Comments on: Five Reasons Why Freelance Writing Is Not Blogging

By: TeamTutorials

TeamTutorials — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:19:05 +0000

They’re the same to me.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:44:17 +0000

Micheal,
You’re correct that querying magazines and websites is the focus of my blog, but my day job is copywriting for a start-up. Either way, there’s a revision process that you get to bypass when you’re blogging. Of course, that also gives bloggers a bad name because some of them are terrible, grammatically-challenged writers!
Susan

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:14:00 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Susan. Like I said above, freelance writers are at the mercy of their clients. You may come up with your own ideas, but they have to fit within the constructs of your customer’s needs.

I think that your business of freelance writing is a little different than mine, because I approach customers with the pitch that I can fulfill their needs, be it website content, news reporting, or whatever. From what I can gather, it seems that you’re more the type that approaches magazines and newspapers with a story idea of your own, hoping that one of them will pick up and run with it. Pros and cons to each path.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:33:55 +0000

Michael, so many people blur the lines between these two, so it’s important to draw that distinction. I am a freelance writer who probably spends way more time blogging than she should (it’s great fun, but the money’s not so great).

However, another advantage that blogging has over traditional writing is the instant gratification factor. If I have something to say, I can express myself in a matter of minutes, rather than having to write a query letter, wait for the editor to respond, negotiate the fee, wait for the editor to give corrections, etc., etc. Because of that, blogging is a good outlet for frustrated writers!

By: Kumiko

Kumiko — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:35:28 +0000

It’s a real trade off. Freelance gets you a lot of money but you’re restricted in what you write and if you don’t write - you don’t eat. With blogging the money is…well…negligible for most but the bonus is you get to write whatever you like whenever you like.

Making it big in blogging is really the best of both worlds.

Kumiko

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