Lessons of writing

I am more and more convinced that without a good writing you cannot survive on the freelance writing market. As a non-English speaker, I continue my personal struggle with unhappy editors and unexpectedly glowing reviews from very happy customers. 

This article made me laugh at a certain extent, because it reminded me of my daily struggle to get a lot of work and get paid while I am still trying to improve my English at a native level. When you do not have any choice but to use your brain for getting money, you automatically throw yourself into a sea of desperation and waves of hope. On the other hand, I feel strong enough to hope that maybe within 12 months time I will be also able to write at a coherent level in another two languages - German being one of them - that will allow me to increase my chances of profit and the hopes to settle down financially. 

I wish myself a lot of good grammarly correct luck!

Freelancing success

Again about ideas gathered at a webinar, the last week, with Eric Butterman, about "Freelancing for more money".

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!