Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Freelance Writing

The idea that you can get paid by sending items you wrote to different publications is really a good idea. You don't have to be an employee, you just send in something you wrote, and if they like it, they'll print it!! I didn't realize that most of the items that you read in magazines are actually written by freelance writers. I think that is actually a great idea for both writers and publications.

First of all, writers can write about many different topics and many different genres. Writing about the same thing all the time could get pretty boring, and by being able to write about anything that interests you at the time, a writer can have some variety in their work. A freelance writer also has many options for getting their work published. If they send their work to one publication and they don't like it, they can then send it to another publication that will publish it. This gives many opportunities for a writer to get published.

Publications also would benefit from using freelance writers. They don't have to keep writers on payroll, and they can pick and choose written pieces as they want. They may publish something from one writer one month, and not like the next article sent in. So they can then choose something from another writer. They can also get large varieties of work. When they can choose many different works from many different writers, they're publications cover a wide variety and are interesting to read. They can get work from different regions, different interests, and different topics.

Overall, the freelance writing market is a good system for everyone. If I was looking to go into writing, I would definitely consider doing freelance.

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