![]() They make it a priority in their lives to work on those goals. They break down their goal into small steps and strive to accomplish some small task to propel their career in the right direction each week. They have laid a deliberate course to get where they wanted to go. Writers who end up at the top of the heap usually don’t land there by accident. When one sector suffers, they have other writing types to fall back on.ħ. They may write white papers as well as newspaper articles, online content, and product manuals. Now I find that if you locate a well-paid writer and ask them about their client list, they’ve usually got at least one major copywriting account up their sleeve. This was my first introduction to really diversifying my clients. Turned out she also did copywriting for a major American automaker! ![]() I admired her work and asked her what other accounts she had. I once met another writer working on a story package for a special section of the Seattle Times. They prioritize their day’s tasks and then knock them out, one by one.Ħ. Si tratta di un nuovo importante servizio grazie al quale, chi ha a che fare col mondo. It doesn’t take them a day to write one short article - it might take them an hour or less. Il primo, grande e unico elenco dedicato ai giornalisti per passione. They know how to quickly find information they need for stories. Well-paid writers don’t waste time applying for obviously low-paying jobs through online ads. This requires a focused, coordinated, consistant marketing effort, not the occasional, sporadic attempt at networking.ĥ. To find really well-paid work, you have to troll a lot, sifting out all the junk offers and moving forward until you find really good clients. You have to be in good shape to be brilliant.Ĥ. Personally, I try to go walk uphill and down around my home for about an hour before I start working, or do Wii Fit yoga. To earn well, year in and year out, you have to write and live in a sustainable way. The wan, flabby, sleep-deprived yet wildly successful writer is a bit of a myth. They don’t have a lot of writing tics, either – they know how to spit out a draft, polish it up, and file it.ģ. They get down to business and start writing. ![]() They do not need to dust their office five times daily, or have all their desk knick-knacks lined up just so to start working. They are not spending hours a day wringing their hands over the state of journalism today. Or better, “No thank you, but feel free to contact me in the future if you find you’re in a position to pay professional rates.” (Sometimes things change, editors change jobs, and they do call you again. “So, do I just say ‘no’ when people offer me $20 articles?” she wailed. I recently had a mentee sent me a plaintive email as she wondered how she would make more money than the $10,000 a year or so she was earning. They don’t waste time on low-paying gigs. What are the 7 habits of highly-paid freelance writers?ġ. It’s helped me crystallize the following traits that I believe most well-paid writers have, and that low-paid writers often lack. Now that I’ve been helping other freelance writers to earn more for a while, I’ve realized there are some behavior patterns struggling writers have in common. Here’s a classic post that originally appeared on my blog. ![]()
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