This is a film I’ve made illustrating the look of my Steadicam Pilot with a Canon XH-A1 and Brevis 35mm lens adaptor.

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College level literature course… My paper is concerning the Antiguan work "A Small Place" by Jamaica Kincaid, about post-colonial contact zones. ~5 pages long. I just need to know if the argument is clear. Please tell me who you are (in profession) and your email. Thanks so much!

I’m a sports writer and editor in newspapers and magazines. I’d be happy to critique your work. My email: jazzsax18@yahoo.com.

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I’m a freelance editor and this is my first year doing contract work – wondering do you have to pay super if you pay yourself? I’ve been advised it’s not compulsory but I feel that might not be 100% correct. Does anyone know the actual legislation on this?

Cheers.

If you are operating as a sole trader (ie. not employed through a company or trust you have set up) then super is not compulsory. Apparently there has been a push from some super groups for the government to make it compulsory, but at this stage there’s nothing happening in this regard…

Learn how to branch out as a writer and how to be a freelance writer in this free video series on job skills and freelance writing.

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I’m a freelance editor/writer and I work at home. I’ve got lots of good contacts and all the work I ccould want right now. The problem is that I cannot concentrate. I don’t know if I’ve lost interest in my line of work, or if I’ve developed ADD, or what. It’s so frustrating because I have always wanted to work for myself but I can’t seem to do it very well! Help?
Not interested in suggestions for Work-at-home Jobs on the Internet. Thanks.

Be wary of people posting links to money making schemes on the Internet. Most are scams or pyramid schemes where you will make little or nothing for your time. Yahoo deletes their posts and accounts but not nearly fast enough.

I have found the best way to concentrate is to work in a room that has no distractions, no TV, no kids, no view. Use an iPod and set it to play a selection of quiet tunes. The music will help overcome any other distracting noises.

Good luck.

A Hunting University show segment that I worked on as a freelance editor.

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How can I become a freelance editor for people’s manuscripts. And how much do most editors charge?

You must have a degree to be taken seriously.

Colleges / Universities offer all the English classes you could ever ask for.

If you have a BA in English, do take a few editing classes to brush up.
If you haven’t started doing so, start collecting the major books on style and word usage:
The Chicago Manual of Style
The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
Fowler’s Modern English Usage
Strunk and White — The Elements of Style
They’ll help in keeping up with the standard conventions of modern English.

Experience is the difficult part. People will want to read examples of your work. Start out with neighborhood newsletters, underground newspapers, and hopefully the city paper. Also look into TV and Radio scripting. Book composition houses need editors too — if you’re lucky, you may score a self publisher or two on the side. Try online sources too.
Breaking into the mass book publishing world (Delmar, Wiley, etc.) will require years of experience.

I need to insert here … editing is like "write what you know." I had an editor change "tie rod" (it’s part of a car’s suspension) to "tire rod" (which means … ah … nothing). He had no clue.

My editor charges $2.00 per page for a light edit; the more technical the edit the more she charges up to around $4.00 per page. Those prices are as high as the market will accept.
You also have to take in account how much type is on the page and the size of type page.

Good luck!
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I’m a TV assistant editor and occasionally do freelance casual work for various production companies and get paid via ABN invoicing. Does this qualify as personal services income (PSI)?

I’m doing my tax return and need some advice on this area. Any help would be greatly appreciate.

Thanks

Income is personal services income if it is mainly a reward for an individual’s personal efforts or skills. This applies regardless of whether the income is received directly by the individual or is received by a company, trust or partnership (personal services entity).

Avid video editor available for hire. I have worked with television shows, documentary cable series and commercials for prime time.

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Updating the old resume and I took on a part time, freelance writing position for a local bilingual newspaper. How can I describe this on my resume?

Basically I listed it on the resume as a "journalist" but can’t think of how to flesh out a description of my job (all I do is write articles, email them to the editor, and receive a check)

Note – I will be using this probably for a job at an advertising agency. Thanks

Journalist is good ~ but more description is better. What do you write about???

* Biligual Journalist
* Freelance Writer
* Creative Non-Fiction Writer

It is difficult to really give good and helpful suggestions without know what you write about.

Make sure to include samples of your writing.