I'm a freelance writer, and the owner/operator of SeattleFreelance.com. I started writing independently shortly after I graduated college and have not looked back since, with more than 3,000 articles, 25 books, and hundreds of assorted other projects in my portfolio. I have written on almost every subject imaginable and would probably produce a mean winning streak on Jeopardy if given the chance. When I'm not working, I'm musing on what it means to be a freelance writer. You can visit my blog at at TheChatfield.com

Arts & Humanities > Writing for Success Freelance writers: How to get organized

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If you are a writer like myself and have considered yourself one for long enough to be halfway confident in your ability to put coherent sentences together to form decently compelling prose, you are probably ridiculously disorganized. It comes with the territory. The imaginary guild of aspiring writers requires that all properly serious writers live in a disheveled mess with half finished work on every flat surface and only one clean spoon, sitting precariously atop a coffee maker.

It is this very trait that keeps so many writers from actually becoming freelance writers and making money ...

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