What To Charge For Your Writing

There are many ways you can charge for your time and skills. It all depends on what works best for you and your client. The most common way to charge is either by the word or by the project. However, you can also charge by the page or by the hour. Each option has its [...]

You’ve Found the Perfect Writng Job, Now What?

Finding a writing job is only half of the equation. Just like in the corporate world, you have to put forth an effort to secure the job as well. While there are many great opportunities available both online and offline, only those that are the most prepared will get the job.

To get the job
1. Research [...]

Filling Your Inbox With Work

Since you can’t have a career in freelance writing without actually doing some work, this article will talk about the multitude of rocks you can turn over to find writing assignments.
You must first decide if you want to be a niche or a general topic writer. A niche writer specializes in a specific topic or [...]

Ten Essential Tools for the Freelance Writer

Now that you’ve decided that you have what it takes to be a freelance writer, it is time to get the ball rolling. Like an artist needs their brushes and paints in which to create great artwork, a writer has tools they need in which to help them be successful in their careers. Below is [...]

So You Want To Be a Freelance Writer?

The etymology for the term freelance began with Sir Walter Scott when, in his novel Ivanhoe, he used it to describe medieval mercenary warriors. Since that time, the term freelance has come to mean many things to many people but has continued to retain its connection with entrepreneurship.
With the ever expanding growth of the internet, [...]

How To Write A Book Review

Book reviews have been around since the first caveman painted a picture of the big hunt on the cave walls. I guarantee that there was someone just a little further down painting a review describing how they thought the plot was too thin and the characters a little stale.
As an invaluable asset for the literary [...]

The Lowdown On Content Licensing

Surfing the internet, I see a lot of questions regarding the use of the multitudes of content available everywhere. As writers and artists, it is important for us to understand some of the popular licensing structures applied to content so we know not only how we may use someone else’s creation as well as how [...]

Tips for Oranization

Over at Figmeant, I have a series of articles related to keeping track and organizing your writing ideas.
Keeping Track of Ideas When You Are Out of the Office deals with different ways of logging your bursts of inspiration when you are no where near your writing office.
When You Are In The Office deals with the [...]

Idea Management: When It’s A Team Effort

Okay we already talked about how to organize your writing ideas and we’ve gone over the many ways in which you can keep track of them when you are away from your office. Now we are going to talk about different ways in which you can keep track of ideas while working on a collaborative [...]

Idea Management: When you are in the office

Last week we talked about a couple of ways in which you can capture your ideas as quickly as your highly developed imaginative minds can churn them out. Now we are going to talk about different methods of corralling those unruly puppies in your home office. Each of these systems will help you track both [...]