Deciding what type of freelance writing you're going to do

There are so many options out there, for what you can do, so it can be hard to decide what you want. If you’re new to freelance writing, you really won’t know what you want because you have no experience with what you’re good at or interested in. here are some ideas for how to discover what you want:

• What are your hobbies? For example, if you’re good at soccer, you might want to do some sports writing. If you play an instrument, carve, swim, sew, or almost any other activity, you’ll find a client who wants that kind of content whom you can write for.
• Do you want to choose your own work or do the work that clients assign you? If you want to write for magazines or journals, you’ll be choosing your own article ideas and pitching those to editors. On the other hand, writing for a freelance agency or a website that helps freelancers find students, you’ll be writing whatever homework topic or articles that is needed.

Finding Freelance Work

Those are only two of the ways that can help you decide. There are too many to outline each in detail in this space, but as you work, you’ll figure out what you like doing. The key is to just start, and get some experience. Even if you end up building a portfolio of work that you didn’t enjoy, that can lead to other work in a format or situation that you do like doing.

All the successful freelancers out there started somewhere, and they made their way by acting and experiencing. Don’t let fear hold you back. If you wait until you know exactly what you want, then you’ll wish you started sooner. There’s never a time when you know exactly what’s going to happen, so start now and you can discover it while you work.

On the internet, there’s room for everyone. Just because there are many successful people doing freelance work already, doesn’t mean there’s no demand for your skills. There are things that no one does better than you in your own way. Clients appreciate that kind of authenticity and uniqueness. You might be surprised how successful you’ll be if you can put aside doubts and do what you want to do. If you’re really serious about freelance writing as a career or even for short term work, then you’ll find a way.