How to Become a Freelance Writer
Patricia Stone shares the experience she has gained from a successful career in freelancing. She has a Degree in English Literature, a Graduate Diploma in Professional Communication and has published non-fiction books, children's books, feature articles and poetry. She will explain how to write for the different genres; creative writing, novels and novellas, script writing for radio, film and television, short stories, crime and horror, children's books, picture books and poetry.
The guide will tell you the essential things you need to know to get started, it will help you to analyse your feelings about writing and teach you what you need to do to consistently produce work of a high standard.
Patricia provides the resources, contacts and websites that you will need to do your job and tells you how to get hired and even how to get promoted. Freelance writing is a rewarding job and a lifelong process of learning that will increase your knowledge in every area.
Table of Contents
Welcome to the TopJobGuideŽ: How to Become a Freelance Writer
What's in this guide?
About the author
The freelance writing industry
The role of a freelance writer
What is freelance writing about?
What does a freelance writer do?
A typical day in the life of a freelance writer
As a classroom freelance writer
As a workplace freelance writer
What skills do you need to become a freelance writer?
Self-check: do i have what it takes?
An introduction to freelance writing
Professional writing
How to target a market
Criteria for manuscript assessing
Creative writing
Novels
Novellas
Short stories
Plays
Script writing. radio, film and television
Crime and horror writing
Writing for young people
Children's picture books
Poetry
Rejection slips
How to get started in a career as a freelance writer
What a freelance writer can earn
What a person needs to get into a career as a freelance writer
The main criteria
What qualifications you need to get
What you need to do to get hired
Getting promoted
Useful resources
Contacts and websites
Printed materials
Journals
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