10 Rules for Making More Than $7K a Month As a Freelance Writer
#5: Ask for the opportunities you’d like to receive
When it comes to making good money by doing what you love, some of the best advice I’ve ever read is that you’ve got to shift your mindset first.
There are many moving pieces to success that we can’t control, like good luck and timing. By focusing on those things we can control (like our mindset), we give ourselves the advantage we need to turn our writing into a better paying career.
Here are 10 rules that have guided me since I first decided to pursue writing and successfully aimed to earn at least $85K a year.
1. When You Write for Other People or Businesses, Don’t Write for Free
This rule runs contrary to a lot of advice I read from other writers. People have constantly told me not to worry about money and instead, just write for the love of it.
Do you know what? I believe in doing both. Hell, I’m a single mother and my time is precious. It is probably the most valuable and rare commodity of my life.
When I first began my blogging career, I decided to treat the time I spend writing like it is truly valuable. If time is money, it's no less true for a single working mom. Which means I don’t write for free, unless I am writing for me.
Over the past couple of years, I’ve seen other single mom writers flounder financially, and it's not as if they’re not writing enough. Many haven’t brought in the money they need because they keep writing content for free.
The writing industry is tough as it is. People are going to want to take your best work for nothing. Some will even accuse you of being selfish because you dare to believe your work deserves fair pay. Don’t buy into their guilt.
2. Be Selective About the Help You Give
Again, for many of us, time is the real luxury. Once you begin doing well as a writer, plenty of people will refuse to respect that. They will ask for one on one help. Some will fail to help themselves but take as much energy as they can from you.
