FAQs About Your Completing Your First Freelance Writing Assignment
It finally happened. You’ve pitched your work to potential clients, and someone has hired you for your first freelance writing assignment. Of course, now you have to deliver—and that is where a lot of...
Faith-Based Freelancing 101
Much of the advice that is available to new freelance writers is geared towards secular writing. However, faith-based freelance writing is a large and profitable marketplace. If you are interested in breaking into the...
What You Need to Know to Become a Freelance Education Writer
Many freelance writers are generalists. As a generalist, you might write about a wide range of topic areas, from automotive to health to personal improvement. As you gain more professional experience and dabble in...
How Twitter Can Help Your Freelancing Career
Social media isn’t just a service you should offer to your clients. It also holds some valuable tools to help you build your freelance writing career. Perhaps no social platform is as powerful for...
What Is a Content Mill, and Should I Work for One?
If you’ve worked as a freelance writer, you’ve probably heard the term “content mill” before. However, you might not be sure what a content mill is—and whether it’s a good idea to work for...
Should You Continue to Write for a Difficult Client?
As a freelance writer, some of your clients will be amazing. You’ll both reap the rewards of your collaboration, and you’ll wish you could keep working with them forever. Other clients—well, not so much....
What It Takes to be a Successful Technical Writer
Technical writing is one of the most in-demand services among freelancers, and it’s not hard to see why. From IT hardware to bookkeeping software to online programs, businesses now have to deal with more...
5 Tools for an Active Workspace
The freelance writing life offers independence and freedom from the traditional office space, but sitting down for long hours can take a heavy toll on your health—and your waistline. Long hours of sitting—popularly termed...
Writing Portfolio Management 101
As a freelance writer, one of the most important tools you have for soliciting new clients is your portfolio. Your writing portfolio shows your skill and range as a writer and should feature your...
What You Need to Know about Freelance Script Writing
One of the many advantages of freelancing is the sheer diversity of options it has to offer any talented writer. Businesses and agencies need so many different types of content that you’ll never have...