Whoever said that freelance writing was easy had no idea what he or she was talking about.
Every job is hard in its own way, and when it comes to the creativeness of the human mind thing get ever more complicated.
You can’t really turn your creativeness on/off, nor can you force anything to come out of your fingers as majestically as if your phalanges were nothing short of Tolstoy’s.
As with all things, nothing is as feared and dreaded as a new start, and if you’re just starting off as a freelance writer, we’ve got some essential tips that should make your new start a bit easier in some ways.
Write Your Way Up
It’s important to get every job you can when you’re just starting off as a freelance writer, but make sure to put those assignments that are the written epiphany of how you see yourself as a writer before all others. If you take on those assignments, you can make your way to where you want to go more easily by providing a portfolio that shows you’re the right person for the job.
Develop Your Own Area Of Expertise
After writing about everything imaginable for some time, it’s of most importance to find out where your area of expertise lies. You can earn more money by focusing on one niche and developing yourself as an expert on the subject than you would by writing about a bunch of topics you know little about.
Stay Focused
Your parents weren’t lying when they said that time flies like crazy so you need to figure yourself out quickly. If writing is really your calling, they you need to focus on the path ahead of you and, although it may seem hard at times, stay focused throughout your journey.
Opportunities come and go, and they come in all shapes and sizes – some are amazing while others are pretty bad. Allow yourself to be a little picky, work on assignments you love, and with the people you like working with. Time flies when you’re having fun, and if you love what you do, it seems like it flies twice as fast.