I started working as a copywriter for a (very) small web design firm about a year ago. We help high-end artists rebrand and create beautiful and optimized new websites. Our projects typically include new logos, site design and functionality, and complete copy overhauls. In addition to copywriting, I’m also responsible for our client discovery process, and then presenting creative work on a weekly basis to each client. About half my day is writing, and the other half is explaining to people why my company is proposing specific SEO, UX, or creative strategies. I really like this industry niche but I’m just so tired, man. I have to track all my time even though I’m a salary employee and I’m expected to utilize 7 hours per day. In a year’s time, I’ve written like….15 websites top to bottom. I’m supposed to be able to finish ALL of a website’s copy in about 4 hours, which basically never happens. I end up tracking 4 hours and then trying to cram the rest in before or after the workday. And it’s not like, straightforward stuff that AI could write. Our clients are expecting highly evocative, branded writing throughout multiple service pages, an about page, and so on. I also have to pitch like 10 taglines to every client as part of their copy overhaul and honestly I feel like I could spend a day on those alone. How many times can I say something new yet eternal, inspiring yet simple in a day? I feel like I churn out so much and I’m starting to really hate the sound of my own voice, and doubt that anything I write is very good at all. I’m so stressed that I dream about work now, and either screwing up in front of a client or being called a worthless hack. Side note, I didn’t realize how emotionally draining it would be to defend creative work and then pivot to writing in the same day. I feel like I’ve been squeezed dry.   submitted by   /u/Misspagethreestunna [link]   [comments]