How to Make Your First $1,000 as a Freelance Writer
Plus Medium's $10k giveaway and 20 places to find well paying writing jobs
Newsletter #052
Welcome to another edition of The Write Stuff—your weekly round-up of useful resources we’ve found online, specifically for content writers.
This week you’ll learn how to craft a “work with me” page that makes clients want to hire you, how to stand out from the massive crowd of writers out there, and how to deal with imposter syndrome.
Medium’s Giving Away $10,000 for Articles on These Topics
Medium’s curated 4 writing prompts that can win you $10,000 each: reentry, death, judge, and space. For each prompt, they’re asking Medium writers (you don’t have to be part of the Partner Program) to send in personal essays by August 24th. Writers have the chance to win $10,000 for writing the winning essay in each prompt, $50,000 as the grand prize winner, or $100 as an honorable mention.
20 Online Gold Mines for Finding Well Paid Freelance Writing Jobs
Updated in May of 2021, this is an up to speed list of places you can find writing jobs online. While we highly suggest learning how to cold pitch so you can pick and choose the companies you work with, this list is great for writers who want to throw their hat in the ring and see if they can find some cool opportunities.
Here’s 20 places to find freelance writing jobs.
How to Make Your First $1,000 as a Freelance Writer
It’s not as hard as you’ve made it out to be to make your first $1,000 as a content writer. Here’s a step-by-step guide to hitting your first 4-figures from online writing, written by Eva Gutierrez (I’m one of the writers of this newsletter!). Filled with highlights from happy readers, this article will help you make your first $1k from writing.
Make your first $1,000 as a freelance writer.
How Aspiring Writers Turn into Paid Freelance Writers
Figuring out who to learn from in the online writing space is overwhelming. You’re reading conflicting advice, you’re not always sure if that person is credible, and it takes hours to piece together all you’ve learned into an actionable plan.
The Beginner's Course to Content Writing teaches you what content writing is all the way to creating a sustainable business.
Inside are detailed workshops from Kirstie Taylor (published author with 5+ million views on her dating and relationship articles) and Eva Gutierrez (a 6-figure online writer writing for 3-5 clients per month):
Introduction to Writing
How to Work With Clients
How to Create a Personal Brand as a Writer
Creating a Sustainable Business