Comments on: Friday Frank Talk: Your “Freelance” to “Business” Attitude Shift

By: Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:57:05 +0000

In reply to Paula Hendrickson. So true, Paula. There are so many other tasks involved with running a freelance business.

By: lwidmer

lwidmer — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:09:49 +0000

In reply to Paula Hendrickson. Excellent, excellent comment, Paula. These past two weeks being the exception, I spend half my time on these very things. The rest might be writing. Or cleaning my desk. Or social media.

By: Paula Hendrickson

Paula Hendrickson — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:58:49 +0000

When speaking with new freelance writers, I like to point out that most freelance writers probably spend less than half of their billable hours on writing.

Identifying potential clients, marketing, research, interviews, transcribing (or cleaning up automated transcripts), copy editing, invoicing, chasing payments, networking, ordering supplies, and a hundred other little things take up at least half of your time. Phone calls and meetings are huge time sucks.

Not sure about the rest of you, but I relish it when I get to sit down and to the actual writing!