So, there are:
- first of all you have to be very organised - the first advice in any kind of success-driving activities: schedule carrefully the working days and the time for making your documentation and the interviews. Whatever great writer you are, without a proper organisation you will fail (mostly in our current world, when speed is one of the successful key-words).
- technically speaking, be prepared to be contacted and to be in touch with your editors: available internet connection and phone
- be able to communicate efficienty with your editor: concisely and with enough content for rising the interest
- identify what kind of subjects you gonna cover. According to Butterman the most popular topics are: health, entertainment, business, technologies, travel
- be able to slice your subject and to find possible further developments, up to the various target audiences of the media you want to write for. Diversify your sources and angles and be able to get easier a lot of articles - and money, of course.
- exercise your pitch-writing capacities
- start promoting yourself - create your own clips, make a website, even be ready to contribute for free for various platforms
- if you do not have too many - or at all - assignements, you could choose a transition period to your freelance life, during which you will test your capacities and your chances.
And, good luck!
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