Become A Freelance Writer: Beginner To Intermediate Levels

How to Begin a Freelance Writing Career From Scratch - The Easy Way - From a Professional with 20 Years Experience

What you'll learn

Start your first year as a freelance writer

Submit your writing to paying markets all over the world

Live a life of fun, independence and fulfillment

Plan a new career outside of the nine to five

Write in all kinds of categories for profit

Requirements

No experience or special software is necessary. Just a computer, a pen and a notebook!

Description

This course will get you started on the road to becoming a freelance writer. It is aimed at the beginner and intermediary writer - especially if you've had little success so far. Market listings and exercises are included at every step to help you find your way in this demanding yet most rewarding of careers. No prior experience is necessary. The course may take up to ten to twenty hours to complete, is broken into 60 lectures over 19 entertaining and informative sections. By the end of this course you will be able to begin your freelance writing career immediately - and with confidence.

Overview

Section 1: Housekeeping

Lecture 1 Getting the Most Out of This Course

Section 2: Start Your New Writing Career Here

Lecture 2 Foreword - Welcome to Easy Cash Writing

Lecture 3 What You Need To Succeed

Lecture 4 EXERCISE: To Get You Started

Section 3: Easy Cash Writing Introduction

Lecture 5 Introduction - PART ONE

Lecture 6 Introduction - PART TWO

Lecture 7 EXERCISE: Five short written pieces

Section 4: Pitching Article Ideas to Magazines

Lecture 8 Pitching Articles to Magazines - PART ONE

Lecture 9 Pitching Articles to Magazines - PART TWO

Lecture 10 Pitching Articles to Magazines - PART THREE

Lecture 11 EXERCISE: One 'mock' pitch to a magazine

Section 5: Writing Short Fillers for Publication

Lecture 12 Writing Short Fillers

Lecture 13 EXERCISE: Practising Short Fillers

Section 6: Writing Slogans and Entering Slogan Competitions

Lecture 14 Slogans and Competitions - PART ONE

Lecture 15 A Little Pep Talk…

Lecture 16 Slogans and Competitions - PART TWO

Lecture 17 EXERCISE: Writing Slogans - just for fun

Section 7: The Greeting Card Market

Lecture 18 Greeting Cards

Lecture 19 Greeting Cards - Extra INFO

Lecture 20 EXERCISE: Greeting Card Verses

Section 8: Getting Professionally Minded

Lecture 21 Setting Up Your Writing Business - PART ONE

Lecture 22 Setting Up Your Writing Business - PART TWO

Lecture 23 Setting Up Your Writing Business - PART THREE

Lecture 24 EXERCISE: Create a Client List in a Flash

Section 9: Letters To The Editor

Lecture 25 Letters To The Editor - PART ONE

Lecture 26 Letters To The Editor - PART TWO

Lecture 27 Letters To The Editor - PART THREE

Lecture 28 EXERCISE: Letters to the Editor

Section 10: Writing Erotica For Profit

Lecture 29 Writing Erotica

Lecture 30 EXERCISE: Practising Erotica

Section 11: Writing For TV and Film

Lecture 31 Writing for TV and Film - PART ONE

Lecture 32 Writing for TV and Film - Comedy

Lecture 33 Writing for TV and Film - Television

Lecture 34 Writing for TV and Film - Movies

Lecture 35 EXERCISE: Movie pitches

Section 12: Poetry, Rap & Song Lyrics

Lecture 36 Poetry, Rap, and Song Lyrics - PART ONE

Lecture 37 Poetry, Rap, and Song Lyrics - PART TWO

Lecture 38 Poetry, Rap, and Song Lyrics - PART THREE

Lecture 39 Poetry, Rap, and Song Lyrics - PART FOUR

Lecture 40 EXERCISE: Verse

Section 13: Flash Fiction and Fan Fiction

Lecture 41 Flash Fiction

Lecture 42 EXERCISE: Flash Fiction

Section 14: Recipes and Cookery Books

Lecture 43 Cookery Books and Articles

Lecture 44 EXERCISE: Recipes

Section 15: Puzzles and Crosswords

Lecture 45 Puzzles and Crosswords

Section 16: Blogging for Fun, Promotion & Profit

Lecture 46 Blogging for Profit - PART ONE

Lecture 47 Blogging for Profit - PART TWO

Lecture 48 Blogging for Profit - PART THREE

Lecture 49 Blogging for Profit - PART FOUR

Lecture 50 EXERCISE: Creating Blog Content

Section 17: Using Google and Facebook Ads as a Writer

Lecture 51 Google and Facebook Ads - PART ONE

Lecture 52 Google and Facebook Ads - PART TWO

Lecture 53 Google and Facebook Ads - PART THREE

Lecture 54 Google and Facebook Ads - PART FOUR

Section 18: Submitting Magazine Articles for Payment

Lecture 55 Writing Magazine Articles - PART ONE

Lecture 56 Writing Magazine Articles - PART TWO

Lecture 57 Writing Magazine Articles - PART THREE

Lecture 58 EXERCISE: Magazine Articles

Section 19: Connect With Rob Parnell

Lecture 59 Rob's Writing Resources and more information about me

Students should have a basic grasp of English and be attracted to writing. No particular skill or qualifications are necessary, although enthusiasm and the ambition to become a freelance writer will be helpful.,The course may also be useful to freelance writers who have yet to experience much success - because this course will change that for you!,Fiction authors may also benefit if they are not sure where to start with nonfiction.,Writers who lack organizational skills and perhaps struggle with self-motivation will definitely learn much in this course.