Response to MANY of the posts on Freelance writing...

I think a large portion of the class is misunderstanding the idea of freelance writing. It is not necessarily a career but something that gives you the opportunity to write about the things that interest you or simply for some extra cash in your pocket. The only time freelance writing becomes a career is when you have established yourself as a freelance writer and publications are seeking your work.

You can take Chuck Klosterman or Haruki Murakami for example. They both have careers as writers but freelance in a variety of publications on the side because it is what they like to do. Murakami's latest book is memoir he felt like writing based on his experiences with long distance running, while Klosterman speaks of Pop Culture and a variety of amazing analogies he has drawn from observing the media and those he is surrounded by.



Klosterman is now featured in Esquire magazine each month and Murakami occasionally does travel pieces, which he hates, but it pays him well and usually offers him open ended tickets that allow him to roam freely after his assignment is completed.

Freelance writing is not as easy as many of you seem to think it is....just my opinion. You have to be able to handle rejection. There are so many people out there that think or most definitely are better writers than you or I may be. You just have to keep writing, practicing, writing, submitting, hoping, writing, writing, submitting, accepting, enjoying.