Do you want to know the number one reason that aspiring freelance writers do not succeed? Simply enough, they never get started. If you are going to get involved with freelance writing you need to have the guts to take the plunge. No matter if you start off full-time or part-time, you need to make the move sooner rather than later. If not, you will join the thousands of others who want to write for a living, but instead stay stuck in their monotonous day job.
Here are three simple tips for starting a freelance writing career. They are not earth shattering, but instead simple and to the point. And when attempting to start a freelance writing career, simple is a good thing.
1. Determine what is holding you back, and then decide how you are going to get past this. For instance, many aspiring freelance writers feel that they are being held back by their lack of experience. But guess what? Everybody starts somewhere. If you do not have any samples, write some on topics that are of interest to you. All in all, no matter what is holding you back, you need to come up with a plan to overcome it.
2. Learn from freelance writers who are already having success. If you are reading this blog, you are probably interested in freelance writing in one way, shape, or form. By learning from me, you can avoid mistakes that I have made in the past, so that you can earn a solid income in the future.Â
3. Practice patience. You are not going to make thousands of dollars your first month as a freelance writer. But over time, you can reach your goals if you stick with moving your career in the right direction. Some climb to the top of the ladder faster than others, but as long as you are patient you will get there sooner or later.Â
Now that you know what it takes to start a freelance writing career, go ahead and get started. There is no reason to wait any longer!
I am not one to keep an extremely close eye on who is linking to this blog, but I found it interesting that about.com recently mentioned ChrisBlogging. More specifically, the freelance writing section of about.com was where the link appeared.
Why would the freelance writing author for about.com write about this blog? From what I can see, it has a lot to do with me releasing my income data. The story where ChrisBlogging was mentioned was titled, “Can I Really Make Money Freelancing?â€
Hopefully, this link will do a couple of things for me. First off, I am hoping it will bring more traffic. I have already noticed this happening, so I am confident that it will continue for the time being. Additionally, since this page on about.com has a PR of 6, it may help me out as far as search engine traffic, as well as my own PR is concerned. This link is by far my best to date; and I didn’t even have to ask for it!
For now, I am going to contact Allena Tapia, the freelance writing author at about.com. Simply put, I want to thank her for including my blog in her recent story, and of course, offer my help whenever possible.
This is my third month for disclosing my freelance writing income. If you missed the first two, check out July and August; it will give you a good idea of where I am coming from and what I have accomplished as of late.
My income in September was spread out pretty evenly from beginning to end. Even though a lot of my income came from repeat clients, I also secured several new jobs during the month. This should definitely help to increase my income throughout October, and hopefully far into the future.
Here are my freelance writing income stats for September 2007.
Number of Completed Projects: 21
Payment by PayPal: 19
Payment by Check: 1
Payment by Bank Wire: 1
Total Income: $4,891.16
September’s income was not quite as high as last month. But with that being said, on average, I only worked 4 hour days last month. I spent the second half of each day, as well as the weekends, working on some new projects. While I would like to spend eight hours a day on freelance writing alone, in order to get other projects up and running I need to concede time somewhere. Even though I cut back on my hours, my income remained above $4,500 which is what I strive for month in and month out.
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