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Writing For Dollars -- A Freelancer's Guide

 
< P > I f y o u h a v e w r i t i n g s k i l l s a n d w a n t t o u s e y o u r s k i l l s t o e a r n s o m e i n c o m e f o r y o u r s e l f a n d f a m i l i e s , w e o f f e r a f e w t i p s h e r e . Y o u c a n g e t s o m e g o o d o p p o r t u n i t i e s f r o m y o u r l o c a l a r e a a n d f r o m I n t e r n e t . < / P > < P > Y o u r n o v e l s i t s u n f i n i s h e d , w a i t i n g f o r a b u r s t o f i n s p i r a t i o n t o s e n d i t o u t t o b e t y p e w r i t e r a n d r i g h t t o t h e t o p o f t h e b e s t s e l l e r l i s t s , r i g h t ? Y o u a r e n o t a l o n e . T h o u s a n d s o f w o u l d - b e w r i t e r s a r e w a i t i n g a s w e l l . B u t a f e w s u c c e s s e s u n d e r y o u r b e l t w i l l m a k e t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f s e e i n g y o u r p i c t u r e o n t h e d u s t j a c k e t i n t h e b o o k s t o r e w i n d o w s e e m l e s s r e m o t e . F r e e l a n c e w r i t i n g c a n r e p l a c e s e l f - d o u b t w i t h s e l f - c o n f i d e n c e a n d p u t m o n e y i n y o u r p o c k e t a t t h e s a m e t i m e . < / P > < P > J u s t a s a l l d o c t o r s a r e n o t n e u r o s u r g e o n s , a l l w r i t e r s a r e n o t n o v e l i s t s . A l o o k i n t o t h e f i e l d y i e l d s c a t e g o r i e s y o u m i g h t n e v e r h a v e i m a g i n e d . M a g a z i n e a r t i c l e s , g r e e t i n g c a r d s , b u s i n e s s w r i t i n g , n e w s p a p e r r e p o r t i n g - t h e s e a r e a r e a s i n w h i c h f r e e l a n c e c a n a d d d o m a k e m o n e y . W r i t i n g p r o v i d e s a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o e a r n w i t h v e r y l i t t l e e x p e n d i t u r e . A t y p e w r i t e r w i t h a c c o m p a n y i n g s u p p l i e s , a f l a i r f o r w r i t i n g a n d t h e d i s c i p l i n e t o s t i c k w i t h a s c h e d u l e a n d m e e t d e a d l i n e s c a n s t a r t y o u o n y o u r w a y . < / P > < P > S T R I N G I N G < / P > < P > M a n y l o c a l a n d r e g i o n a l n e w s p a p e r s , u n a b l e t o m a i n t a i n e n o u g h f u l l - t i m e s t a f f t o a d e q u a t e l y c o v e r e v e r m e e t i n g o r e v e n t o f i m p o r t a n c e t o t h e p o p u l a c e , w i l l a s s i g n c e r t a i n s t o r i e s t o s t r i n g e r s , o r f r e e l a n c e r e p o r t e r s . A s s i g n m e n t s m a y v a r y a s w i d e l y a s c o v e r i n g a c h u r c h c i r c l e m e e t i n g f o r t h e w e e k l y r e l i g i o n p a g e t o r e p o r t i n g o n a t o w n c o u n c i l m e e t i n g i n a n e i g h b o r i n g v i l l a g e . T h e e d i t o r i a l s t a f f w i l l t e l l y o u w h a t t h e y w a n t , w h e n t h e y w a n t i t a n d w h a t y o u c a n e x p e c t t o b e p a i d . S t r i n g e r s a r e p a i d b y t h e w o r d , b y t h e l i n e o r b y t h e c o l u m n i n c h , a n d w h i l e r a t e v a r i e s f r o m o n e n e w s p a p e r t o a n o t h e r , i t i s a s e t f e e w h i c h c a n n o t b e n e g o t i a t e d . < / P > < P > B u i l d i n g a g o o d r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h y o u r e d i t o r t h r o u g h g o o d w r i t i n g , d e p e n d a b i l i t y a n d s t r i c t a d h e r e n c e t o d e a d l i n e s m a y e n a b l e y o u t o s u c c e s s f u l l y p u t f o r t h y o u r o w n i d e a s f o r f e a t u r e s t o r i e s a n d a r t i c l e s . Y o u m a y b e a b l e t o n e g o t i a t e a h i g h e r r a t e o f p a y f o r t h e s e p i e c e s . D o n ' t f o r g e t t o a s k f o r a b y - l i n e . P a r t o f t h e t h r i l l o f f r e e l a n c e w r i t i n g i s s e e i n g y o u r n a m e i n p r i n t . < / P > < P > G R E E T I N G C A R D S < / P > < P > V i s i t y o u r l o c a l c a r d s h o p . T h e r e a r e h u n d r e d s o f c a r d s , m a n y e x p r e s s i n g t h e s a m e s e n t i m e n t s . E a c h o n e i s d i f f e r e n t , a n d s o m e b o d y e a r n e d m o n e y f o r e a c h o f t h e m . T h e g r e e t i n g c a r d i n d u s t r y r e l i e s h e a v i l y o n f r e e l a n c e s u b m i s s i o n s . E a c h c o m p a n y h a s i t s o w n s t y l e ; i t i s f u t i l e t o f i r e o f f i d e a s r a n d o m l y h o p i n g t o h i t p a y d i r t . C o m p a n i e s w i l l s e n d w r i t e r g u i d e l i n e s t o t h o s e w h o a c c o m p a n y t h e r e q u e s t w i t h a s e l f - a d d r e s s e d , s t a m p e d e n v e l o p e ( S A S E ) . T h i s b a s i c c h e c k l i s t w i l l t e l l y o u t h e s u b j e c t m a t t e r o f p r e f e r e n c e ( s o m e c o m p a n i e s m a y d e a l s o l e l y w i t h i n s p i r a t i o n a l m e s s a g e s w h i l e o t h e r s w a n t o n l y a d u l t h u m o r s t u d i o c a r d s ) , t h e c o r r e c t m e t h o d o f p r e s e n t a t i o n , l e n g t h o f t i m e s h o u l d w a i t f o r a r e s p o n s e a n d t h e p a y r a n g e f o r a c c e p t e d i d e a s . Y o u d o n ' t h a v e t o b e a n a r t i s t . G r e e t i n g c a r d c o m p a n i e s w a n t y o u r i d e a s a n d c a p t i o n s , a l t h o u g h s u g g e s t i o n s f o r a c c o m p a n y i n g a r t w o r k w i l l b e a p p r e c i a t e d . r e m e m b e r , w h a t m a y b e u n s u i t e d t o o n e c o m p a n y ' s n e e d s c o u l d b e d e e m e d i r r e s i s t i b l e b y a n o t h e r . D o n ' t t h r o w a w a y a n y i d e a s i n d i s c o u r a g e m e n t a f t e r o n e r e j e c t i o n . S u b m i t , s u b m i t a n d r e s u b m i t s h o u l d b e y o u r c r e d o . < / P > < P > M A G A Z I N E A R T I C L E S < / P > < P > T h o u s a n d s o f s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t a n d t r a d e p u b l i c a t i o n s a r e s o l d e v e r y y e a r . E a c h i s f i l l e d w i t h a r t i c l e s , m a n y o f t h e m w r i t t e n b y f r e e l a n c e r s . T h e t r i c k i s t o f i n d t h e r i g h t m a g a z i n e f o r y o u r a r t i c l e , a n d t a i l o r y o u r a r t i c l e f o r t h a t m a g a z i n e . . I f y o u ' r e a w h i z a t c o u p o n r e d e e m i n g , r e f u n d i n g a n d r e b a t i n g , c o n s i d e r s h a r i n g y o u r e x p e r t i s e w i t h o t h e r s i n a n a r t i c l e i n S u p e r m a r k e t S h o p p e r . N o m a t t e r w h a t y o u r a r e a o f i n t e r e s t , t h e r e ' s a p u b l i c a t i o n w a i t i n g t o l e t y o u t e l l i t a l l . < / P > < P > L i k e g r e e t i n g c a r d c o m p a n i e s , m a g a z i n e p u b l i s h e r s w i l l s e n d y o u g u i d e l i n e s i n c l u d i n g s t y l e a n d s u b j e c t m a t t e r a s w e l l a s p a y s c a l e s . D o n ' t w a s t e y o u r t i m e s e n d i n g a n a r t i c l e o n t h e j o y s o f a N e w E n g l a n d v a c a t i o n t o a p u b l i c a t i o n s p e c i a l i z i n g i n r e c r e a t i o n o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n t h e O z a r k s . G u i d e l i n e s f i r m l y i n m i n d , c o m e u p w i t h a n i d e a s u i t a b l e f o r t h e p a r t i c u l a r p u b l i c a t i o n a n d f o l l o w u p w i t h a q u e r y l e t t e r . < / P > < P > M a n y p u b l i c a t i o n s w i l l n o t a c c e p t u n s o l i c i t e d m a n u s c r i p t s . e v e n t h o s e t h a t w o u l d r a t h e r r e a d a w e l l - w r i t t e n , c r e a t i v e l e t t e r o u t l i n i n g a p r o p o s e d a r t i c l e t h a n w a d e t h r o u g h a 2 , 0 0 0 w o r d p i e c e t o f i n d i t a c c e p t a b l e . Y o u r q u e r y l e t t e r c a n b e o p e n t h e d o o r t h a t m i g h t h a v e b e e n s l a m m e d i n t h e f a c e o f y o u r u n r e v i e w e d w o r k - e s p e c i a l l y i f i t i s a n e x a m p l e o f p r o f i c i e n t w r i t i n g a n d p i q u e s t h e e d i t o r ' s i n t e r e s t i n y o u r s u b j e c t a n d t h e a n g l e y o u ' r e p l a n n i n g t o u s e . < / P > < P > W h i l e m a n y m a g a z i n e s w i l l n o t a c c e p t m a n u s c r i p t s c u r r e n t l y b e i n g c o n s i d e r e d b y a n o t h e r p u b l i c a t i o n , y o u m a y w i s h t o s e n d q u e r y l e t t e r s t o s e v e r a l a t t h e s a m e t i m e . I f y o u a r e f o r t u n a t e e n o u g h t o h a v e m o r e t h a n o n e a c c e p t a n c e , y o u c a n a l w a y s w r i t e t w o a r t i c l e s w i t h d i f f e r e n t s l a n t s f r o m t h e s a m e r e s e a r c h . < / P > < P > T h e t i m e i t t a k e s f o r y o u r m a n u s c r i p t t o b e c o n s i d e r e d s e e m s i n t e r m i n a b l e . O n e w a y t o a v o i d h o v e r i n g o v e r t h e m a i l b o x w i t h h o p e , d r e a d a n d a n x i e t y f i g h t i n g f o r d o m i n a n c e i s t o k e e p t h e m a i l b o x w o r k i n g f o r y o u . D o n ' t s e n d o f f o n e a r t i c l e a n d w a i t f o r t h e v e r d i c t . S e n d q u e r y l e t t e r s , g r e e t i n g c a r d i d e a s , f i l l e r i t e m s a n d a r t i c l e s o u t c o n s t a n t l y , n e v e r w a i t i n g t o h e a r f r o m o n e b e f o r e s e n d i n g t h e n e x t . I f y o u r e c e i v e a r e j e c t i o n , m o v e a l o n g t o t h e n e x t p r o s p e c t i v e p u b l i s h e r f o r t h a t i t e m , d a s h o f f a n e w c o v e r l e t t e r a n d s h o o t i t o u t a g a i n . Y o u c a n ' t s e l l w h a t ' s s i t t i n g i n a r e j e c t p i l e - - o n l y w h a t ' s m a k i n g t h e r o u n d s o n t h e m a r k e t . < / P > < P > P u b l i s h e r s g u i d e l i n e s w i l l g i v e y o u s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r m a n u s c r i p t p r e p a r a t i o n . R e g a r d l e s s o f t h e d i f f e r e n c e s f r o m o n e c o m p a n y t o t h e n e x t , r e m e m b e r t h a t n e a t n e s s c o u n t s . U s e t y p i n g c o r r e c t i o n p a p e r o r f l u i d t o r e p a i r t y p o g r a p h i c a l e r r o r s . S t r i k e - o v e r s a n d h a n d d o n e c o r r e c t i o n s a p p e a r m e s s y a n d u n p r o f e s s i o n a l . E a c h p a g e o f y o u r m a n u s c r i p t s h o u l d h a v e t h e t i t l e o f t h e a r t i c l e a n d y o u r n a m e , a s w e l l a s c o n s e c u t i v e p a g e n u m b e r s f o r a l l b u t t h e f i r s t p a g e . < / P > < P > I N D E P E N D E N T P R O J E C T S < / P > < P > N e w s p a p e r s t r i n g i n g , g r e e t i n g c a r d s a n d m a g a z i n e a r t i c l e s a r e e s t a b l i s h e d f i e l d s f o r f r e e l a n c e w r i t e r s . Y o u r p u b l i c l i b r a r y w i l l h a v e b o o k s a n d m a g a z i n e l i s t i n g c o m p a n i e s s e e k i n g f r e e l a n c e r s f o r e v e r y t h i n g f r o m c r o s s w o r d p u z z l e s t o i n n o v a t i v e m e s s a g e s f o r t e l e p h o n e a n s w e r i n g m a c h i n e s . B u t y o u m a y w i s h t o e x p l o r e s o m e a r e a s o n y o u r o w n . W h e t h e r y o u l i v e i n a s m a l l t o w n o r a m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a l o c a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d b u s i n e s s e s c a n p r o v i d e f o d d e r f o r a n i m p r e s s i v e c l i e n t l i s t . < / P > < P > P e r h a p s t h e l o c a l h i s t o r i c a l s o c i e t y w o u l d b e i n t e r e s t e d i n y o u r o f f e r t o r e s e a r c h a n d w r i t e a h i s t o r y o f t h e a r e a . f o r a f e e . T h e h i g h s c h o o l a l u m n i a s s o c i a t i o n m a y b e l o o k i n g f o r a c l a s s g i f t t o t h e o l d a l m a m a t e r . A s c h o o l h i s t o r y , r e s e a r c h e d a n d w r i t t e n b y a p r o f e s s i o n a l f r e e l a n c e w r i t e r , w o u l d b e a n h a n d s o m e a d d i t i o n t o t h e s c h o o l l i b r a r y , a n d p u r c h a s e s b y c l a s s m e m b e r s o f y o r e w o u l d a d d a f u n d - r a i s i n g f e a t u r e . I s y o u l o c a l h o s p i t a l p r e p a r i n g t o c e l e b r a t e a f o u n d i n g a n n i v e r s a r y ? a p r e p a r e d h i s t o r y o f t h e i n s t i t u t i o n , f r o m o n e - r o o m d i s p e n s a r y / i n f i r m a r y t o t o d a y ' s 2 0 0 - b e d u n i t w o u l d b e a w o n d e r f u l p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s t o o l f o r t h e m a n a t e r r i f i c w r i t i n g j o b f o r y o u . < / P > < P > L o c a l b u s i n e s s e s a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n s h a v e v a r i e d w r i t i n g n e e d s . G r a n t p r o p o s a l s c a n b e w r i t t e n f o r a f l a t f e e o r o n a p e r c e n t a g e b a s i s . C u s t o m e r r e l a t i o n s p i e c e s s u c h a s n e w s e r v i c e o r p r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n s a n d c o l l e c t i o n l e t t e r s , a n n u a l r e p o r t s , i n h o u s e o r c o n s u m e r - a i m e d n e w s l e t t e r s a l l p r o v i d e g r i s t f o r t h e e n t e r p r i s i n g f r e e l a n c e r ' s m i l l . E v e n o r g a n i z a t i o n s w i t h p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s o r c u s t o m e r r e l a t i o n s s t a f f s s o m e t i m e s f a r m o u t w o r k o n a p e r i o d i c b a s i s . < / P > < P > U n l i k e e s t a b l i s h e d f i e l d s , w h e r e p r i c e s a r e d e t e r m i n e d i n a d v a n c e , i n d e p e n d e n t p r o j e c t s s u c h a s t h e s e r e q u i r e y o u t o c h a r g e b y t h e w o r d , b y t h e p a g e , b y t h e h o u r o r o n a c o m p l e t e d p r o j e c t b a s i s . N o m a t t e r h o w y o u q u o t e y o u r f e e , e s t i m a t e y o u r t i m e a s a c c u r a t e l y a s p o s s i b l e . T i m e s p e n t i n r e s e a r c h , t a l k i n g t o a n d i n t e r v i e w i n g p e o p l e a n d o r g a n i z i n g m a t e r i a l f o r w r i t i n g i s a s i m p o r t a n t a s t i m e s p e n t a t t h e t y p e w r i t e r . r e m e m b e r t o c h a r g e e n o u g h t o c o v e r e x p e n s e s i n a d d i t i o n t o t i m e . T y p e w r i t e r r i b b o n s , p a p e r , p o s t a g e a n d e n v e l o p e s c o s t m o n e y - s o d o e s t h e g a s o l i n e y o u ' l l u s e w h e n r e s e a r c h i n v o l v e s t r a v e l . < / P > < P > S e r i o u s f r e e l a n c e r s a l s o h a v e t o c o n s i d e r t h e c o s t o f o v e r h e a d ( h e a t , w a t e r , e l e c t r i c i t y a n d a p o r t i o n o f r e n t o r m o r t g a g e p a y m e n t s t o m a i n t a i n a n i n - h o m e o f f i c e ) , e q u i p m e n t d e p r e c i a t i o n a n d n o r m a l e m p l o y e e f r i n g e b e n e f i t s s u c h a s i n s u r a n c e a n d s o c i a l s e c u r i t y p a y m e n t s w h e n p r i c i n g t h e i r s e r v i c e s . A f t e r a l l , t h e b o s s i s e x p e c t e d t o p i c k u p t h e t a b f o r t h e s e e x t r a s . A s a f r e e l a n c e w r i t e r , y o u a r e t h e b o s s . A n d t h a t ' s a f r i n g e b e n e f i t n o b o d y e l s e c a n g i v e y o u . M o r e g o o d n e w s i s t h a t y o u c a n g e t m o r e w r i t i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s b y v i s i t i n g < A h r e f = " h t t p : / / w w w . e l a n c e . c o m " t a r g e t = _ n e w > h t t p : / / w w w . e l a n c e . c o m < / A > w h e r e a l o t o f I n t e r n e t b u s i n e s s o w n e r s a r e l o o k i n g f o r w r i t e r s t o g e t t h e i r j o b d o n e q u i c k l y .
Author: Julia Tang
 
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