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How to Become a Freelance Writer

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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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