Comments on: How to Be a Freelance Writing Failure (and how to change) https://wordsonpageblog.com/2019/10/how-to-be-a-freelance-writing-failure-and-how-to-change.html a freelance writing resource. Wed, 30 Oct 2019 19:09:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paula Hendrickson https://wordsonpageblog.com/2019/10/how-to-be-a-freelance-writing-failure-and-how-to-change.html#comment-18334 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 19:09:38 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=7447#comment-18334 I saw a freelancer virtually implode by arrogantly doing a “reply all” message challenging every tiny change the editors made in her copy. I don’t know if she felt superior to all of us and the editors, whether she was trying to position herself as the smartest one of in thread, or if she was merely a prima donna who felt her words were golden. Whatever her reasons were, her byline is no longer in the publication. No one wants to work with someone that difficult and obnoxious.

]]> By: Paula Hendrickson https://wordsonpageblog.com/2019/10/how-to-be-a-freelance-writing-failure-and-how-to-change.html#comment-18333 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 19:05:08 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=7447#comment-18333 In reply to lwidmer.

Ah…luck. It is a fickle thing. Sure, some people have luckier timing than others, but most of us who don’t have nepotism on our sides will never have good luck in freelancing if we’re not working out tails off to be ready for the “luck” to happen.

]]> By: lwidmer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2019/10/how-to-be-a-freelance-writing-failure-and-how-to-change.html#comment-18332 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:24:22 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=7447#comment-18332 In reply to Jenn Mattern.

Look who’s talking, Jenn. 🙂

I think the writer in question may be one of those who coasted on a few lucky breaks, but is either too tired or uninterested in figuring it out. That’s fine, too. Just don’t be an insulting ass about it.

]]> By: lwidmer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2019/10/how-to-be-a-freelance-writing-failure-and-how-to-change.html#comment-18331 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:22:55 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=7447#comment-18331 In reply to Sharon Hurley Hall.

Precisely, Sharon. If the bills are due, you kick pride to the curb and get the damn job done.

It’s so true that our time and flexibility are ours to dictate. That’s why it unnerves me still to see those job listings that require writers to be available certain hours, yet won’t pay for those hours. That’s not freelance anymore — that’s employer/employee.

]]> By: Sharon Hurley Hall https://wordsonpageblog.com/2019/10/how-to-be-a-freelance-writing-failure-and-how-to-change.html#comment-18330 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:00:17 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=7447#comment-18330 Yes, yes, yes! Anytime there’s the “tried it, didn’t work” pushback, that’s my signal to stop talking.

Many new and would be writers don’t realize how much time and flexibility is needed to craft your writing career the way you want it. And even then, you sometimes have to take bill-paying work, even if it’s not in your ideal niche.

]]> By: Jenn Mattern https://wordsonpageblog.com/2019/10/how-to-be-a-freelance-writing-failure-and-how-to-change.html#comment-18329 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:41:03 +0000 http://wordsonpageblog.com/?p=7447#comment-18329 Great points here Lori. Sometimes it’s tough to watch, but you can’t help everyone. Not everyone is cut out for freelancing. That’s OK. And if it takes learning the hard way for some to either move on or get their act together, so be it. You’ve certainly gone above and beyond.

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