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But it's really, really not.

Many academic institutions teach you the exact opposite of how to write in this way.

That means that when you're blogging, you want to write a commercial book, or even when you're a poet, it can be very difficult to convey your ideas clearly and sharply.

In fact, writing clearly and expressing your ideas in a simple way is one of the most difficult challenges you'll face, particularly when you first start out.

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However, many writers don't feel this way.

Novelists often find copywriting soul-destroying and avoid it as much as possible.

But if you want to reach more people---and compel those people to purchase your books---you need to work on your copywriting.

If you don't, you won't create a connection with your audience and they'll be much less likely to purchase anything from you.

The deeper the connection you create with your reader, the more likely you’ll be to compel them into action.

Here are 9 literary techniques you can use in your copywriting that prove copywriting and fiction writing aren't so different after all.

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Curious, I gave it a read. And OMG, it was so badly written it sounded like Alexa had written it.

The sentences didn’t flow, there was no colour or personality to the words, and it gave me no faith in the course leader whatsoever. Fair play to the person running the workshop if they make a living copywriting, but there’s no way they’re earning as much as some copywriters do (which can be over six figures, maybe even seven).

So, while there’s no way I’m attending that course, it did inspire me to write this list of ways you can add more personality into your writing.

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Copy covers everything from marketing emails to blog posts to product descriptions. All marketing text that you find is classed as copy, and it should not be approached in the same way as fiction. Just because you are talented at writing fiction, that does not mean that you're certain to be a great copywriter and vice versa.

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