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5 Creative Writing Portfolio Examples To Get You Started

As a creative writer, you’re versatile. You’re skilled at weaving narratives that are compelling and inventive. When you’re in the zone, it feels like the words just flow from your fingers and onto the page… well, except when writing your own portfolio. Sound familiar? You’re not alone – sometimes, the hardest writing to do is the kind promoting yourself and your own skills. Yet, it’s an essential task if you want to make a living as a creative writer. To help clear up the writer’s block that can happen when creating your portfolio, take a look at these five creative writing portfolio examples.

Finding Freelance Writing Jobs in 5 Easy Steps

Freelance Writing / By Clippings.me Team

Though starting a freelance writing career or side hustle can be daunting, once you understand the process it’s actually pretty straightforward. And it’s just that: a process. Setting up a system and working through it consistently is the key to securing a steady stream of freelance writing work.

How to Build a Personal Website (And Your Writing Career)

Freelance Writing / By Clippings.me Team

What’s the first thing you do when you meet someone new and interesting? If you’re like us, you go home and Google them to learn more. The freelance writing world is no different; your online reputation helps readers learn more about you and assists prospective clients in deciding whether to hire you. Thus, if you …

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The 6 Best Freelance Writing Job Boards (without the B.S.)

Freelance Writing / By Clippings.me Team

Becoming a freelance writer takes hustle, organization and perseverance. You’ll need to build a portfolio, seek out gigs and manage your workload to keep a steady flow of income. Rarely do all the pieces fall into place all at once. For most freelance writers, building up to a full-time income is a process that takes …

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7 Little-Known Types of Lucrative Article Writing Jobs

Freelance Writing / By Carol Tice

Articles inform and tell stories – and our need for information and hunger for stories, are both still going strong. What’s changed is where the good money is in writing articles for clients. So, where can you still earn well in article writing? Here are seven great opportunities beyond the consumer magazines on your local newsstand…

19 Jobs for Writers & Exactly What You Need to Get Them

Freelance Writing / By Clippings.me Team

There are about 131,000 people employed as writers or authors in the United States. That’s a lot of people making a living writing – we’ve put together this list of 19 great jobs for writers and some guidance on what you need to get them.

8 Creative Writing Jobs You May Not Have Heard Of

Creative Writing / By Clippings.me Team

You’ve heard of the typical creative writing jobs: novelist, feature writer or copywriter, for example. But professionals in these roles account for only a small percentage of the population that makes a living writing. So what other jobs are there for creative writers? Here, we’ll share 8 creative writing jobs you may never have heard …

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Here’s How To Make Money Writing & Publishing Erotica In 2019

Freelance Writing / By Clippings.me Team

Our blog is all about helping writers hone their craft and earn a living doing what they love. We’d be remiss, then, not to cover a genre that provides a lucrative income for a growing number of writers: erotica. Erotica had a splashy moment in the spotlight in recent years with the massive success of …

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Digital Nomad Journalist Yolanda Evans... On a beach

How to Live Abroad as a Digital Nomad Journalist, According to Yolanda Evans

Freelance Writing, Travel Writing / By Vivian Song

Evans is the archetypal digital nomad, living out the dream of many travel journalists and writers. Except that while others may hem and haw about buying a plane ticket because of responsibilities like family, mortgages or because they’re risk-averse, Evans is single and adventurous and doesn’t think twice about taking the leap. Here’s how the American freelance writer, now based out of Berlin, has managed to live abroad for years at a time—without relying on a trust fund or a spouse with a steady income.