Freelance Writing on the Internet

Written by Mridu Khullar (http://www.WritersCrossing.com)


So, you’ve decided to take up a career in freelance writing. You’ve hooked uprepparttar computer, installedrepparttar 128912 printer, and learntrepparttar 128913 nitty-gritty of your word processor. You’ve maybe even been published a couple of times. You’re all set to conquerrepparttar 128914 world of publishing. But wait. Do you know allrepparttar 128915 options available to you?

We’ve compiled a list of allrepparttar 128916 jobs a freelance writer can find onrepparttar 128917 Internet to keeprepparttar 128918 cash inflow steady:

Magazines Most ofrepparttar 128919 freelancing industry focuses on magazines, so let’s start there. You’ll find magazines on every topic imaginable. From teen issues to running, you’ll find at least one magazine to fit in your interests. While magazine publishing is huge and widespread, don’t try to get published everywhere at once. Find a few niche topics and start your way up from there. As your expertise and interests grow, branch out to other magazines as well. Topics most writers start out with include health and nutrition, computers, parenting, teens, relationships, disability, travel, etc.

Fillers in Magazines and Newspapers Not all writers make it torepparttar 128920 cover pages of magazines. At least not at first. Inrepparttar 128921 beginning, you might just have to make do with fillers. And they pay as much as they’re fun to do. Jokes, opinion pieces, short lists, news items and other short pieces are termed fillers. Editors are always onrepparttar 128922 lookout for good fillers, so you stand a good chance of breaking through.

Greeting Cards With e-cards, paper greeting cards seem to have taken a backseat. Nevertheless,repparttar 128923 sale of paper cards is still ongoing and they are still preferred when it comes to relatives, long-lost friends or special occasions. Despite popular myths, greeting card markets are not as easy to break into as they seem, can take a long time to respond and an even longer time to get your card into print. The upside is that greeting card markets pay extremely well for short writing. What’s more, though limited, opportunities exist for e-card writers too. So when you need to take a break fromrepparttar 128924 regular work, dip your fingers intorepparttar 128925 greeting card pool

Doormats, Magnets, Bumper Stickers, T-shirts, etc If you’ve wondered how those words made it to t-shirts, stickers, doormats and magnets, think no more. Freelance writers are often required to writerepparttar 128926 slogans for such material and are paid quite well for it. If you haverepparttar 128927 ability to coin a catchy or humorous one-liner, this could be your shot to riches. You won’t get a byline, and certainly no fame, but you could be earning as much as $50 per word!

Posters They’re up in your room, you’ve seen them in your friend’s office, and you often find a funny one atrepparttar 128928 fast-food place downrepparttar 128929 street. Someone must have written them. Why not you? A lot of companies sell posters and generate handsome sales from them. In fact, writers of posters are usually paid in royalties, that is, byrepparttar 128930 number of posters sold. So, instead of being paid one-time, you’ll be paid over and over again for something you wrote years ago.

Resumes Practically every one needs a resume (yes, even us freelance writers). Some people write them up themselves, some prefer to takerepparttar 128931 help of professionals. Write up a resume for a friend or two at work (even if she doesn’t need one!) as samples and respond to advertisements and calls for resume writers. Keep in mind though that resume writing isn’t your regular every day writing. You’re not supposed to decoraterepparttar 128932 page with flowery prose or funny anecdotes. You need to be professional, crisp and attention-grabbing. Practice with a few fake ones, and you’ll soon be on your way.

Advertising Advertisers need writers, commonly known as copywriters. They’rerepparttar 128933 flesh and blood ofrepparttar 128934 campaign. Getting into advertising can be a tricky business, but with a few credentials and a polished resume, you’ll have no trouble at all showcasing your talent torepparttar 128935 world. If you are indeed good at what you do, advertisers will line up to get you to work for them. If you prefer not to work for someone, you could set up your own copywriting business and promote it to get clients.

The Recipe for Getting Published

Written by Mridu Khullar (http://www.WritersCrossing.com)


Got talent but no clips? Here'srepparttar recipe for getting published...

* Procrastinating When you've finally decided you have to put into writingrepparttar 128909 fabulous idea that just struck, you enterrepparttar 128910 first phase ofrepparttar 128911 writing process. "I'll start tomorrow," "I'm not inspired yet" and "I just don't haverepparttar 128912 time" are some ofrepparttar 128913 phrases that will form a part of your vocabulary. When you've incorporated them into your daily lifestyle, you're ready to enterrepparttar 128914 second phase.

* The Blank Screen You sit in front of your computer, usually without a clue to what you're supposed to be doing. You stare atrepparttar 128915 blank screen constantly without blinking. You may take short coffee breaks or a walk, but you still make it back to where you started. Type a few lines of crap, then erase. Repeat this process a number of times, and proceed.

* Feeling Guilty Now you begin to wonder what kind of a writer you actually are. Your love for writing suddenly disappears and you make futile efforts to convince yourself that this was what you were meant to do. You know you're in this phase when you start considering other job options. When you've finally decided to quit writing,repparttar 128916 next phase begins.

* Getting Over it You inform your family and friends that won’t be writing any more and they do everything in their power to convince you otherwise. Sooner or later, you give in torepparttar 128917 pressure and decide to write again. The time taken in this step can vary according torepparttar 128918 intensity of your denial andrepparttar 128919 inability to land another job.

* Writing In this stage, you finally manage to prepare your first draft. This may take several days, and in some cases, several years. But after this stage, you'll be back on track andrepparttar 128920 fears and anxieties ofrepparttar 128921 earlier steps will slowly die out. Pat yourself onrepparttar 128922 back (if you can) or get somebody else to do it for you.

* Editing and rewriting Read and reread your work so many times that you're totally sick of it, as you correct mistakes, improverepparttar 128923 style and add important things. Now your writing is almost in its completion stages. But before you start flying again, you might want to come back on earth to completerepparttar 128924 remaining steps.

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