Category: Freelance Writing
How to Ask for More Money Writing – Tips for Freelance Writers
Knowing how to ask for more money writing takes self-confidence, experience, and a bit ‘o moxy! These tips for freelance writers will help you increase your per word rates from from 50 cents to a dollar or two per word, or from $20 to $50 per hour. And, it may be easier than you think to make more money [...]
How to Write a Business Thank You Letter
Knowing how to write a business thank you letter is an important skill for all businesspeople, including freelance writers! Sending a quick note thanking an editor for an assignment may help build a good working relationship and ensure those articles keep getting assigned. And that’s what these business letter writing tips are all about…. “A meaningful note [...]
Writing Lessons – Practical Tips for Improving Writing Skills
Teaching writing lessons is one of my goals for Successful Writers – not online writing courses, but short tips-based articles on improving writing skills. To that end, here are five practical tips for overcoming specific writing problems… But before the tips, a quip: “On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and [...]
How to Fix Writer’s Block and Make Your Writing Sparkle
Knowing how to fix writer’s block is the first way to make your writing sparkle! These writing tips are inspired by writer’s coach and author Daphne Gray-Grant. Are you ready to claw your way back to smooth, happy writing? Before the tips, a quip: “When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.” ~ Enrique Jardiel Poncela. The [...]
How to Become a Professional Writer, and Earn Money Writing
Knowing how to become a professional writer is the first step to earning money writing. Use these tips to leap from hobby writer to professional writer in three shakes of a writer’s tale! One of my favorite business magazines is MoneySense. No matter how old the articles are, they always contain business tips that can [...]
I Want to Be a Writer! Where Do I Start My Writing Career?
If you’ve got the writing bug – you want to be a writer! – don’t miss these tips for starting a writing career. You may even earn a buck or two in the process. Before the tips, a quip: “It’s the child writer who has figured out, early on, that writing is about saving your [...]
Mind Mapping for Writers – How to Mind Map a Story or Article
These tips on mind mapping for writers are from a Vancouver-based publication coach; she explains how to mind map a story or article and describes the pitfalls writers make when mind mapping. “My teenage children like to joke that if they ask me about any problem, I will always suggest mind mapping as the answer,” [...]
Niche Market Writers – 5 Reasons to Specialize in Freelance Writing
If you’re not a niche market writer, you may be cheating yourself out of writing jobs! These reasons to specialize in freelance writing are from professional writer Frances Bula, who recently spoke at the Magazine Writers’ Craft Fair in Vancouver, BC. Before the tips, a quip: “The media is a place where you can create [...]
The Best Job Boards for Freelance Writers – Find Writing Work
Here’s a list of the ten best job boards for freelance writers, from a guest blogger who knows how difficult it can be to find writing work! She’s done the groundwork; all you need to do is surf these writing sites for work… Before the tips, a quip: “The two most engaging powers of an [...]
When You Get a Freelance Writing Assignment – Steps for Writers
When you get a freelance writing assignment, do a happy dance! Then get to work. These ten steps for writers will help you write an excellent feature article and ensure the editor gives you more assignments. Before the tips, a quip: “Successful magazine writers have the skills fo a news reporter and the gifts of a [...]
Stay Connected