Making It As A Freelance Writer - Tip #2 - Ideas

As a freelance writer, ideas are your bread and butter: keep having them. Have you got any interests, hobbies or obsessions? Has anything unusual happened to your friends or members of your family? These are all good starting points for writing articles. Look for work in new magazines that don't have established links with freelancers. They are more likely to give new writers a chance.

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