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Writing For Free: When & When Not to Do It!
Right off the bat, I want to say that there is no right or wrong answer to this topic. A lot depends on your end goal — to get a job, garner publicity, build a portfolio, etc. However, there comes a time when every writer should say no to writing for free. Below are some issues that Ive been pondering about freelance writing.
Gut Check: Quitting Your Full-time Job for Your Freelance Career
Its 6:00 p.m. Youre dead tired, but instead of an early night, you go to your "second job" — your freelance business.
Advice From Successful Freelancers: Starting & Maintaining A Freelancer Career
For the e-book, Advice from Successful Freelancers: How They Built Their Careers & How You Can Too!, I asked ten questions of freelancers who were living their dream life. Following are some of their answers. They cover successful marketing techniques, how to get clients and more!
Reward Those Who Publish Your Articles!
It is pretty obvious that content is king online. It is also obvious that writing more content and submitting them to other sites will help boost your popularity and bring more visitors to your site.
Tracking Your Articles Properly
Writing articles related to your business is a great way to build your link popularity and also to provide more content for your site and other sites. Not too mention its always nice when someone finds your site and uses it within their newsletter.
The Paradox of Sarah Kane
There are some who believe that the world lost one of its finest late 20th century dramatists when Sarah Kane committed suicide in 1999. Her work produced extreme reactions in critics and audiences alike but many failed to appreciate the pure poetry of her writing until it was too late.
Teach Me Who You Are
We all have a privately held belief system that defines who we think we are. This belief system is composed of ideas that we have accumulated over time that we think describe us accurately.
Realism
‘Realism’
Imagine The Imagination
Imagine a three hundred page book was in the author’s mind before it was poured out onto the pages of the book.
A Quick Guide to ISBNs for Self-Publishers
A Quick Guide to ISBNs for Self-Publishers
Savage Nature: The Life of Ted Hughes
One of the most important poets of the post-war period, Edward James Hughes 1930-1998, was drawn towards the primitive. He was enchanted by the beauty of the natural world, frequently portraying its cruel and savage temperament in his work as a reflection of his own personal suffering and mystical beliefs - convinced that modern man had lost touch with the primordial side of his nature.
How To Overcome The Lyric Writing Hurdles That Are Keeping You Behind
The lyric writing side of songwriting is known to create an enormous number of problems for some folks. No matter how hard they try, they are unable to write a single line that they can be pleased with.
Freelance Writing: A Career From Anywhere
An island in the Mediterranean. A beach in Africa. The east coast of New Zealand. What do all these locations have in common A recent call for assistance from freelance writers elicited replies from every one of these locations. In each of these and in many other remote places, I know of writers who are freelancing with a fair degree of success. Indeed it is possible for freelance writers to work from anywhere.
Is Now the Time for a Play about the War in Iraq
Everone knows that comedy is mostly about timing. If you hit upon the right nerve is a funny bone a nerve at the right time then, usually, you dont even have to be original or even marginally funny to win laughs. The audience laughs just at the reference i.e. "How about Michael Jackson" and may fall into hysterics at a gifted comics pause.
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