South African Writers Network
Publishers in Port Alfred
www.sawn.co.za
Address
14 William cock, road. Port Alfred. Eastern Cape. 6170What you should know about South African Writers Network
The incentive to set up a Web presence at that stage was to draw on the Internet as a learning resource to promote ourselves as freelance writers and to market our work to audiences worldwide. While it took persistent hard work and a lot of patience over several years, often writing articles for little or no payment, our efforts in time were rewarded. We have established long-term relationships with clients in the USA, UK, Singapore and South Africa. The company is well positioned to adapt to the dynamic changes in market conditions due to its core competencies in areas of social media, commerce and publishing. developing subject matter commissioned by an author, and maintaining originality\. using literary skills to develop themes and story lines, while making characters and plots believable\. offering recommendations to enhance pre-written work through copy editing (light, medium, heavy, stylistic, structural and developmental\. conducting interviews with people over the telephone or by email\. submitting material for approval in the required and expected format\. developing a marketing campaign to promote self-published works\. reading books or online sources to gain an understanding of the topic\. we understand the importance of client research and their need for confidentiality, and will sign a legally binding confidentiality agreement if required\. keeping abreast with the way the Internet and the face and pace of business is continually evolving, in particular the growth of social business networking, advances in communication and information technology, SEO, and work organization patterns. SAWN works with large companies, non-profit organizations, education bodies, small businesses, online companies and webmasters, as well as individuals from all walks of life. Our aim is to develop long-term relationships with our clients. We work almost exclusively online, communicating with clients by email and occasionally by phone. We understand that well-written copy is essential to an organization’s reputation and continued profitability and believe the right choice of words are crucial when communicating a message to target audiences. The second pillar of SAWN is devoted to Self-Publishing, where authors are assisted in the publication of their work, whether hard copy or e-format. Book publishers require authors to submit a proposal that introduces the work to the Acquisitions Editor together with three random chapters, list of chapter headings and brief outline of each chapter, a synopsis and an author bio for review. Previous Books on overcoming the struggles of writing The Writing Life by Annie Dillard The author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek shares words of wisdom in this handy book where she discusses the difficulties of writing. She writes about how hard it is to write and how sometimes it is necessary to destroy paragraphs, phrases and words to re-form them as something even better. There’s no handbook upon becoming an adult, complete with all the rules one needs to memorize and competencies to perfect.
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