Category Archives: freelance writing goals

When you’re freelancing, you’re writing for money. This is business, not pleasure (although it is fun) so that means that you need to have serious goals.


(Ezine) Survive and thrive as a writer – write for free

Here’s an excerpt from this week’s Editorial in Fab Freelance Writing Ezine: This week let’s talk about the vexed topic (in some writers’ circles) about writing for free. I write for “free”. My blogs are free, this ezine is free … Continue reading

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(Ezine) Fast Writing – Make More Money

This week’s Fab Freelance Writing Ezine article is: “Easy, Fast Freelance Writing – Five Tips To Speed Up Your Writing And Make More Money”. Here’s the introduction: As a freelance writer, the more you write, the more money you make … Continue reading

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How to “do” your goals in 2007

I can’t believe that 2006 is almost over. It’s time to update your diaries and planners (if you’re anything like me, you have multiples of each) so you can make 2007 your most PROFITABLE writing year ever. Have you set … Continue reading

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Should you write for free to build your career?

In “Giving It Away”, an article in Forbes, Cory Doctorow, writes: When my first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, was published by Tor Books in January 2003, I also put the entire electronic text of the novel … Continue reading

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Your freelance writers’ business plan

Few freelancers have a business plan. This is like setting out on a voyage without a destination. You need a business plan, because your plan will tell you not only how much you will earn in a given year, but … Continue reading

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A freelance writer’s goodbye to 2006, hello 2007

For freelance writers, 2006 is rapidly disappearing in the rear-view mirror. I’m working on articles for February 2007 now for my magazine clients, and am filling my general writing schedule for 2007. Now’s a good time to review 2006. What … Continue reading

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Ten ways journaling can help you to achieve your freelance writing goals

Freelance writers write for money. It’s a stressful career choice in the first few years, because you lack the confidence that can only come from experience. Journaling helps. It doesn’t matter where you journal either, whether it’s on a computer … Continue reading

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Five tips to ensure your freelance writing success

At least once a month I get what I call a “freelance, but…” query. The complete query (500 words boiled down to 25) is: “I’d love to develop my freelance writing career but I’m scared that I don’t have the … Continue reading

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Writing for money: what frustrates you about freelancing?

I’ve started this freelance writing blog for YOU, therefore I’d love to know what: * Annoys you * Frustrates you * What you need more information on * What (please fill in your favorite question here) In short, what help … Continue reading

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A freelance writing goal: create demand for your services

As a freelance writer, you need to have goals, and one of your primary goals should be to create a demand for your writing services. This is because freelance writing is a business, and as with any business, when the … Continue reading

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