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So You Want To Be A Writer…

July 27, 2013 By Yael Grauer Leave a Comment

Writing Fountain penOn August 10th from 9-1, I’ll be teaching a class at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis on breaking into freelance writing. I hope to see some of you there. One of my amazing students, Korinn S. Hawkins , wrote this about the class: “I found it to be both insightful and inspirational. It outlined all the proper steps that I would need to take in order to break into being a freelance writer and it gave me hope that “Yes, I can do this!” And so it seems another new door has opened and with it another outlet to plug my passion for writing into. I am very excited!”

I hope you can share in that excitement, too, whether you can make it on August 10th or not. To that end, I’ve compiled my top twenty ‘best of’ posts on freelancing (and three additional resource lists) to help you get started.

Still have questions? Leave ’em in the comments. I’ll be answering everything in one last post on freelancing next week.

Money & Other Logistics

  • How to Make A Living Writing: Seven Freelance Tips. My most recent post details what I’ve learned in the past 4 years. 🙂
  • What Makeup Taught Me About Selling delves into pricing structure.
  • I Took A Deadbeat Client to Small Claims Court & Won. A worst-case scenario with a positive outcome.
  • Red Flags (when working with startups)
  • You Ask: What Should I Charge for Services?
  • Health Insurance 101 For Freelancers & the Self-Employed

Soft Skills

  • Professional Jealousy: How To Deal
  • Put Your Best Foot Forward When Pitching Editors, Agents and Corporate Clients.

Writing, Craft Of

  • 12 Tips For Writing When You Don’t Feel Like It
  • Winging It: Writing About Something You Know Nothing About
  • Five Ways to (Ethically) Repurpose Content
  • Five Tips For Retaining Sanity Under Deadlines
  • Mnookin: How to Make the Complex Into Compelling Journalism

Editing

  • Be Your Own Editor: Five Tips to Follow
  • Be Your Own Editor: A Bonus Tip
  • Be Your Own Fact Checker: 10 Tips For Writers & Bloggers

Blogging, Social Media, Etc.

  • Social Media Tactics for Reporters From the Boston Globe’s Lavidor-Berman
  • New Yorker’s Nick Thompson on Getting Writers to Love Blogging

Future Journalism

  • What Is The Future of the Magazine?
  • Should Journalists Learn to Code?

Resources

  • Especially For Writers and Aspiring Writers: A Resource List
  • From Query To Print: Audio & Resources
  • Five Apps For Writers
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