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Freelance Writing As A Career

 

            Robert Frost remarked, that that can be done with words is soon told, .
             and that poetry is one more art of having something to say. - .
             As a career writing offers a wide range of personal rewards and .
             accomplishments, you can entertain, inform, influence or express yourself. A .
             writer can have an impact on the surrounding world by doing this .
             successfully and strongly. Most have to spend hundreds of hours perfecting .
             and refining their skills many times before they can sell any of their works.
             Some writers work in comfortable private offices, while others work in .
             noisy rooms with the sounds of computer keyboards, printers and other .
             writers talking in the background. The search for information, ideas or .
             inspirations at times requires traveling to such places as factories, the .
             theater or perhaps even to places like Africa and Australia. Nevertheless .
             many have to be content with the library and personal interviews. Freelance .
             writers have a better opportunity to go to such places because they don't .
             have to go to work every day and can be their own boss.
             There are two main kinds of writers, staff writers and freelance writers. .
             Staff writers are professional writers who work for a salary. Many staff .
             writers earn a living as newspaper reporters and columnists or as technical .
             writers for computer software firms. Freelance writers get paid only if a .
             publisher buys their work they write both fiction and nonfiction books, .
             poems, less commonly dramas, screenplays and short stories as well as .
             magazine and newspaper articles. Many staff writers create freelance .
             material in addition to their regular work. - .
             Tracking down associations that pay decently can be a challenge in a .
             market where a magazine's writers are often loyal members of the .
             association. The average association pays 30 cents a word, but it's not .
             unusual to find ones paying 50 cents-$1 per word. There are plenty of .
             publications with more modest budgets, but it doesn't need to be a chore .


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