Get Started Freelance Writing Online

The sad part about trying to help give a lot of advice to people who want to be freelance writers is that the same thing seems to trip up the majority of would be writers again and again.  It’s not finding work, and it’s not perfecting style.  Education really doesn’t matter – if you can write clear sentences that are easy to understand, then you can make at least a part time income freelance writing, if not a full time income doing so.  No, the number one stumbling block for the majority of people who want to get started freelance writing is that they don’t know how to start writing online, so they don’t.

That’s it.  I’m going to steal a quote from Henry David Thoreau here: “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”  This, to me, helps explain the situation.  Many people are so scared of screwing up, or of the general uncertainty of doing something new like writing online, that they keep searching for more and more information, but then never do any writing.  The sad part is, it’s not hard to correct course on the way while writing on the Internet, and more important than anything else is that people who want to learn how to write online have to get started by simply writing.

Yes, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is important.  Yes, you will want to write for more than one online site.  Yes, you need to learn about backlinks and writing articles that have Google advertising to maximize profits, but above all else you simply must get started.  Writers write.  Failure isn’t something to be feared – it’s the absolute best teacher out there and you can always learn, adjust, and react accordingly.  If you have dreamed of making a living as a freelance writer online, then above all other advice, you need to get started by writing today and build your online portfolio.