Posted in Communication, Freelance journalism, tagged achievement, endorse, expertise, freelance journalism, make a difference, payment on September 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Freelance journalism is a hard way to make a living. Newspaper and magazine publishers are cutting writers’ rates by the minute – some to as little as 9p a word in the UK. Many even encourage writers to write for nothing – for the glory of being in print ie for nothing. So why bother?
At a workshop I ran yesterday for writers exploring the possibilities of freelance journalism, we considered this question in some depth.
Posted in Writers, Writing, tagged achievement, benefits, goal-setting, meaningfulness, Writers, Writing on September 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
As the nation gears up to its Christmas sofa-buying frenzy, I thought I and my writing groups – and others – could benefit from a spot of goal setting.
Writing makes our lives meaningful so – in addition to any religious significance Christmas may have – a writing goal set and achieved could be an appropriate anti-dote to the push towards bankruptcy.
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Do you want to know how you tick? Do you want to know how other people tick? Do you love telling stories? Writing can help you. Find out how.
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