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We will always be sure to include a few links to some great writing markets and jobs to check out as well.
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9 Steps to Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business
Freelance writing can be a great way to make money outside of a job, regardless of whether you’re doing it part-time or full-time.
While freelance writing is nothing new, the opportunity may be more enticing today than it’s ever been. With millions of American’s being furloughed or laid off from their jobs, and with health concerns about going to work, being able to work from home is more appealing than it has ever been.
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Four Reasons Why Every Small-Business Owner Should Start Freelance Writing
Being a small-business owner is one of the toughest jobs you can have, and figuring out how to become a known expert and grow your business at the same time can be hard. But what if I told you that not only could you become known as an expert in your industry, but you could also get paid to write about your niche and build your network?
12 Ideas for Writing Through the Pandemic With The New York Times
The coronavirus has transformed life as we know it. Schools are closed, we’re confined to our homes and the future feels very uncertain. Why write at a time like this?
For one, we are living through history. Future historians may look back on the journals, essays and art that ordinary people are creating now to tell the story of life during the coronavirus.
The secret to good writing is good editing. It’s what separates hastily written, randomly punctuated, incoherent rants from learned polemics and op-eds, and cringe-worthy fan fiction from a critically acclaimed novel. By the time this article is done, I’ll have edited and rewritten each line at least a few times. Here’s how to start editing your own work.
3 Ways to Make Your Writing Clearer
Writing is hard, and writing under deadline pressure is even harder. If you’re like many of the writers I work with, you may be squandering precious minutes before your deadline making relatively minor sentence-level edits — changing a word here, cutting a word there (and then putting it back). You should certainly spell-check and proofread every document before you click submit. But if your message isn’t as clear as it needs to be, changing the word “purchase” to “buy” is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic: it won’t save you.
HOW DO WRITERS address climate catastrophe, and where do they place climate within their fictional narratives? Two writers, Anne Charnock and James Bradley, face up to this challenge in novels published in 2020. They compare notes about their different approaches in this exchange of emails.
British writer Anne Charnock began her writing career in science journalism and has published four novels, winning the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Dreams Before the Start of Time (2017). Her latest novel, Bridge 108 (2020), follows a young climate migrant who has escaped wildfires and drought in a future Southern Europe. The story is set in a post-Brexit England in a shadow economy, and is told through multiple voices, including those of a trafficker and the people who incarcerate this unaccompanied migrant and put him to work.
You can watch this writer write his latest manuscript in real time
Jason Wright is bringing his new novel to the world — in real time.
Wright — a New York Times bestselling author, columnist and speaker who has written books for Deseret Book — is writing his latest manuscript for his new book “Bus to Gulf Breeze” in real time, putting it together through a Google Docs file everyone can watch.
Writing Market:
Freelance for Skyword: Big name brands such as Purina, Lowe's, Equifax, etc. are clients here. It's important to build a portfolio here that highlights your area of expertise/niche so you get selected for the right projects. It can take awhile to get noticed but the pay is pretty decent. $200-$500 or more.
EByline: Writers with degrees will do well here. Must include writing samples and full resume, professional references are helpful. Pay starts at $50 for 500 words and goes up from there. Pay is weekly through Paypal. Writers can also sell their written content here.
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