Freelance Writing Jobs

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Ever since I started writing at Plagiarism Today and especially since I started this column, I’ve been hearing a lot from freelance writers who have been scammed or otherwise victimized by unscrupulous clients. So, how do you avoid being taken advantage of as a freelance writer? The Modified Terms 5.

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The Idea Logical Company

AUGUST 2, 2023

The case has been made here repeatedly over years that the business and operating model of book publishing as it has been throughout my 50+-year career is irretrievably broken. And the publishers no longer have any moat around the retailing marketplace protecting them. Every multi-book writer trying to sell her next book knows this.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As writers, we often long for the perfect guide to where we should submit our writing. The publishing landscape is complicated! Especially when we are first starting out, we need someone to distill that publishing landscape for us. We want a resource that is dependable, consistent, and navigable.

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Elna Cain

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

When I started using LinkedIn as a freelance writer, I thought of it as a resume platform. If I switched up my LinkedIn profile to align with my new career as a freelance writer, I would be getting leads on tap. With the demand for freelance work, you need a place to market your skills and experience as a freelance writer.

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Elna Cain

MARCH 27, 2024

Want to know EXACTLY what you need to gain a writing job from the people that ACTUALLY hire writers? If you’re a new freelance writer and struggling to find clients, find writing gigs, and impress clients so that they give you glowing testimonials, then learn these tips.

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Nick Ursborne

APRIL 21, 2023

I’ve been using GPT as a brainstorming buddy, a research assistant, a first draft copy and content writer, a social media writer… and more. This time I asked GPT-4 to write me a 40-page Kindle book I could publish on Amazon. The book was published on Sunday evening. Honestly, it’s incredibly good.

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Nick Ursborne

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Freelance and in-house writers are relying too heavily on AI tools like ChatGPT to write their sales copy, content, and social media updates. When you use the same tool as every other writer, you begin to churn out writing that feels generic, flat… and the same as everything else out there. The result? That’s insane!

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Nick Ursborne

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Back in 1995 I published my first website. There is a particular challenge here for writers and copywriters. Is it as good as the writing of a skilled and experienced human writer? Next steps for digital copy and content writers. That includes us, as copy and content writers. No, it isn’t. James Street, London?

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Freelance Writing Jobs

APRIL 13, 2025

As a freelance writer, how comfortable are you with editing your own work? Even if your client has editors who will review your work prior to it being published in whatever medium it will be used, you want to be sure that you are sending in something that shows your best work.

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Jane Friedman

MAY 17, 2023

As a writer and a developmental editor, I experience the same highs and lows as the writers I work with. Likewise, publishing independently sounds like a confusing marathon without any guarantee of actual sales. I decided to publish the book independently so that Gidon’s dream would come true while he could enjoy it.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 28, 2024

Over the last several years, I’ve spent oodles of time submitting short stories, essays, poetry, and novels to literary magazines, contests, and publishers. We’re talking scores of hours devoted to searching, formatting, and submitting my stuff directly to the publishing gods (I’m excluding agents). Not necessarily.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 24, 2025

However, as writers, we carry a significant responsibility: to represent diverse voices authentically rather than falling into the trap of stereotype or caricature. As writers, our words shape perceptions. When developing memorable characters, few elements bring them to life as vividly as the way they speak.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Today’s post is by Elizabeth Held, who publishes the newsletter What To Read If on Substack. When I mentioned to Christine Larson, author of Love in the Time of Self-Publishing , that more than a dozen romance writers had donated to an auction to help my neighborhood bookstore make repairs from flood damage, she immediately lit up.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 10, 2024

Book publishing is a New York–centric business, to a fault. All of the major US publishers are based there, as are many literary agents. When I visited Chicago this past June, I had the opportunity to meet Doug Seibold, the founder of Agate Publishing , established in 2002. Sometimes certain kinds of books are up. Yes and no.

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ContentWriters

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Learning how to become the best content writer requires more than a computer and strong writing skills. With an average of more than 6 million posts published daily , the demand for exceptional content writers is high. Content writers create materials that inform, educate, or entertain specific audiences.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 31, 2023

Photo by karina zhukovskaya Note from Jane: In the earliest days of my career, I served as managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine, and one of the nicest parts of my job was calling up winners of our writing contests, including the National Self-Published Book Awards. Fast forward to 2023.

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Melanie Saxton

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Many authors and writers soon realize that content creation requires more than what a bot can produce. The goal should be to publish a book that resonates naturally with human readers. I help authors add realism and emotional depth to manuscripts so they can publish books that are more human-centric.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 17, 2024

AI-generated image using prompt “book publishing executives receiving lots of money from a technology company.” This week, the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) announced the ability for publishers and other rights holders to include AI training rights as part of licensing arrangements. How do writers protect themselves?

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Elna Cain

JUNE 3, 2023

So, how do I deal with demanding clients since they would look good on my writer portfolio and could lead to more high-paying jobs ? Let’s dive into my freelance writer story about this particular client and then specific scenarios on how to deal with these toxic clients. This is what content writer Dana does : 4.

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Jane Friedman

JUNE 9, 2023

Today’s guest post is by author and publishing consultant K.B. What do you do when a teen in your life is a diehard writer? First off, congrats to any adult reading this who wants to support a young writer whether they are related or not. So: watch what you tell your young writer. Above all, believe in your writer.

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Elna Cain

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

I discovered that the true answer to how much new freelance writers make remains low – $10/hour. Writers are struggling financially, and I think I know why. But, as a freelance writer, you can wow clients with WHAT you link to in your articles. And by wowing clients, you become their go-to writer. This is shocking!

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash Todays post is by writer and editor Lisa Cooper Ellison. Committing to it often gives writers the distance required to see the story readers need rather than simply focusing on what they wish to tell. Join us on March 5 for her online class, Memoir Backstory.

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ContentWriters

JANUARY 30, 2025

Because people are rightfully skeptical about misleading information online, its up to you as a writer to gain the trust of your audience by using authoritative, reputable sources to back up your ideas. Here are a few tips: Research the author: See if the writer has expertise on the topic. To market a product? To inform the public?

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Publishers’ budgets are stretched, indie and traditional models appear to be colliding, AI is disrupting norms, and agents are overwhelmed with submissions. I offer three suggestions to assist new writers: Embrace It , Try It , and Maximize It. First, take a deep breath, and accept that you are a writer. Embrace it.

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Arrant Pedantry

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

”) Inside, you’ll find new guidance on inclusive language, electronic publishing, self-publishing, editing fiction, AI, new media, and more. He has served as principal reviser of the last three editions of the Manual , including the newly published 18th. His responses are below.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Of course such skills are terrific assets, but if I could wave a magic wand, I’d grant all writers the skill of negotiation. By and large, writers don’t even consider trying to negotiate; they just accept the terms/contract/pay that is initially offered. If you don’t ask, you don’t get. You may be tempted to quickly accept and sign.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

It requires writers to become storytellers and deploy narrative skills to craft a tale that incorporates their analytical perspective. If you’re a writer seeking a potent way to impart information, here are a few tips: Illustrate specific facts with stories or anecdotes. This is where the human-interest approach can help.

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Backlinko

APRIL 7, 2025

We aim for every article we publish to meet or exceed Google’s helpful content standards. Use it before hitting publish to ensure your content meets Google’s quality standards. Hire Writers with Topical Experience When it comes to helpful content, experience matters. These writers have impressive qualifications.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 16, 2025

Photo by Pavel Danilyuk Todays post is excerpted from From Pitch to Print: The Nonfiction Writers 10-Step Plan to Getting Published by Dr. Jennifer Dorsey. Bookshop Amazon Many authors I work with are often surprised to find that marketing for their book actually begins well in advance of finding a publishing path.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

In the intro, How authors can price their books for profit [ Self-Publishing with ALLi ]; How to recover from author burnout [ Self-Publishing Advice ]; my Brooke and Daniel crime series in KU ; Day of the Vikings ; Outback Days and City Nights in the Lucky Country – Books and Travel ; replanning with Calendarpedia. Marissa: Hi.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 17, 2024

This week, my sophomore novel Valley Verified came out into the world—exactly one year after my debut novel The Fraud Squad was published. Back then, I was blissfully ignorant of the intricacies of the publishing industry. Photo by Ryan Graybill on Unsplash Today’s post is by novelist Kyla Zhao.

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

As a long-time workshop leader, I’m in awe of how some writers are masters at putting themselves on a path of creative self-destruction. As a writer myself, I watch them and think, Wow. After revisiting that book, it occurred to me that highly effective people and highly ineffective writers have a lot in common.

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Elna Cain

JANUARY 12, 2023

Are you trying to figure out how to become a content writer? Content writers are basically freelance writers that create written content for various industries. While most content writers write for businesses to boost their online presence, other sectors, such as the medical and legal industries , will also hire content writers.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 27, 2024

Photo by Andrea Jaeckel-Dobschat on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer Jason Brick. The model we’ve come to call crowdfunding has always existed in the form of pre-sales or (in publishing) pre-orders. It can produce enough profit to rival advances from some publishing houses. More on that in a bit. What’s new in crowdfunding?

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Elna Cain

OCTOBER 7, 2022

And when you think of all the freelance writer responsibilities you need to know, you suddenly have analysis paralysis and don’t know where to begin. Freelance Writer Responsibilities from Job Descriptions. Have you ever read a job description for a freelance writer gig and went, “Uh, no! That’s okay!

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Make a Living Writing

DECEMBER 2, 2024

There are hundreds of different writing niches , but writers often find that their work really shines when they can write about subjects they’re passionate about. For Christian writers , writing about faith-related topics can be deeply gratifying. How much do Christian writers get paid? They also publish poetry.

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Elna Cain

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

.” I know how confusing everything can be when you’re a beginner freelance writer, so I’m here to make things easier for you! On-spec writing is a type of writing you can do to attract more clients and make more money – which is great for new freelance writers! What is On-Spec Writing?

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