I make about $200 a week at my job (sometimes less) and have been thinking about getting into freelance writing. Especially in lieu of starting up a second job soon, which I plain don't want to do.
My passion is writing. It's what I plan to do with my life, one way or another. But it's not like I'm a super crazy awesome writer; I'm just a good writer. Also, I have no specialties.
I play video games, read books, and write sci-fi/fantasy. I'm a lifeguard, and for a brief time I was an EMT. Also, I worked with a friend at his hot dog cart. That one produced some great stories, but no real skills.
I have experience with long relationships, bad breakups, depression, raising pets, etc. Pretty much anything most everyone else has already done, but not with any special skill.
I'm twenty-five, but that's not to say that I have a degree or even a lot of college experience (unless you count living in a college town enjoying its bar and party scene for six years). So I don't have an English degree or anything of the sort, and I only recently qualified to be a college sophomore. That's a long story I won't get into.
So without a degree, I can't prove myself unless I have writings to share with someone. I do run a blog (kinda) and I write for a video game fansite, so I could use those as references, but I'd rather have other things to show. Like articles. Or a degree.
I recently signed up on eLance, and it seems fine to start freelancing on, but I'm overwhelmed with how many people want proven experience. I guess I need to start from smaller projects and work my way up, but I don't even know what that would entail.
I guess my dilemma is that I feel like I have the skills to write, but I lack the experience to speak on specific subjects and the paperwork to prove my abilities. Has anyone else had this issue? And if so, how did you figure it out and move on to bigger things?
Thanks much.
My passion is writing. It's what I plan to do with my life, one way or another. But it's not like I'm a super crazy awesome writer; I'm just a good writer. Also, I have no specialties.
I play video games, read books, and write sci-fi/fantasy. I'm a lifeguard, and for a brief time I was an EMT. Also, I worked with a friend at his hot dog cart. That one produced some great stories, but no real skills.
I have experience with long relationships, bad breakups, depression, raising pets, etc. Pretty much anything most everyone else has already done, but not with any special skill.
I'm twenty-five, but that's not to say that I have a degree or even a lot of college experience (unless you count living in a college town enjoying its bar and party scene for six years). So I don't have an English degree or anything of the sort, and I only recently qualified to be a college sophomore. That's a long story I won't get into.
So without a degree, I can't prove myself unless I have writings to share with someone. I do run a blog (kinda) and I write for a video game fansite, so I could use those as references, but I'd rather have other things to show. Like articles. Or a degree.
I recently signed up on eLance, and it seems fine to start freelancing on, but I'm overwhelmed with how many people want proven experience. I guess I need to start from smaller projects and work my way up, but I don't even know what that would entail.
I guess my dilemma is that I feel like I have the skills to write, but I lack the experience to speak on specific subjects and the paperwork to prove my abilities. Has anyone else had this issue? And if so, how did you figure it out and move on to bigger things?
Thanks much.