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< P > I n a c r o w d e d m a r k e t , c l i e n t s w i l l b e s e e k i n g p e r s o n a l i t y a s t h e y r e a d w h a t y o u ' v e w r i t t e n - - t h e y ' l l c l i c k r i g h t p a s t p a g e s t h a t f e e l " b e e n t h e r e , r e a d t h a t . " T h e y ' r e l o o k i n g f o r a v o i c e t h a t s a y s , " H e y , c l i e n t , t h i s i s m e ! " < / P > < P > T h e y w a n t t o k n o w n o t j u s t w h a t y o u d e l i v e r - - b u t h o w . W i l l y o u b e f u n n y o r s e r i o u s ? A p e r k y c h e e r l e a d e r o r a s a r d o n i c c o m m e n t a t o r ? W i l l y o u r v i e w o f l i f e b e b a s e d o n " b e l i e v e a n d i t h a p p e n s " o r " w h a t y o u s e e i s w h a t y o u g e t ? " < / P > < P > H e r e a r e s o m e t i p s t o a d d y o u r o w n v o i c e t o y o u r w r i t i n g . < / P > < P > 1 . W r i t e f r o m t h e h e a r t . < / P > < P > T o o e x c i t e d , p a s s i o n a t e o r a n g r y t o s i t s t i l l ? B e s t t i m e t o c o n n e c t w i t h y o u r v o i c e . G r a b a p e n c i l a n d s c r i b b l e i d e a s a s y o u j u m p a r o u n d t h e r o o m . < / P > < P > 2 . S a y s o m e t h i n g n e w . < / P > < P > A f t e r f o r t y a r t i c l e s o n t i m e m a n a g e m e n t , y o u r r e a d e r s k n o w a b o u t c u t t i n g p r o j e c t s i n t o m a n a g e a b l e c h u n k s a n d s e t t i n g p r i o r i t i e s . H o h u m . T r y " b e t t e r t h a n z e r o " o r " t u r n y o u r l i f e i n t o a t i m e w a r p . " < / P > < P > 3 . T a p e y o u r s e l f t a l k i n g t o a g o o d f r i e n d a b o u t a p r o d u c t . < / P > < P > D o y o u r w o r d s s o u n d d i f f e r e n t w h e n y o u s p e a k t h a n w h e n y o u w r i t e ? T r a n s c r i b e t h e t a p e i n t o a n a r t i c l e f o r e a s y r e a d i n g . < / P > < P > 4 . P i c t u r e y o u r i d e a l c l i e n t ( y o u d o h a v e o n e , d o n ' t y o u ? ) . I m a g i n e t h a t s h e i s g u s h i n g a b o u t y o u r s e r v i c e t o a f r i e n d - - h i g h l y r e c o m m e n d i n g y o u . W h a t w o r d s d o e s s h e u s e t o d e s c r i b e y o u r s e r v i c e s ? W h a t e m o t i o n s c o m e t h r o u g h ? < / P > < P > 5 . C u t . T h e n c u t a g a i n . W h e n y o u h a v e t o t r i m y o u r p i e c e t o m e e t a w o r d c o u n t r e q u i r e m e n t , n o t i c e t h a t y o u ' r e l e f t w i t h t h e m o s t e s s e n t i a l w o r d s - - a l l y o u r s . < / P > < P > 6 . W r i t e f a s t . G e t t h e w o r d s d o w n b e f o r e y o u r i n n e r c r i t i c h a s a c h a n c e t o p a r t i c i p a t e . E d i t l a t e r . < / P > < P > 7 . R e v e a l y o u r s e l f : f a m i l y , m i s t a k e s , s e c r e t d r e a m s . W h e n y o u f e e l j u s t a b i t e m b a r r a s s e d , o r f e e l y o u r p r i v a t e p e r s o n a h a s b e c o m e m o r e p u b l i c , y o u ' v e p r o b a b l y j u s t t o u c h e d y o u r a u d i e n c e ' s h e a r t . < / P > < P > 8 . B e c o n c r e t e - - n o t a b s t r a c t . < / P > < P > A s w r i t i n g g u r u N a t a l i e G o l d b e r g w o u l d s a y , " I t ' s a g e r a n i u m , n o t a f l o w e r . " < / P > < P > 9 . I f y o u ' v e h a d v o i c e t r a i n i n g , b e e s p e c i a l l y a l e r t t o c r e a t i n g t h e b l a n d a n d t h e b l a h . < / P > < P > J u l i a R o b e r t s c o u l d h o l d a n a u d i e n c e w h i l e s h e r e a d s t h e t e l e p h o n e d i r e c t o r y . Y o u r c o p y h a s t o s t a n d a l o n e , w i t h o u t d r a m a t i c o r a t o r y . E x e r c i s e 3 m a y n o t w o r k f o r y o u . < / P > < P > 1 0 . D o n ' t b e a f r a i d t o b r e a k t h e r u l e s : u s e s l a n g a n d c o n t r a c t i o n s . A n d i t ' s o k a y t o b e g i n a s e n t e n c e w i t h " a n d " o r " b u t . " < / P > < P > J u s t t r e a d c a r e f u l l y o n t h e r u l e s o f g r a m m a r a n d s p e l l i n g . " Y o u r a b o u t t o h e a d o f f f o r y o u ' r e g r e a t a d v e n t u r e " c a n b e a c r e d i b i l i t y - b u s t e r . < / P >
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