So, you decided you want to be a freelance writer, and now the next hurdle is figuring out what to write about.
How to figure out what you want to write about all boils down to your writing niche and that first writing sample you share online so prospects can view your writing skills.
But Elna, I don’t know what things to write about. I work in customer service and I hate my job. All I know is that I love writing, and I’ve been writing since I was five years old, and I want to be a writer.
As a newer freelance writer, you might be struggling to make that $1,000 fast.
Don’t worry…
I am not going to tell you how you need to start selling your stuff off, take on another side gig driving for Uber or Postmates, become an AirBnB host, or even that you should start taking online surveys.
As a new freelance writer, ever wonder if you are a slow writer?
I know when I first started freelance writing I took a long time to write my first legit paid post of around 700 words.
Since this was my first freelance writing job, I wanted to triple check it and take my time writing in a more journalistic nature since this was for an online newspaper. But, this took me hours and days of writing, re-writing and re-writing some more.
Want to know the one struggle most new freelance writers face?
It’s deciding on a writing niche.
They have no idea how to choose a freelance writing niche. So what happens?
As a freelance writer, have you ever thought about writing press releases?
Probably not, since the term “freelance writing” typically conjures up the idea of writing blog posts and copy content.
But, honestly, the world of freelance writing includes any written content that a client may be seeking.
Are you interested in working from home (because of the pandemic or losing your job…to the pandemic) and becoming a freelance writer?
I hope so because you’re on the right blog! I help people like you who love to write, find some amazing freelance writing jobs so you can stay home for good. I’ve been doing this for six years now, am getting ready to move (before the second lockdown, hopefully), and my writing income is helping me and my husband stay home too!
One of the un-glorious things about being a freelance writer is the increase in stress.
You would think that quitting your soul-crushing job would mean a stress free creative business and fun freelance writing jobs, but that isn’t always the case.
I love to write and blog and I love networking and getting to know business owners, but sometimes when I am presented with a project, I get doubts and am not sure if I can do this.
Yikes!
You know that after you send your first writing pitch, you can call yourself a freelance writer, and this thought is making you have doubts.
I’m not a writer, you say to yourself.
You’ve dreamed all your life you want to be a writer.
From those poems you wrote in high school to that unfinished book you’ve been writing, this journey lead you to freelance writing. This is a great way to flex those writing skills and create a business around it!
But, then comes the doubt and fear.
I don’t know about you, I need music to write!!
I’m at home and my husband is at home and my twins are at home and well, it’s noisy in my home!
Music helps me focus and it masks all the house noise during the day.
