Lesson 1 Forget (Almost) Everything You Learned in School About Writing "Lest we Forget Statue Canberra War Memorial=" by Sheba_Also 15+Million Views is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 I wanted to get into freelance writing, so as any competent young adult who wants to get anywhere in life would, I enlisted the help of my mother. My mom is the upcoming writer's dream. She has built several successful digital marketing teams, mentored many skilled writers, editors and content marketers, and has overseen the creation of countless articles, blogs, videos, websites and other digital media projects over her professional career. In short, she knows her stuff and is very well-qualified to guide an aspiring freelance writer like myself. I was very fortunate to have such a wise mentor; Writing content with the intent of yielding more web traffic or increasing brand awareness for a client - this was uncharted territory for me. So, I went to my resident subject matter...