Day 4 of my goal to write every day, document my freelance writing journey, and share the knowledge with others who want to become freelance writers. I provide writing tips, tactics, and strategies to help you earn well. I share everything I’ve learned to date, together with hacks and tricks that have helped me.
It took me two months, but I did it. I achieved my goal! As a total beginner freelance writer. I’d earned my first $1000 in two months. And the best thing about it? I hadn’t slaved away for content mills. I hadn’t written a thousand word articles for $5. I wasn’t paid peanuts! Instead, I’d written a total of 12 articles, nine at $50 each, one at $100, one at $200, and another for $300.
Yes, you heard right, there was one article I landed for $300! As a South African, at that exchange rate it works out to R4200 per article (at the time of writing).
As someone who was writing articles for a content mill at $15 per article before that, this was remarkable. Not only had I achieved the goal, but I’d created a freelance writing business. And at the time of writing this, two of the clients who helped me achieve this goal are still regular clients.”
That’s the introduction paragraph to an ebook I started compiling months ago. The idea was to share my success with others by writing an ebook. So, I wrote about 7000 words, and then stopped writing altogether. Why? Well, It was due to a combination of factors:
- I didn’t set a deadline. With no cut off date, procrastination was easy.
- I also had more time to think about how I wanted to release this information. Was an ebook the way to go? What about creating a blog post series? What about pitching the article idea for an online publication?
With the last point in mind, I pitched an idea for an article to SitePoint. They rejected it because freelance writing articles don’t seem to gain much traction. Fair enough. Maybe that was a blessing in disguise.
As I sit here writing this, I accept that I can release this information in all three ways (ebook, blog post series, and another publication).
Currently, the latter way is in the process of happening. Rype, a language learning platform accepted a three part article series titled, “A Proven Strategy to Become a Freelance Writer and Work From Anywhere”. I’m not sure when those posts go live. But I’ll let you know when they do.
Similarly, as highlighted in a previous post, I’ll be sharing this information on the “Daily Writing Tips” blog. The idea is to share this in bite-size information. Because I already have a backlog of content to draw from I’ll rewrite, edit, and polish before publishing.
Lastly, for those who want this information all in one place, I’ll create an ebook. Completion date? Yet to be determined.
You see, sometimes you can have your cake and eat it too.
If you enjoy writing and are serious about improving your writing skills, becoming a freelance writer, and want to earn more, I can help!
Feel free to email me at nick@nickdarlington.com.
P.S. No, I’m not selling you anything. I’m not going to ask you to buy my book or even sign up for my course (I don’t have one) or weekly newsletter, I’m simply offering you help.
But remember while I can offer you assistance and support, you have to put in the work. No action = No results.
Cheers
Nick D