Need a copywriter in Scotland?
If you need a copywriter in Scotland, consider the deal done. OK, so this copywriter’s not actually based in Scotland, but I’d like to be. And I am a copywriter. A freelance copywriter. A freelance copywriter who’s only an hour away from Scotland on the M6. Have old Saab, will travel.
See, this is one freelance copywriter who loves Scotland. OK, I know you guys are a bit iffy about us English. Heck, I’m a bit iffy about some of the pond life I meet down here. It’s a fair enough judgement - England’s been dumbed-down and Scotland’s the first to recognise it. But hey, apart from being a copywriter, I’m a tennis fan, and Scotland’s just produced probably Britain’s greatest-ever player.
copywriting in Scotland
Beyond that, you get all that lovely space up there. Space that’s filled with big green stuff, plunging wet stuff and large hard rocky stuff. For the freelance copywriter, Scotland offers space to think. See, Scotland’s a great place to be a freelance copywriter. And what about those little border villages - you know, your Moffats and your Jedburghs and your Biggars? Gorgeous.
See, this freelance copywriter and Scotland go back a long way. I honeymooned in Fort William, took my wife on our first long weekend away to Edinburgh, holiday there regularly, once climbed Ben Nevis in the dark, took my kids whalewatching off Mull and have thrown up all over Stirling University.
Scottish Highlands
Yes, if I could just convince the wife and kids, this is one copywriter who would be plying his trade permanently in the Highlands of Scotland. Let’s face it, all you need to be a copywriter these days is a broadband connection, a cat and a small dollop of self-discipline, and hey, you can work anywhere - Luton, Tibet… Scotland.
So Scotland would be a great choice to work as a copywriter. I mean, you still have affordable housing, your school system still offers a half-decent education and there are only, what, four million of you, in all that stonking great space? Heck, we have four million in our street. And three-quarters of them are Poles (nothing against Poles, we’re just a little crowded down here and it’s starting to get to me). In fact, the only negative I can think of is the compulsory haggis. I mean, really, what’s that all about?
high standard of copywriting
For the copywriter, Scotland offers a great standard of copywriting, too, particularly in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Props to the copywriter in that Leith Agency (I think) ad for the Scotland Tourist Board a few years back, with the guy back on his daily commute at the train station, looking all calm, and then the copywriter’s strap - ‘Scotland: it stays with you’. One of my favourite ever ads.
And Mull. Ah, Mull. Scotland’s most beautiful island is simply the world’s greatest place. Oh, to be a copywriter on Mull (there’s one for the search engines - I live in hope. Hmm, let’s just repeat that, eh? – copywriter on Mull.). There’s whalewatching, otters, puffins, seals, some exotic birds, Balamory for the kids (Tobermory), amazing geology, and Duart and Torosay castles. Not to mention 1,000-foot cliffs, powder-white sand and a breathtaking mountain range.
Yep, as a freelance copywriter, I have to admit that Scotland offers a pretty inspiring backdrop to uncloud the copywriter’s thought processes. So why am I still here, wading through hopeful Poles? Not sure. Tell you what - abolish haggis and I’ll be up there like a shot.
t: Nigel,
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