Comments on: Luck and the Freelance Writer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2018/07/luck-and-the-freelance-writer.html a freelance writing resource. Tue, 17 Jul 2018 20:04:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paula Hendrickson https://wordsonpageblog.com/2018/07/luck-and-the-freelance-writer.html#comment-17712 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 20:04:15 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=6838#comment-17712 In reply to lwidmer.

That’s why editorial calendars can be a boon to some writers. Ed cals give you the heads up on what they’re covering and when they’re covering it.

]]> By: lwidmer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2018/07/luck-and-the-freelance-writer.html#comment-17711 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:45:49 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=6838#comment-17711 In reply to Devon Ellington.

AMEN. Yes. It’s about follow-through. Luck gets you only so far. Work gets you over the finish line.

]]> By: lwidmer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2018/07/luck-and-the-freelance-writer.html#comment-17710 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:45:07 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=6838#comment-17710 In reply to Paula Hendrickson.

That she said she could have used you means her need will be there again, I suspect.

It is more or less timing. Luck? Maybe in the timing, but if you do your homework, you can sometimes know when they’ll have a need. Not always, but on occasion.

]]> By: Devon Ellington https://wordsonpageblog.com/2018/07/luck-and-the-freelance-writer.html#comment-17708 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:25:43 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=6838#comment-17708 Luck is coming across a job listing on a site you might not have usually visited. Luck is created when you make yourself go to yet one more networking event and meet the person who either refers you to or becomes your next client — and then you follow through. Luck is wearing a color that a potential color loves and initiates a conversation that leads to a meeting (work) that leads to the job (more work).

Luck can highlight an opportunity, but work turns it into one.

]]> By: Paula Hendrickson https://wordsonpageblog.com/2018/07/luck-and-the-freelance-writer.html#comment-17706 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:57:49 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=6838#comment-17706 I’ve always looked at these things more as a matter of good timing than good luck. You can be the perfect writer with the perfect pitch, but if the potential client just hired someone else or just assigned a similar story, it was poor timing, not bad luck. Not long ago I contacted a editor I work with three or four times a year to let her know I was available for other projects, too, and her reply was, “I could have used you a month ago!” But she said she’ll keep me in mind in the future.

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