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A good freelance writer must show passion -- a passion for words, sentences and writing in general. A freelance writer doesn't always write for money, it is about creating a piece of writing that bears your mark of pride. The best work combines knowledge and skill in writing with the wisdom and guile the writer has gained over the years, to come up with insightful and inspiring works. At Imagine This... Writing Studio, you can expect nothing less in our freelance writing. With years of experience in both writing and editing, Imagine This... Writing Studio provides high-quality freelance writing in several areas. Freelance writing is my passion, and I want to offer that passion to you.

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Imagine This... Writing Studio we don't just write, we create. The freelance writing of Darren Krause

June 14, 2007

Well, another birthday has come and passed. Thirty-three years of livin' and lovin' and trying to figure out why we are all here. I'm here to be a freelance writer - at least I think that's why I am here. At 32-years-old, my freelance writing really exploded, having my first published work in about 4 years and steadily increasing from there. In 2007, I am scheduled to appear 10 times in 4 different magazines. I have developed valuable working relationships with two magazines, and they are satisfied enough with the writing I produce to continue assigning freelance work to me. That's a big boost to your writing esteem, no doubt. It is nice to be in demand.

The next step in my freelance writing career is to expand the number of magazines I write regularly for, and also to continue fostering the growth in my personal writing; ie. novels, short stories and other works. While I immensely enjoy working with magazines (and I probably always will to a large degree), I aspire to be a novelist - well, actually I would settle for a book writer of any sort. I like non-fiction as much as fiction, especially if I can sink my teeth into the topic. I am working on a non-fiction book right now that will hopefull be ready in a couple of months. That's exciting!

As much as I owe a great deal of my intial success to writing e-books and hours of copywriting, I hope to bid adieu to that aspect of writing by the end of 2008. Yes, that's right... I am forecasting an end to that era of my freelance writing career. It just makes sense - if you look at it from a business perspective. Here's why: On average I make about $0.58 per word when I write for a magazine. That seems to be the average (some are more, some are less). That means a 1,000-word article pays me $580. I can do the research, the writing and the editing on an article in about 10 total hours (as long as travel is not required). So, that is $58 per hour. In comparison, if I write 1,000 words of an e-book or any sort of copywriting, the market will only bear about $12 per page and I can produce about 2 pages per hour - but that is cranking the pages out (including research). If the average page is about 300 words, then I am making $0.04 per word. You don't need to be a mathematician to figure out that freelance writing for $0.58 is much better than working for $0.04 per word.

That why I am attempting to phase out the e-books (over the next 18 months), unless something substantial happens and we start getting paid $25 per page for good writing. I think it is time; I need to continue growing in my freelance writing and the success I have experienced in the magazine market, and the favorable feedback I have received in that time suggests I could definitely make a go of it. In fact, I know I can freelance for magazines full-time and find enough work. It's out there for any freelance writer, you just need to know where it is and how to get it.

Anyway, that's it for now!

Note: Anyone looking to test his or her mettle over the Labor Day long weekend (Sept 1 to 3) should check out the Three-Day Novel Contest. It is a great test for a writer and one that truly gives you a boost to your freelance writing once the weekend is over. It can be gruelling; but in the end it just requires dedication and diligence to see the task to completion. I am going to take another shot at it this year, after penning a 102-page novel last year. It didn't win. :-)

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