57 skills
Design a book cover that sells the right book: audit the genre shelf first, build title and author hierarchy that survives thumbnail size, design the spine…
Format a book so print-disabled readers can actually use it: accessible EPUB with schema.org accessibility metadata and a real conformance evaluation, large…
Run a beta reader round with real readers on a complete manuscript: recruit and screen readers who match the book's target audience, send one locked…
Audit a fiction manuscript for continuity errors only: build a fact ledger (characters, timeline, places, world rules, objects, who knows what) from the…
Writes children's picture books that work read aloud: pick the age band first, fit word count and story shape to it, pace the book across a physical…
Drafting a demand letter that gets taken seriously: stating facts without admissions, setting a clear ask and deadline, choosing tone by relationship,…
Write, restructure, tailor, and audit an academic CV for faculty, postdoc, and research posts: section order matched to research-heavy, teaching-heavy, or…
Repair sentences that sound confident and say nothing: spot flattened lists where facts with different roles are laid side by side as equals, missing main…
Find formatting drift in a Word docx by comparing the document against itself: resolve each paragraph's effective formatting through the docDefaults…
Announce a price increase to existing customers without a churn spike: check the contract and notice law first, run the break-even churn math, segment…
Adapt a finished manuscript to a specific target journal before submission: study 8 to 12 recent papers in that journal, build a journal profile covering…
Adapting written text for spoken delivery: cutting sentences to breath length, replacing written signposts with spoken ones, marking pauses and emphasis,…
Build a fictional world that holds together as linked systems: physical geography and climate first, then resources and economy, governance and power,…
Translate a literary work chapter by chapter: analyse the source before drafting, keep a living glossary for names, terms and voice markers, draft hard…
Querying literary agents for a novel: a story ledger that keeps the synopsis honest, a query letter built from the book itself, agent research and fit…
Check fiction and nonfiction drafts for period accuracy: hunt anachronisms in objects, food, institutions, and language, separate attested from available…
Test a draft with a small panel of independent readers who receive it in chunks, mark the exact point where clarity or attention drops, and score each…
Write and rewrite technical documentation in Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100): the controlled dictionary principle of one word, one meaning, one…
Write short job application messages that fit the box they go in: portal notes, why are you a good fit answers, Easy Apply screening answers, recruiter…
Write a nonprofit case statement for a campaign: the problem in human terms, the vision, the plan and its cost, proof the organisation can deliver, urgency,…