Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Why I became a Freelance Writer


“This morning I was reading on the Absolutewrite.com forum and came across this question. Why did you become a freelance writer? Good Question and I posted my answer as follows. This isn't the reason I became a writer, but it is what gave me the kick in the ass I needed.
I became a freelance writer because…. 
A very good friend (no longer a friend) told me I could never make money by writing on the internet. So of course, me being me – I had to prove him wrong. He had tried to do the same thing – write online content and failed, so in turn he told me it just wasn’t possible. You needed a degree and an agent. HA! Boy did I prove him wrong. I simply winged it. I landed my first keyword assignment (very low paying) but the amount of money wasn’t really the point, it was making money by writing for someone on the internet. After that I decided to do my research and soon started actually making quite a bit of money writing keyword articles and blogs posts.
Once I showed him my articles online and a few magazines I had been published in, he no longer wanted to be friends with me. I guess he really wasn’t a true friend to begin with. I didn’t mean to come across as being a rude *****, but when someone tells me I can’t do something, well my competitiveness kicks in and well, the race is on. And well folks that is why I got my start as a freelance writer.”


5 comments:

Sarah Ahiers said...

go you! and if he had been a true friend, he would have known that telling you something was impossible would have looked like a challenge to you

Raine Chasing said...

Very true Falen. He was bitten by the green-eyed monster. I'm always up for a good challenge especially if its something that someone says I CANNOT DO! I just have to prove them wrong.

Janet Johnson said...

Good for you! I'm with you . . . take on the challenge.

And thanks for stopping by my blog. :)

Elana Johnson said...

There's nothing better than spite, right? LOL! But great story. :)

Jeff King said...

I am very similar, only I do it because I know I can... instead of making it a competition or I told you type of thing. But whatever you need to getter done.
Thx