Posts by SurveyStudent

SurveyStudent

Aug 08, 2015

Writing Careers / Do freelance writers (academic area) need to learn and expand their knowledge? [23]

I do a small school projects on writers (who work in the academic research fields). I was wondering about how professional freelance writers expand their knowledge and skills; do they continue learning while working at the same time? Or they just become freelancers and don't need to learn anything any more? My idea is that the majority of writers actually stopped learning at school and they only learn something new when they work on specific assignments. They don't need to expand their skills once they learned different referencing styles or after they have completed their first dissertation (and followed the structure of a dissertation, ie. dissertation chapters). And that they spend a lot of time reading for pleasure but not for knowledge (that is they read only when they have to but they aren't interested in expanding their knowledge beyond what is required in the assignment). In other words, they are like crafts people and do the minimum to make their customers happy. Nothing surprising about that. What's your position on the topic?

SurveyStudent

Aug 08, 2015

Writing Careers / Do freelance writers (academic area) need to learn and expand their knowledge? [23]

You're a real professional editor, editor? Could you shade some light on your editing experience (if you work as a freelance editor)? Thank you.

SurveyStudent

Aug 08, 2015

Writing Careers / Do freelance writers (academic area) need to learn and expand their knowledge? [23]

That's fine - so do you learn continuously or your education has ended when you finished your college/PhD degree?

SurveyStudent

Aug 08, 2015

Writing Careers / Do freelance writers (academic area) need to learn and expand their knowledge? [23]

I think it's natural to forget about school after you finished your degrees; school is boring and stressful so why go back to it? And my thesis statement could be that even professional writers don't like learning and do only what's required to finish their job in a satisfactory way rather than to excel in it.

SurveyStudent

Aug 09, 2015

Writing Careers / Do freelance writers (academic area) need to learn and expand their knowledge? [23]

I actually now know that my bias was right. I reviewed your posts and it clearly shows you don't care about anything but money and profit. You are like a day labourer with little integrity and even if you are a good writer you don't care about the outcome of your job; plus you don't educate yourself to be a better writer. You are not proud of your job and would never discuss in detail what you do with people who may ask you about what you do for a living. Perhaps I'm wrong but your replies strongly indicate my opinion about you. My friends would never hire a writer with such an unprofessional attitude, not to mention paying them.

SurveyStudent

Aug 09, 2015

Writing Careers / Do freelance writers (academic area) need to learn and expand their knowledge? [23]

If you were a real writer then you'd have the word Writer by your nickname, but you must be a troll.

So my thesis statement is going to be:

Freelance writers working in the academic research field don't find their job pleasurable, don't improve their knowledge, and become freelancers because they cannot be hired by reputable organizations.