Hello there,
Thought to walk you through my step-by-step content-writing process.
I would be referring to the client as “Client”.
Enjoy.
Client reaches out to know if I can write their website content.
Of course, I can, what do you mean?!
I invite Client to fill out my Website Content form so I have all the information about the company, their target audience, and alladat*.
I inform Client that I received their filled form, overpromises to deliver exceptional content, aaaannd Panics!
Panics
Panics
Panics
Sits in my panic bubble for hours, or days, depending on… the weather?
“Can I really do this work?” “This company seems like a big deal, and they’re really specific about what they want.” “Shey mi o ti shey mistake bayi?*”
Is this… IMPOSTER SYNDROME???
And then, (just like it happened with this particular sentence), ideas come at random places, at random times. And I quickly write them down.
Then I forget that I wrote them, or where I wrote them.
Okay
I go to a co-working space since working from my bed isn’t working. I attempt to ask ChatGPT to write the website content.
Steal like an artist eh?
Ew
Wetin be dis?*
At least my job is safe.
Side gist- saw a Tweet where someone said they paid a content writer for their website content, and this was the exact tone. The person was asking if it was AI. Who will tell them?
Okay, that’s enough about ChatGPT.
I try to continue my work, but the Internet at the co-working space is bad.
Okay, Game over (Pun very intended).
I pack my bags and go home.
Actual writing day comes (many times 12 hours before the deadline because you know, diamonds are formed under immense pressure).
And then I write.
I just do.
All the websites I’ve looked at, Target audience research, Industry news and trends, and sometimes even the Enid Blyton books I read as a child come together to form this…masterpiece?
I write for hours.
Let me be, Grammarly! I meant every word I typed. Except for those typos and that time I missed the English comma.
I eat cornflakes, wash my face, proofread again.
Okay, we’re good.
Sends Google Doc link to Client.
PANICS
Clients open Google Doc
Anonymous Beagle has a cursor on the third paragraph
Anonymous Koala is just there, at the top of the document, being a Koala.
🙄
Okay
Clients drop comments
“Really like the use of x-word here”
“I think you should change all this” Why Client, why?
“This doesn’t clearly define us, change it to …” (I hate this one)
Client sends a message:
“Loved the content, I requested some changes in the Google Doc, please make the changes. After that, we’re good to go”
Here is the fun part
Client accepts the document, and ends the project 🥳🥳🥳
I receive 5-stars skrr skrr*
Sometimes, I receive a tip
Sometimes, I receive long-term offer with money that’s enough to feed my family and me for… you know, long enough.
Client happy
Iyebiye happy
Just another day, saving the world
Capitalism Wins!