks in advance, lovely peeps.

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feed_my_eyes
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Kim F wrote:

Well, that was stupid. While trying to set up my specialised profile, I managed to delete the text from my general profile. Then I thought maybe it was a blessing in disguise as it was looking terribly tired.

 

Anyway, I've rewritten it and was wondering if anyone was bored and fancied taking a quick peek. I'd really appreciate it if you could point out any errors or offer any sort of feedback, really. I know this is usually a newbie question but didn't think it would do any harm to ask. Thanks in advance, lovely peeps.


Looks great to me! My only (minor) criticism is that perhaps it's a bit too long? But I especially like the line "I thrive on doing large projects that start in a state of confusion and need serious whipping into shape" - you might even consider making that the first line.

 

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justina-sammy
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Hey,its not always newbies who do that.everyone needs credits .i can offer to do that for you,and you do the same for my profile...its gonna be win-win

That's fair - except your profile is private so I can't access it 😞

i will make it public.i have been offline for some months maybe  thats why...

but promise to pass by

feed_my_eyes
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Kim F wrote:

Well, that was stupid. While trying to set up my specialised profile, I managed to delete the text from my general profile. Then I thought maybe it was a blessing in disguise as it was looking terribly tired.

 

Anyway, I've rewritten it and was wondering if anyone was bored and fancied taking a quick peek. I'd really appreciate it if you could point out any errors or offer any sort of feedback, really. I know this is usually a newbie question but didn't think it would do any harm to ask. Thanks in advance, lovely peeps.


Looks great to me! My only (minor) criticism is that perhaps it's a bit too long? But I especially like the line "I thrive on doing large projects that start in a state of confusion and need serious whipping into shape" - you might even consider making that the first line.

 


Christine A wrote:

Looks great to me! My only (minor) criticism is that perhaps it's a bit too long? But I especially like the line "I thrive on doing large projects that start in a state of confusion and need serious whipping into shape" - you might even consider making that the first line.

 


Thanks! Yes, you're probably right. That line needs moving up.

 

Not *too* worried about the length as I tend to work with long-winded people, but I'll sleep on it and tomorrow I'll tighten it a bit. 

Kim, I agree with Christine about repositioning that line.  It is too good to be buried.  You might want to delete the very last line; a bit cutesy which is neither your style or needed.

 

On your editing profile, would it make sense to briefly explain the various forms of editing?  Or do you prefer to keep development editing under writer profile?


Wendy C wrote:

 

...On your editing profile, would it make sense to briefly explain the various forms of editing?  Or do you prefer to keep development editing under writer profile?


Somewhat OT:

 

I am still holding off on specialized profiles. I thought of using them to enumerate types of editing (and their costs), but I couldn't conceive how to make that work. I have found the new beta "popular," i.e. typical, projects list to be better suited to my needs for that. I can put out there that different kinds of editing have different costs, without getting into the details of the taxonomy.

Michael, you might have inspired me to take a second look at that 'feature'.  Admittedly, I have been shying away from it because almost all the jobs I do are fairly convoluted when it comes to fitting them into pigeon holes.


Wendy C wrote:

Michael, you might have inspired me to take a second look at that 'feature'.  Admittedly, I have been shying away from it because almost all the jobs I do are fairly convoluted when it comes to fitting them into pigeon holes.


I'm trying to aim for dovecotes rather than pigeon holes. You still get pigeons in them, but they sound so much nicer.


Douglas Michael M wrote:


Somewhat OT:

 

I am still holding off on specialized profiles. I thought of using them to enumerate types of editing (and their costs), but I couldn't conceive how to make that work. I have found the new beta "popular," i.e. typical, projects list to be better suited to my needs for that. I can put out there that different kinds of editing have different costs, without getting into the details of the taxonomy.


There's an issue in that the definitions don't mean the same thing to everyone - especially the blur between sub/copy/content editing. That's without considering people who are generally befuddled. I do better with bids that specify what I'm doing while avoiding the terminology and am trying to transfer that approach to my profiles.


Wendy C wrote:

Kim, I agree with Christine about repositioning that line.  It is too good to be buried.  You might want to delete the very last line; a bit cutesy which is neither your style or needed.

 

On your editing profile, would it make sense to briefly explain the various forms of editing?  Or do you prefer to keep development editing under writer profile?


Thanks!

 

I moved the line up and will take another look tomorrow. Still debating the last line with myself...

 

Re explaining the forms of editing. I was actually trying to avoid that by listing the sort of stuff I'd do. Apart from anything else, it's taken me quite a while to accept people don't sub-edit now because they'd rather copy-edit and like like to do developmental rather than substantive editing. 

 

Then I realised that I had to put the terms on my profile as someone could be using them as search terms. So I have, though I might go back and tweak this again later. 

 

Question for people who have been paying closer attention than me: Do I only get to have one writer's profile or can I have a specialised writers profile as well as a general one?

Kim,  that was the quandary I was dealing with.  I ended up with one for writer, etc. and the SP as branding specialist, etc. - which is listed under Content Strategy as Branding was not available.  Almost every job shows on both profiles.

 

99.9% of the time I do both for clients > in most cases they are so tightly intertwined that its impossible to do one and not the other. Partially because I do not bid on 'article writing' types of jobs and adamantly refuse to touch long sales letters.

 

Keep your general profile as a writer who is happy to edit and your SP as a highly skilled editor who happens to be a successful writer.

 

Have a look at both of mine. 2 stories focusing on different search terms but, in essence, cross selling each other.