Post by account_disabled on Jan 23, 2024 5:10:07 GMT -5
Kateryna Kushnir , editor and content marketer, author of the Telegram channel "Not just an editor" , was asked about the difficulties she faced when she was a novice author. The first difficulty - I wrote very slowly. Even the simplest texts took a lot of time. I was lucky that there were no strict requirements for volumes at my first job, the deadlines were also loyal - I struggled, but I managed. And it wasn't that I couldn't put together an invoice or something similar - I just slowly gathered information into a coherent and logical article. This problem solved itself over time: the more I wrote, the easier it became to work with information. . The second difficulty is the lack of knowledge. Then I didn't understand why what I was writing was needed. I had an understanding that my articles will be read by someone, so it is necessary to make them interesting and useful. But I didn't know what place texts occupy in the chain of communication, how it works.
That's why, for example, I often thought that some C Level Executive List of the editor's demands were excessive - I sometimes did not understand why it was necessary, why not just publish my beautiful article. The fact that I always look for reasons and try to understand everything helped me here. I read a lot, watched how others did it, asked those I worked with, and gradually learned everything. The third difficulty is that it is difficult to find the first job or project. This is an obvious story - the less experience, the more difficult. Two things are important here: to put at least something in the portfolio and to do test tasks . I got my first job right after the test: I wrote an article, I liked it - they hired me. Without him, nothing would have happened - how to understand that a person can write, if he has never done it? The fourth difficulty is lack of time. I am one of those who started working in maternity leave.
Well, of course, a small child, a husband at work, relatives think that you are doing some kind of nonsense - at first, I didn't make much money, although I had a normal salary for that time, just a piece, and I wrote slowly.
I worked during the day, in the morning and at night, while the child slept, as well as on those rare days when my parents were with my son. And when she wasn't working, she read and watched everything she could find on the subject. In general - the first time I did not rest at all. Life got better when my son went to kindergarten: in a short time, my income increased significantly, new good projects appeared, and I opened a FOP. The fifth difficulty is the schedule. At first, working at home was difficult. I learned to distract myself from household and other matters, to concentrate on work. I studied in such a way that after a few years I realized: I work all the time. Even when I can rest. I had to learn to rest, which turned out to be more difficult than learning to work productively at home. I started looking for a balance between work and rest, things are better now, but still sometimes I miss training or something because of work. These are the main problems I had at the start. In fact, these are trifles, that is, something that can be dealt with.
That's why, for example, I often thought that some C Level Executive List of the editor's demands were excessive - I sometimes did not understand why it was necessary, why not just publish my beautiful article. The fact that I always look for reasons and try to understand everything helped me here. I read a lot, watched how others did it, asked those I worked with, and gradually learned everything. The third difficulty is that it is difficult to find the first job or project. This is an obvious story - the less experience, the more difficult. Two things are important here: to put at least something in the portfolio and to do test tasks . I got my first job right after the test: I wrote an article, I liked it - they hired me. Without him, nothing would have happened - how to understand that a person can write, if he has never done it? The fourth difficulty is lack of time. I am one of those who started working in maternity leave.
Well, of course, a small child, a husband at work, relatives think that you are doing some kind of nonsense - at first, I didn't make much money, although I had a normal salary for that time, just a piece, and I wrote slowly.I worked during the day, in the morning and at night, while the child slept, as well as on those rare days when my parents were with my son. And when she wasn't working, she read and watched everything she could find on the subject. In general - the first time I did not rest at all. Life got better when my son went to kindergarten: in a short time, my income increased significantly, new good projects appeared, and I opened a FOP. The fifth difficulty is the schedule. At first, working at home was difficult. I learned to distract myself from household and other matters, to concentrate on work. I studied in such a way that after a few years I realized: I work all the time. Even when I can rest. I had to learn to rest, which turned out to be more difficult than learning to work productively at home. I started looking for a balance between work and rest, things are better now, but still sometimes I miss training or something because of work. These are the main problems I had at the start. In fact, these are trifles, that is, something that can be dealt with.