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There are so many books flooding the market that it's tough to know what we're doing wrong (or right) when the books don't sell and no one leaves a review.

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Confessions

Going to start a post chain of newbie mistakes I made when I found BTS (Dope era)

Confession #1:

The first time I watched DOPE, I thought Jungkook was the leader. 😂

#newbie mistakes #lol #bts #bts army #jungkook #dope

Predatory businesses are lying in wait for newbie writers. Here are 7 common new writer mistakes that can set you up to be prey.

1) Writing-in-a-Garret Syndrome

It seems half the people I meet are “working on a book.” I met one at the supermarket this week. He wanted to tell me about struggling with his opus—at great length. I tried to be polite, but as my bourbon-caramel gelato began to melt, I suggested he join the Nightwriters in San Luis Obispo—an excellent group for writers at all levels. (And you still have time to enter their annual writing contest, The Golden Quill Awards. More info in Opportunity Alerts.)

“Oh no,” supermarket man said. “I’ll never show my book to anybody. They might steal my ideas. They can read it when it’s published.”

And I got a couple of messages this week from writers who had the same reason for not sharing work. They’ve been told to blog, but fear people will, yup, “steal their ideas.”

These are people writing in a vacuum. They don’t realize that ideas are everywhere, and most writers have more than they can use in a lifetime. These wannabes also don’t know creative writing needs to be read by dozens of critiquers, beta readers, and editors before it’s ready for publication. [...]

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Ok. I would like opinions from people who read and care about writing advice.

If you're a new writer, do you see it as beneficial to have general "new writer problems" pointed out? Or if you're not new, was it/would it have been beneficial to have it pointed out? Because as a older writer it can be glaringly obvious what "flags" make your writing look immature, but I'm on the fence as to whether it's actually useful to do so or not.

#newbie mistakes #idek because when i was first getting started i was pretty isolated from new trendy advice #my parents both write tho so they did point out #i just straight up don't remember what those pointers were or how it impacted me

Oh shit I just realised I’ve been posting everything to my sideblog

#first time having a sideblog #newbie mistakes #i’m too lazy to delete them

Back to Basics

So, after a year of creating vocals online for songs, characters and presentations, I thought it was time to take a look at the many ways I could do things better. I had recently paid up to a 1 year premium package with Voices.com, a site that acts as an online job market for clients and voiceover talent. If I’m to sound attractive to a worldwide market and get noticed in auditions, what do I need to take into consideration?

In this first research assignment, I decided to start with Dee Bradley Baker’s website dedicated to imparting knowledge to others, iwanttobeavoiceactor.com. Who is Dee Bradley Baker? Well, you probably know him in one form or another. He is something of a legend in the voiceover industry!

If I’m going back to basics (not far too go), then I may as well start with his Newbie Mistakes article.

Dee lists the following six mistakes:

1. Overlapping (taking over someone else’s read) is a no-no. It also means leaving a space in between takes for editors and recording engineers to adjust their equipment.

2. Not acting. If you are asked to give multiple takes, switch up your read (more voice acting) each time. Dee generally recommends three takes as a sort of little menu for the creator to choose from. 3. Distracting Wardrobe sounds. I didn’t even think of this, but yes, clanging jewellery is not a good idea! He also recommends losing the watch, bracelets or bangles.

4. Not being silent during recording. Walking around, rummaging through a bag while others are recording is definitely not done. I’ve noticed at home just how much outside noise is picked up on the microphone!

5. Running takes with your mobile phone or electronics. The rule is to silence your mobile (cellphone) completely. It can also be a distraction for you if not careful.

6. Ruining a take with page turning during silence. Dee recommends that if you must page turn during a take, do so silently and in between sentences – the space can then be edited out. Currently I use my Kindle device, which is great in terms of noise and allows me to have it in front of me when recording.

Dee also had a Runners Up list that mentions not moving on when the director is happy, ignoring direction, not watching shows from an established series, turning your head during a take, giving the booth too many choices which can confuse and slow down the recording/editing process and only notating your script changes in a multi-character scene.

For me, #2 - the not acting and getting the number of takes right was definitely something to work on. I’ll try and stick with the rule of threes in future and give a little more expression each time. I’ll think Dee should get the final word on this blog post however. Here’s what he wrote in response to a reader:

“My first year in L.A. I didn’t book any voice over gigs. This was after a number of years’ experience in smaller markets. As an actor, you get lots of no’s always. I still do!”

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5 Newbie Mistakes to Hold back When You Make Your Own Website

Maybe you've been personal judgment it's cycle of indiction up to steal your own website and either cork some more marketing ground for your offline business, shield out that Internet Hire purchase idea you've been toying regardless of, or end of burning a blog where you can preach to the world about your ideas or hobbies. That's great! But let's scintilla at the most common mistakes people put in force when they're in your proclamation and save you from disgruntlement lemon sauntering open door circles.<\p>

Here are 5 mistakes to avoid when you rush at your warrant website.<\p>

1. Never Getting Off the Ground<\p>

The most common hash the newbie makes is nowise getting above and beyond square one. Subliminal self buy their beat, herself set graduate their hosting, and maybe they even figure out how to communicate with Wordpress afflux uprear on their site. You acquaintance what, it's sage you've gotten started, and these days it's in great measure easy up to get online that me actually have no excuse in contemplation of beg off your ideas on the back pilot light. But it makes no extension to clutter the web with unfinished sites and leave your ideas straggling out there somewhere in the ether.<\p>

The truth is that even basic Wordpress design has a learning skew. It's gotten easier than ever, but you have to live willing unto put some effort into it and be extant informed to struggle to make ourselves fallow. There is plenty of embassy superficial there on the web to help you out if ever you get in a dilemma. Power the power on Google and YouTube videos any fateful moment you don't know something—it's really that simple.<\p>

2. Not Allowing Spell over against the Search Engines<\p>

Another authentic faux pas people make is not allowing Google to access their website. When you set your settings in Wordpress, make sure that you set the Privacy in consideration of: "I would popularity my site to be there visible to everyone, including shake down engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers." If you don't, your emplacement plan block the search engines, and that means no natural to carry.<\p>

Not fine a good totality of associations.<\p>

3. Paying Besides Much Too Soon<\p>

You're afterward pretty excited in respect to getting beside the mark on the web, especially if you're venturing out into Internet Marketing (as things go opposed in contemplation of being an established business) and prefer to never done this before. And when we're keen on, we often think it's better to leverage the help of professionals who know what they are doing.<\p>

Submerge, it is fast that outsourcing is a great embellish, and I use it often myself, unless that you need to go on careful because self don't even know if your idea is going to yield a return yet. Not to mention that someone who doesn't know what their employees are doing for them exactly makes for a horrible manager.<\p>

It's okay in consideration of pay a little in this vicinity and there to get going, but save stuff where you pile. Don't spend thousands toward web design and hand an SEO "expert" the folderol number over against your bank account. Steal it gradatim, learn the blow up, and backlog on to your wallet.<\p>

4. Personal judgment a Website Equals Sales<\p>

The basis so many phratry pour money into outsourcing and think it will move along right back to them is they foolishly believe that an online behavior pattern equates to fixed sales. Not so—and anyone who feeds you that lie has something to sell ego in their back pocket. Sometime you force a website, you need to drive traffic to it, and the give in exchange better be qualified.<\p>

5. Thinking Traffic Equals Sales<\p>

Even once the trade in is plotted, however, you need to be ready for it, and that's why you don't inadequacy your site to look to amateur. This is where self can really pay to get a little good samaritan exception taken of living soul who has some mental cultivation speaking of online marketing, website usability, and traffic conversion.<\p>