Posts Tagged ‘freelance writers’

This post is aimed at a certain young gentleman who emailed earlier asking for my advice on launching a career in copywriting…You know who you are

The truth is that there are many ways of earning a living as a writer. You can write web copy, advertising copy, magazine articles and features, corporate communications copy, for the scientific / financial / medical fields, or even books and novels. The list could go on and on, but I’ll stop there for now or some of you might find yourselves snoozing before bedtime!

First of all I’d recommend some training. There’s nothing worse than a writer who can’t write. There are just as many writers who can write, but badly. Then there a few who think they can write, but who sadly don’t stand a chance.

Equally, I meet and hear from lots of talented writers who don’t think they write well, but who are really best-selling authors, just waiting to be unwrapped to the world!

But seriously. Get educated. Do some online writing courses. Read books about ‘how to write’ and above all practise…on the train, in bed, waiting at the doctors… The more you write the better you will become.

So back to the copywriting career. Once you have decided what niche you would like to concentrate on, you still have one more decision to make. Do you want to go freelance and have your own copywriting business, or do you want a 9-5 job and get paid a set amount each month?

There are pros and cons of both options, but generally speaking freelancers get paid more than regular jobbers…Plus YOU get to decide when to take a holiday (and how long for) and you never get bored working in the same place for too long.

There are different paths to success according to which copywriting niche you go for, so I’ll post about the best route into each of these niches muy pronto…

Thanks for reading.

Love & Light

The Word Queen
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