Take a Writing Break

Any freelance writer who has been in the business for a while knows how the ups and downs of the workload works. There are days and weeks when you feel as if you will never work again. Clients that have come to you regularly seem to have disappeared and the search for new ones is slow to prosper. This can and does happen quite often but it's important to remember that it doesn't last for long. All too soon you will be so flooded with work that you may have to turn down offers for work.

These ups and downs can get annoying but it's a good idea to take advantage of those lulls in between jobs. It can be over before you know it. If you work on other things like music, fiction or anything at all, use your free time to focus on that. It can be hard to make time for yourself so when you have some, unwilling or not, make good use of it.

Whatever you do, don't assume that a week without work means that you will never have freelance writing work again. It also doesn't mean that you shouldn't hit up job postings and apply for new projects. Devote an hour or two a day to job hunting and things like maintaining your website and myspace page. Promotion can be done regardless of workload. In fact, a low workload makes it easier to take care of those types of things that otherwise go overlooked.


~Trina M. Lee
www.TMLWritingServices.com