Writing for Profit and Pleasure

Writing for Profit and Pleasure

Today, writing for profit and pleasure can easily be combined to create a lifestyle that will be the envy of any 9-5 worker who has not yet broken loose from their fear of failure.

When was the first time we considered the possibility that we might not succeed at what we wanted to do most?

Often we may feel like we’re on information overload from motivational statements that encourage us to go for our dreams.

Why not spend your life writing for profit and pleasure, you ask yourself as you turn on the TV or settle down with a good “escape novel...”

I’d like to extract one statement from an email I received today and suggest that you can have it your way--but it "doesn’t just happen." You do have to work at it.

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Marketing Yourself As A Freelance Writer, by E. Lucas-Taylor

Hundreds of Writing Resources - Hundreds of Freelance Writing Jobs from around the world - Grants & Fellowship Links and Resources for Writers - Writers Associations – Further Your Career Links - “How to” and “Why” – Everything you need to get started and help you build a lucrative career in Freelance writing.

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If you’re interested in adding more skills to your current writing portfolio, check out on-line degree programs or local community college offerings. For example, if you’re interested in media journalism, today’s applicants are usually required to have good computer skills. Often you will have to know how to design and lay out newsletters and ezines, and how to build websites.

Applying for a job is often like winning the lottery; you may be one of several thousand people who are submitting a resume. Therefore, it’s important to treat this submission as a lottery ticket.

Submit your resume, writing samples and other documents that describe your experience and skills to as many places as possible. Don’t hold back! Take care of making sure, however, that your application materials are in alignment with the job description.

I once met an engineer who had recently lost his job. Instead of despairing, immediately he set to work sending his resumes to as many places as possible. Rejections flew back almost as quickly as he submitted the application. Eventually, however, he got the “right offer.”

How long did it take him? Six months.

You can do it too!

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