Five Game-Changing Freelance Writing Tips For Beginners
By: Yasvi Yadav
Tags: Copywriting, Growth, Freelance Writing, Content Marketing, Fiverr Gig

Must read to kickstart your freelance writing career!

The word Freelancer has mostly been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. In the traditional setup, people don’t acknowledge freelancing as a real job, it’s given the cadre of part-time jobs or something even below that. Yet, we see a lot of people, especially young adults, working as freelancers. Let’s leave the convolution of the reasons for such behavior for some other time.

Once you’ve dived into the ocean of freelancing, there shouldn’t be absolutely anything that should hold you back. I’m a freelance writer myself, and here are some tips that have helped me grow as I go

Realism Vs Naturalism

Always be true to social realism. You have to be creative but not romantic (the movement is deep asleep in the history of literature) and when it comes to selection, always stay in the vicinity of trends. In the era of hashtags, you cannot afford to paraphrase an essay.

Don’t be affected by the social events, just lie in their vicinity. Remember you don’t have to be rich to be popular, you just need to hang out with those who’re part of the “page 3 culture”.

Gigs for Growth

When you decide on your next assignment or client always ALWAYS try to make it as diverse as you can. It will help you grow not just your bank balance and connections but also your intellectual wealth/property. Having a niche is okay but what about expanding your horizons.

Gigs for Goals

You are in it for money — “take shortcuts, imitate, mug up everything that comes your way”.

You are in it for money — “learn, grow, aspire to be better than from when you started, be a conscious writer”.

The difference between the two statements is the difference between your short and long-term goals. The gig you get and the gigs you accept should align with the goals you’ve created. Be practical enough to realize that writing product descriptions for the rest of your life and becoming an expert is not a prestigious title rather actually acing the product description game while acquiring command over other forms.

You’re a mugwump and it will be a NO if you refuse to GROW.

Jack of all Trades

From writing a school project to a CEO’s speech, you should know how to make it happen. As a writer as much as I love writing blogs, I experiment with my form and content every once in a while. The magnitude of difference between what I can write and have actually written in various forms of content is gigantic!

Update Yourself Everyday

“Writers can’t be rich, Freelancers find it difficult to make their ends meet!”

Not anymore! Such prejudice has changed a long time back, and if you didn’t know, you are probably a dead fish floating in the pool.

Being updated and doing research is different; just be aware of the things so that you can dig up on them as and when required but don’t wait to start from scratch once the opportunity knocks on your door. An efficient writer should be well connected with social trends. Remember, pivot and glide and it‘ll never be difficult for you to survive.

Reach out to me at yasvi.official@gmail.com for personal writing tips and business queries!