First Reviews of the Online Content Writer's Handbook!

I had a wonderful review come back this week from the lovely Laura. For privacy reasons I will leave out her full name. She has my eternal thanks for volunteering to review me! I have added in a few photos to make it a blog-worthy event but, I have to be honest here, she smashed it out of the water.

She sent a review of how to write online content, in online content writing format. If that's not 100% commitment, I don't know what is. Without further ado, here is the first non-Amazon (thanks Helen!) review of The Online Content Writer's Handbook. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did!

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Writing a review of “The content writer’s handbook” using the tools of said book

“The content writers handbook” offers information to readers about writing reviews, blogs, web content and other online formats.

Expectations

Very occasionally I take the time to sit down and write, mainly reflective accounts as a health care professional.  I’d looked into the money making possibilities of “fiverr” before and had the fleeting fancy that I might sign up to make a bit of extra cash.  Thanks to ‘lock-down’ I figured I might give it a go.  I came across this book, linked from a social media site, by a Scottish author giving an honest account of the content writing field.

What I found

• ·         Easy to read

• ·         Dry sense of humour

• ·         Informative

Easy to read

It’s a short book, broken into sections that flow well.  This book does not use complicated vocabulary or pad out the word count with unnecessary information.

Dry sense of humour

You get a good sense for the personality of the writer.  It is clear the author does not take herself too seriously, and encourages you to write in a way that comes natural to you.

Informative

I’ve used the tools of the book to write this review in the 500 word format.  I like following the structure the author has provided, it definitely helps the review flow.  Essentially she has condensed skills, that, had I been paying attention, I should have learned at school.  That said, English lessons at school provide information overload, far more than you need to transfer to real world skills.  Katriona has cut out all the extra information to give you a straightforward guide to making money as a content writer.

As a newbie to the writing field, I was surprised at how much repetition is involved.  I have noticed the poor quality of journalism in online articles in recent years.  I despise the repetition of key words and paraphrasing before the author gets to the point.  Little did I realise that this is a content writers trick to improve the search results of an article.

For many that may be put off writing due to the fear of proper grammar, this book puts your mind at ease by letting you know what it is like to be a content writer in the 21^st century.  As long as it flows your grammar isn’t too much of an issue.

Overall

I learned a lot from this book, honestly, I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to put in as much effort and dedication to make any money out of content writing.  That said, if you are willing to put in the effort I have no doubt this book could help you on your way if you are new to content writing.  For me, even just following the format advice will help me to improve the flow of my reflective practice, which was definitely worth the read.  If nothing else, I learned way more from this than I would have from the same time scrolling social media!

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Thanks Laura! Ten out of ten for the format! 

If you are interested in buying, you can find your copy of the Online Content Writer's Handbook, here.