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As a freelance writer, you have to spend a fair amount of time looking for new projects to work on. You could end up browsing job boards, sending out cold emails, or attending network events in your area.

One of greatest things about Journo Portfolio is how easy it is to create a unique writing portfolio. After you choose a theme, you get to customize other details such as font styles. Changing your font is simple and helps ...

It’s a painful truth for all writers to face, but writing your first draft is only half the battle. If you want your work to really shine, you have to confidently edit your work from murky first draft to polished ...

If you're ready to create an online writing portfolio or need to give your existing portfolio a makeover, we've found some fantastic portfolios for you to take inspiration from. There are many different ways to lay out your portfolio and ...

Have you dreamed about being a writer since you were a kid? Maybe you’re currently in school for journalism or creative writing. In order to have a successful career as a journalist, author, or any other kind of writer, you’ve ...

How many of your articles get posted online, and online only? Writers often write articles for online news sites, publications, and blogs, and that means these organizations have control over how long your article stays posted.

Working for yourself is steadily on the rise and one of the best things about freelance writing is the flexibility - you can do as little or as much writing work as you would like. If you’re thinking about taking ...

When you have a finished piece of writing, the best thing you can do is show it off and share it with the world. It’s important to have a platform where potential clients and raving fans can read what you ...

At first, writing and working at home feels like a dream… wearing comfortable clothes, no morning commute, and choosing your own hours. But after having no company other than yourself for a while, that dream can turn into a lonely ...

We’re commonly told that ideas are everywhere, but it doesn’t always feel that way. Whether working a fiction or non-fiction project, every writer goes through periods where they can’t come up with anything new and exciting to write about. That’s ...

Whether you’re a full-time writer, a side-hustler, or a student, you write all the time. You’ve got a full writing schedule and big dreams of being prolific, pumping out thousands of words every day. While the perfect writing environment isn’t ...

Before getting to the biggest freelance question of all (‘How much should I charge?’), you have to decide how you would like to charge your clients. There are four common ways of pricing your work: per word, per hour, per ...