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7 Important Lessons I Learned About Running Awesome Livestreams
Marisa Wikramanayake discusses the seven key lessons she learnt from running #writewithme livestreams for three weeks in January 2021.
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My 10 Compelling Reasons For Running Youtube Livestreams Right Now
Mrisa Wikramanayake discusses livestreams and why she wanted to start writing and #writewithme related livestreams on Youtube and Twitch.
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10 Important Things You Need To Know About Finding A Mentor
Marisa Wikramanayake talks about the ten most important things you need to know before finding or getting a mentor and how not to mess it up.
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How to easily track pitches in Google Sheets as a freelance journalist
Marisa Wikramanayake talks about how to set up a pitch tracker using Google Sheets to track pitches as a freelancer or freelance journalist.
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What you need to know about freelancing in Australia and COVID-19
Marisa Wikramanayake discusses the state of freelancing in Australia in the light of COVID-19.
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How my business will change for the better in 2021 and why
In a lot of ways this year I have been perfectly positioned to do well despite a global pandemic. So maybe this should be a post on how and why I have weathered this storm. I might still write one of those posts. But moving forward, some things are going to change about how I run this business. And all of them have nothing to do with Covid-19. Some of them have been thoughts in the back of my head for years. Some changes are merely to make sure I don’t become too stressed.
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December 2020: What’s new & what I have been upto
Well first of all I had had plans for November 2020. I had planned to sit and relax and write more of the book – about 30,000 words extra to be exact. That worked for about a week. I am also involved in various projects in a voluntary capacity where I try to provide some assistance somehow. One of these ended up having a lot of drama and that caused a lot of stress. So I didn’t get to actually have much stress free time to write or do much else. So what else happened in November? I was in a Melbourne Fringe show. Yes you read that right. I…
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What is a typical day for a journalist?
The typical day for a journalist always varies depending on what your working circumstances are. But here are some ideas.
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Why journalists risk their lives
Why do journalists risk their lives? What makes them do so?
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Setting goals as a freelance journalist
How do you set goals for your business as a freelance journalist? What sort of goals are best to set? What will move your business and career forward?
