Handbook For Freelance Writing

Handbook For Freelance Writing

Author: Michael Perry

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 1998-06

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780844232560

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Tells you everything you need to know to build a thriving business as a freelance writer.


The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing

The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing

Author: Zachary Petit

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-11-16

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 159963905X

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Prime Your Freelance Writing Career for Success! So you want to be a freelance writer. Great! But now you're faced with a laundry list of questions: Should I freelance full time or part time? Should I write for magazines, newspapers, or online markets? How do I dream up the perfect article idea, and how do I pitch it successfully? How do I negotiate contracts, foster relationships with editors, and start getting steady work while avoiding financial panic attacks and unpleasant ulcers? The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing answers all of these questions--and much more. From breaking in to navigating the basics of the business, this book is your road map to a fruitful and rewarding freelance life. You'll learn how to: • Dig into various markets, including consumer magazines, trade journals, newspapers, and online venues. • Make your digital mark and build your writing platform. • Pitch like a pro and craft solid query letters that get responses. • Conduct professional interviews in person, by phone, or by e-mail. • Write and structure various types of articles, from front-of-the-book pieces to profiles and features. • Quit your lackluster day job, and live the life you've always wanted. Filled with insider secrets, candid advice, and Zachary Petit's trademark humor and blunt honesty, The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing won't just show you how to survive your freelancing writing career--it will teach you how to truly thrive.


National Writers Union Freelance Writers' Guide

National Writers Union Freelance Writers' Guide

Author: National Writers Union (U.S.)

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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Completely revised and updated to meet the needs of today's freelance writers, this guide provides accurate information on a range of professional issues. It features guidelines for standard pay rates, royalties, fees and practices for virtually every writing genre, from books and magazines to corporate and academic writing, so writers can eliminate guesswork and paid the rates they deserve. Newly commissioned essays and other features offer knowledgeable advice for other important business issues, including self-incorporation, repetitive stress injuries, taxes, self-promotion, writing for the Web and more. the professional handbook for every type of freelance writer. Includes an expanded section on writing for electronic media.


Get Paid to Write!

Get Paid to Write!

Author: Thomas Andrew Williams

Publisher: Sentient Publications

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1591810124

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"Freelance writing is an enjoyable and respected profession if you have some talent and the desire to work hard. The author, a freelancer for twenty-five years, knows what the aspiring writer needs to know to be successful. Tom Williams's advice is highly practical, detailed, tested, and no-nonsense. He offers hard-earned tips, insight into how editors think, and the critical information for success in this field." - back cover.


Writer for Hire

Writer for Hire

Author: Kelly James-Enger

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-04-03

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1599635518

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Awarded the "Outstanding Book Award" in the service/self-help category for 2013 from the ASJA (The American Society of Journalists and Authors)! There's no shortage of books on crafting book proposals, writing novels, overcoming writer's block, and getting in touch with one's muse. But what about a book for writers who simply want to earn a regular paycheck? Writer for Hire is just the wisdom full- and part-time freelancers need. Author Kelly James-Enger details: • 101 secrets to success, organized into five overarching strategies. You'll be able to implement what you learn immediately. • Invaluable advice on managing deadlines, querying effectively, working with clients, handling taxes, invoices, and more. • Strategies for getting more writing gigs, including networking (in-person and online), establishing yourself as an expert, working more efficiently under tight deadlines, and handling rejection with confidence James-Enger looks at the "whole freelancer," addressing both the craft and business of freelancing.


The Freelance Editor's Handbook

The Freelance Editor's Handbook

Author: Suzy Bills

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2021-11-02

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0520381343

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A comprehensive guide to building and maintaining a sustainable, profitable, and enjoyable business as a freelance editor. According to LinkedIn, more than twenty thousand people in the United States list themselves as freelance editors. But many who have the requisite skills to be excellent editors lack the entrepreneurial skills needed to run a thriving, fulfilling business. The few resources available to freelance editors, new and established, are typically limited in scope and lack the strategic thinking needed to make a business flourish. The Freelance Editor’s Handbook provides a complete guide to setting up and running a prosperous freelancing business, from finding clients to increasing productivity, from deciding how to price services to achieving work/life balance, and from paying taxes to saving for retirement. Unlike most other books on freelance editing, this book is founded on a business-success mindset: The goal isn’t simply to eke out a living through freelancing. Rather, the goal is to establish a thriving, rewarding business that allows editors to achieve their career goals, earn a comfortable living, and still have time for family, friends, and personal pursuits. Author Suzy Bills identifies multiple strategies and methods that freelancers can apply, drawing on current research in entrepreneurship, psychology, and well-being. This book is the ultimate resource for editors at all levels: students just starting out, in-house staff looking to transition, and experienced freelancers who want to make their businesses more profitable and enjoyable.


The Renegade Writer

The Renegade Writer

Author: Linda Formichelli

Publisher: Marion Street Press, Inc.

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780966517682

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This text teaches freelance writers how to break into previously attainable markets by eschewing the old way of doing things. It explains that freelancers can negotiate for more money and better terms, without risking their careers.


The Freelance Writer's Handbook

The Freelance Writer's Handbook

Author: Andrew Crofts

Publisher: Piatkus Books

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780749923099

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This guide for writers who want ideas on how to find markets for their work includes advice on: what to write and how to sell it; ghost-writing, travel writing, fiction, television and radio scripts, newspaper and magazine journalism; making contacts, agents, and how to get commission.


The Well-Fed Writer (Third Edition)

The Well-Fed Writer (Third Edition)

Author: Peter Bowerman

Publisher:

Published: 2021-04

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780967059891

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Third edition of a detailed how-to guide to starting and growing your own lucrative "commercial" writing practice-writing for corporations and creative agencies, and for hourly rates of $50-125+.