Nicholas H's Tips on Becoming a Professional Writing Consultant

I personally have never thought of entering the professional writing consulting field in my life. After giving it some more thought, I still don't want to! But I have noticed all the opportunities and the diverse areas in professional writing consulting that one can enter. If you have ever thought of pursuing a career as a writing consultant here are some tips to help you get started.

1. Know your writing abilities. Obviously, if you're not good at writing yourself you probably won't be to good at fixing another person's writing.

2. Expand your learning experiences. As with anything in life, the more you learn the more you can do. If you know what specific field in writing consulting you want to pursue a degree or classes in that field will go a long way.

3. Decide an area in which you want to professionally consult.

4. Design a structure in how you will perform your job and your business.

5. Figure out how you will build your clientele, as this is obviously very important in being a professional writing consultant.

6. Go fix someone else's work!

Here is a video that will give you more general info on being a consultant. The points in this video can relate to professional writing consulting and many other consulting fields. Hopefully these tips and video have helped.

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