Finding great article ideas to pitch to magazine editors is one of the most challenging parts of being a freelance writer. But, if you can master the craft of finding the best article ideas, you’ll earn a good living from writing! Here, freelance writer Susan Johnston of The Urban Muse shares five tips for finding article [...]

One of the best ways to land freelance writing gigs is to network with successful writers – and here are several tips that will help you do that, and get more writing jobs! P.S. None of them involve bidding on jobs or visiting Craigslist or exploring Elance (not that there’s anything wrong with that)…
Before the [...]

One way to be a successful writer is improving your writing confidence — so here are 13 quips and tips to build you up! This is a round up of advice from a variety of freelance writers and bloggers, because a healthy dose of self-confidence will take you farther than insecurity and fear ever will.
Because one of these successful writers mentioned On Writing, here’s [...]

Here’s an explanation of various types of copyright for freelance writers and book authors, including definitions of first serial rights, reprint rights, one time rights, all rights, electronic rights, subsidiary rights, and dramatic, TV, and motion picture rights.
But first, a quip about writing:
“Most beginning writers (and I was the same) are like chefs trying to cook [...]

In this guest post, writer and syndicated blogger Lisa Nichols offers several basic ghostwriting and copyrighting tips.
“My first experience ghostwriting for someone else was some years ago” says Nichols. “I had to write quotes to be included in press releases, content for newsletters and a number of other communications as if they were written by members of senior level [...]

These ways to write effective leads or introductions that hook readers are from a variety of editors, writers, and creative gurus. I’ve also included several examples of their writing tips in action.
First, some good news from a professional writer:
“Editors need freelancers,” writes Thomas Williams in Get Paid to Write: The No-Nonsense Guide to Freelance Writing. “They depend on them. [...]

Here are ten solid tips for becoming a better freelance writer. You don’t need a four leaf clover to be lucky in writing – because you can create your own luck!
First, here’s a quip from Thomas Jefferson: 
“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” 
To improve your [...]

These eight freelance writing tips for print magazines represent some of the best lessons I’ve learned from the “school of hard knocks.” As a successful full-time writer without a Journalism degree, I’ve learned a great deal about writers’ rights, contracts, editing, sourcing, and pitching and selling articles.
Before the tips, a quip from Natalie Goldberg: 
“A student in a workshop walked up to me swinging [...]

Are you an aspiring freelance writer? These tips for pitching your article ideas to magazines include a brief sample query letter. 
Before the tips, a quip: 
“The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.” [...]

These tips will help you earn a living as a freelance writer – or help you determine if you can earn a living as a freelance writer! Getting paid to write depends on many factors, including how you define “freelance writer” and what you’re willing to do to succeed!
Before the tips, a quip:
“The first step to making a lot of money [...]