Now that I’ve admitted that I write brain snacks and calls to action, I should throw in something that sounds ambitious and noble, like “but what I really want to do is write essays and novels.” This is both true and much more complicated than that. There are a couple of pieces here that I have to break out and examine.
First, as I mentioned earlier, I post my freelance income to my Tumblr every week. Since we measure what matters, it should be clear that what I really want to do is earn money. Like most of us here on the ‘Fold (can I call it the ‘Fold?), if I don’t earn money, everything falls apart. Now that I’ve got the defensive posturing aside: well, sure. Of course I “really” want to write essays and columns and novels, but the truth is that I am already doing that. (This is the part where I would add “and I’ve been published in this place and that place,” but you can easily look that stuff up on your own.) I’m doing the work, making the pitches, and building the clips. It’s just that you can’t build a career on three published essays a month. It doesn’t pay the rent. http://thebillfold.com/2014/03/listicles-copy-content-and-essays-how-a-freelance-writer-makes-a-living/ _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
