Writing is Serious Business: Everything You Wish You Knew About Getting Paid to Write Full-Time

By Jason Brick

The trouble with writing professionally is most writers don't want to be professional. If we were happy with the detail-oriented grind of business ownership, we'd also be happy working a 9-to-5 job. This book teaches the business systems that will help you make the switch from somebody who wants to write for a living to somebody who writes full-time to pay your bills. It's a great life. I welcome you to join me in it. Specific chapters and topics include:Why to go pro as a freelance writer.The biggest questions you must answer about how you will run your writing business.Why you need financial reports, and which ones to use. How to develop a simple marketing plan for your writing, and how to act on that plan. Defining and expanding your income streams, and creating new ones. How to set up business systems that mitigate your personal weaknesses.Three ways to launch your career as a freelance writer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484932498
• ISBN13: 9781484932490
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"