WritingThoughts

Do you feel like there’s nothing available for freelance writers except for low paying web content writing jobs?

Are you frustrated and beyond frustrated because every single client seems to want to argue about rates?

Does it seem like you’re working as hard as you can and getting nowhere?

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I can’t believe I’ve been freelancing all this time (over seven years) and I haven’t really run into this myth before. Apparently, some folks believe that those of us who freelance are doing so because we are unable to do anything else. In other words, we couldn’t quite make it in the corporate world and therefore we must freelance because that’s the only thing left for us to do.
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We writers are communicators, so misunderstandings should never happen — right?
Wrong!

No matter how clearly you write, sooner or later someone is going to misunderstand something that you’ve written. It’s bound to happen.
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Editing is hard work.

I read complaints about editors on forums and on blogs all the time. While I realize that sometimes a particular editor may be unfair, there are other times when I just have to wonder what the writer was thinking.

The way I look at it, if someone is paying you to write, then they have the right to ask that your work be edited.

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You’re stuck! You’ve a brochure to write, but you don’t know what to say.

Is this you?

You know the message you would like to communicate to your clients, but when you sit down to actually write that message you just can’t get the right words out.

Have you ever had the frustrating experience of not being able to find the right words?
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Your answer to that question could make all the difference in your freelancing career.

The world of freelance writing seems to be polarizing into two distinct types of writer: the adequate writer and the excellent writer.
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You’ve been working hard to build your company image online and in local print publications.

You’ve established a website. You’ve worked hard to create a social media presence. You may even have a blog.

Maybe you’ve paid to have a special logo designed for your business or to have a custom website created.
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(Update July 2015: This review is over six years old and has not been updated. I’m leaving it on the site because it still gets a small number of readers. However, I would like to direct writers who are starting out to my review of the Freelance Writers Den or the ebook I wrote with Carol Tice. Both are excellent resources for new writers.)

When a representative of Demand Studios asked me to review their site last month, I was hesitant. Quite frankly, I’ve been very busy lately and I didn’t have a lot of extra time. Also, I try not to get too involved with sites that are considered “content sites” because, in my experience, they tend to pay less than average.

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By Carson Brackney

I just watched the news. The US economy shed nearly 400,000 jobs in July. The latest projections estimate that another 300,000 people lost jobs in August. Amazingly, that’s almost good news relative to the even higher numbers from previous months.

That’s just one of many proofs that our economy is struggling. GDP numbers, foreclosure statistics, bankruptcy forecasts and virtually every other indicator of overall economic well-being point to a single conclusion: Things suck.
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Anne Wayman‘s About Freelance Writing blog has become a regular stop for me. I first became familiar with Anne’s work when she blogged at The Golden Pencil. I have to say that I enjoy this blog every bit as much as I did The Golden Pencil.

About Freelance Writing contains a good mix of advice, book reviews, and job listings. (Yep, for everyone who has asked me where you can find a freelance writing job, here is one place to look.)
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