What does a Successful Freelance Writer look like in your Eyes?
What does it mean to you to be a successful freelance writer? I receive quite a few emails every day stating that I am successful because of my freelance writing income. While income is definitely one way to measure success, it is not the only thing that you should consider. In fact, a high freelance writing income is nice, but if you do not enjoy other parts of your career you are going to burn out sooner rather than later.
In my eyes, a successful freelance writer is one who enjoys their job while also earning enough money to support themselves; you cannot have one without the other. In other words you do not want to love your job but earn no money. Or earn tons of money but despise getting up in the morning because you know what the day will bring.
If you can reach both happiness and financial freedom within your freelance writing career, you will begin to see yourself as a success soon enough. This does not always happen in a hurry, but those who work hard and are dedicated to their craft will reach this goal in time. I always knew that I would be happy working as a freelance writer. For this reason, I simply needed to work out the income side of things. By my third month, I had reached $2,200 in earnings and from that point on I felt good about my career and the direction it was heading.
Do you have a different feeling on what makes for a successful freelance writer?Â
