The Complete Freelance Writing Course

What you'll learn

identify opportunities for paid writing work in all sorts of unexpected places
pitch effectively to these outlets
determine your strengths and market opportunities on different platforms
coach yourself in any form of writing
write for podcasts
write for for video
write blog posts, web copy, white papers, ebooks and for B2B outlets
write speeches and presentations
write to influence
write apps
apply principles of clarity, fluency and flow to your writing
market your writing practice using creativity rather than online shouting
critique the work of successful writers you admire, analyze their technique and use it yourself
negotiate fair fees for your work
employ formats to help you work faster and smarter
use technology to help you work faster and smarter
review your skills level and plan further personal development
compete effectively in writing marketplaces using your portfolio

Requirements

Before starting this course, you should be able to write with moderate fluency on a computer. You should want to earn money for your writing, either alongside your existing career, as an additional skill in your freelance portfolio, or to set yourselves up in a fee-earning writing practice.

Description

This freelance writing course covers everything you need to know to set yourself up as a professional freelance writer. You'll investigate good writing, versatile writing and profitable writing and create a multimedia writing portfolio to show clients. You'll get 1-2-1 feedback on your writing, with monthly updates to help keep your scribbling on track.

Master multimedia writing skills to stand out as a freelance professional writer

You'll learn to:

Research wide and hidden writing opportunities

Judge realistically how profitable writing is likely to be for you

Analyse role models, to improve writing technique

Demonstrate and develop writing skills in a variety of media

Create a portfolio to showcase your work, which reaches the right targets

Relationship build and network to position yourself for collaborative opportunities

Produce work quickly, build on feedback and grow a sustainable practice

Packed with practical exercises which you are welcome to submit for feedback, you'll get formats, filters and technology tips to help you write prolifically and fast.

Whether you:

Love writing and would like to turn it into a career

Are unsure what sort of writing to pursue

Freelance in another discipline and want to write as a bolt-on

this course will help.

Created by a writer of 30 years experience and with a background in psychology, this most comprehensive course will help you succeed as a freelance writer in today's digital global marketplace, and make the most of its tremendous new opportunities.

Who this course is for:

If you love writing, and would like to make a freelance career out of it, then this course will show you how, both in terms of your skill development and the set-up and running of your writing business. You may not yet have a definitive ideas of the type of writing you would like to specialize in, and how to structure a professional writing career. You may not be fully aware of the wide range of opportunities available to writers. You may already be freelance in another discipline and want to write as bolt-on, or hope to become freelance.