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Topic: raw beginner - older raw beginner
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| the big do over | Posted – 4/24/2008 7:04:20 PM | show profile | email poster Help, I am exactly what the title states. I once worked as a freelance copywriter for an agency that had some heavyweight clients. I got the job by submitting three spec ads. They thought I was clever and started putting me on a lot of assignments. They eventually offered me a permanent gig, but I turned them down, because I had a child to raise and they weren?t offering enough dineros to make the relocation work. The VP became pissed and stopped sending me assignments. I moved on to another field (bills must be paid and nothing about a child?s life is free). Well, my child is graduating in May and I want back in. I can still write and I think I?m still clever. But I am non-degreed and everyone seems to be getting work through his/her resume. Mine doesn?t read like a winner. Give it to me straight, has the boat passed me by? I If I get some ops writing articles freelance, could I make a decent living? Should I move to New York, Chicago, Boston or L.A.? Like I said, give it to me straight, I?m a big boy. |
| the big do over | Posted – 4/24/2008 7:10:28 PM | show profile | email poster oops I guess I shouldn't have pasted this message from a Word doc. Most of those question marks were apostrophes. Sorry. |
| Village Gal | Posted – 4/25/2008 11:33:18 AM | show profile Why would you move? You can freelance from anywhere and you don't need a degree to be a freelance writer but it is not realistic to expect freelancing to lead to a staff writing job. Some people can make a decent living freelancing; some can't. You have to be good at marketing- that is key. |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 4/25/2008 12:53:14 PM | show profile Practically speaking, few people make a great living writing freelance articles, and for those who do it takes a while to build up the business. If you decide to take the plunge into freelance writing, you probably shouldn't expect it to become a full-time for a year or two at the very least. If you want to write freelance articles, there isn't any reason to move. I've been freelancing for a long time and where I lived was never a factor in how much work I got. |
| snappiness | Posted – 4/26/2008 11:25:12 AM | show profile My editors love that I don't live in NY because my sources are outside the northeast. It sounds like you'll need to start like the rest of us did, disregarding your age. Get some clips and work your way up. Freelancing is all about the clips, not the resume. |
