Are you sick and tired
of your boring office routine? Do you feel that you are capable of doing much
greater things? Our age of internet and technologies gives talented people a
perfect opportunity to try themselves in freelance writing. There are numerous freelance writing jobs online,
however, not many companies offer their support and help to beginning writers
for them to become highly qualified freelance academic researchers. We are proud
to say that we belong to those few. In this blog, we offer you several tips on
how to conduct research, which might come in handy when you only start your freelance writing job.
Start early
The most evident and yet the most effective
advice to a beginning freelance content writer is to start right away when you
get your instructions. You will have enough time to conduct profound research
and to avoid such common and grave mistakes as plagiarism if you give yourself
enough time to write a paper. The majority of freelance writing websites offer
extra money to make you complete an order within several hours. Remember that
professionals - and we are among them - understand that research takes time. It
is easy to miss something when you are rushed. Having sufficient time to do
your research and pay attention to your content is going to put you miles ahead of your competitors. When you are
under pressure we stand a bigger chance of making your paper low quality. We do
not risk our reputation, same as our writers - do not.
Check the paper instructions
Make sure you know the guidelines for the paper
you are working on. In the lecture
materials that we provide for all our orders, you will find tons of valuable
information that can and should be used. There, you will also find what word
count is needed, how the paper should be formatted, according to what criteria
it is to be assessed, if a reference page or in-text citations are required, how
many sources are needed for the paper, and other guidelines. This allows you to
go into the task prepared.
Research profoundlyInternet has millions of sources. Your task is
to find those that correspond to the requirements of the tasks. The prevailing
majority of universities do not welcome sources like Wikipedia. Remember: the
more peer-reviewed articles you use - the better. However, you should bear in
mind that internet is also a source. Just because you found something on the
internet and not in a book does not mean you can use the information without
citing. Be very careful with this one because it still is someone’s original
work. You want to reference or cite online sources you use in order to avoid
plagiarism. Starting as a freelance writer
and researcher you have the chance to build your reputation with us. Just
because you found something on someone’s blog does not mean it’s there for you
to copy and paste.
Make a differenceWe believe that all of our writers are talented
enough to make a difference. It is not a way for you to find a ready-made
article and to rewrite in your own words. You are much more talented than that.
Explore and explain!
Cite correctlyIt is one thing to cite your sources, but that
won’t mean much if you don’t do it correctly. Make sure you know what the
standards are for the paper you are working on and apply it accurately. You
might be trying to do the right thing and still get it wrong. Just think that
the student can lose a lot of percent of his or her mark because of citing.
Pity, isn’t it?
Proofread
Proofreading is a must. You can find the
best article rewriter but proofreading your work works. It does not take that
much time to scan through your paper and make sure you have written everything
you wanted to write about and have cited every source you used. This step is
easy to apply and gives results.
To quote or not to quote?
The best answer to this question is not to
quote. Direct quotations indicated you own absence of knowledge and critical
analysis on the topic. You just cite what you read about that. Would you trust
such papers? If you still want to use a direct quotation, do not forget to give
credit to the author - use quotations when you are directly quoting someone.
Paraphrase
There is a way around using someone else’s work,
but you want to still give credit where it’s due. Paraphrasing works well when
you reword a sentence without it losing meaning. You have to write it in your
own words and cannot just take out one word and replace it with another.
Add Value
Do not try to use all information you find in
your sources. Try and add some value to the topic by including some of your own
insights. This is going to score you better marks anyway. It shows that you
understand what you are talking about. You can only do this by researching
extensively until you get to a point where all the information clicks.
Plagiarism Checker
There are a lot of good plagiarism checkers
online. It does not take much to put your work through a checker, just to be
sure.
Reference Page
Another easy way to ensure the quality of your
work is to include a reference page at the end of your paper. Just add to this
list as you do your research and know what you want to include. Do not try to
do it when you are done with your paper because it is easy to miss something
important.
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