I had the great pleasure today to present to a really savvy group of freelance writers and editors and PR folks in Austin. One of the things this reminded me of was how hard freelance writers work to keep generating work! I still write and I know it’s tough to keep your spirits high sometimes.
So for all you writers out there I wanted to put this link to an article I wrote for Nick Usborne’s publication titled, “Be Shamelessly Persistent and Unyielding in Your Pursuit to Be A Freelancer.” I hope you get some encouragement from it!
And write and tell me how you’re being shamelessly persistent!
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This is a great article! I think part of being able to get your work out there is to have a strong sense of who you are as a writer and where you want to live in the world of commerce. You should be flexible, but at the same time, have a sense of who you are. As a one-person corporation, go ahead and write yourself a mission statement. Have a vision of where you want to be, how you want to do business, what your culture is.
Phil,
These are great points! I espescially like your tip of writing a mission statement. That is a really superb suggestion.
Nettie