Get It While It's Hot

As most writers will tell you, freelance writing is a feast or famine business.  It can be great sometimes, with more work than you can possibly handle, and at other times, the drought can seem to go on forever.  We all have specific reasons for writing, but most of us don’t really want to dedicate more time than is necessary to writing, because then we can’t pursue the interests and passions that are denied us in a regular job.  For that reason,  it can be hard to motivate yourself to write overtime when there’s a lot of work to do, but in order to stay afloat in the lean times, you need to do just that.

Right now seems to be a great time if you write for some of the bigger content mills.  They have plenty of work at many levels, making it easy to find things to write about and stay busy.  The trouble is, most of us want to just put in our set goals and quit for the day, but what happens next month when the well runs dry?

It’s a good idea to have a reserve fund, and the way to pad that fund without tapping into your budget is to work a little extra.  If you set a goal of say, $50 a week extra, you can spend a little bit more time and start feeding that reserve fund to use when there isn’t as much work available.  We don’t get unemployment insurance, so take advantage of the work available now and save yourself the stress of not having money when there is less work available.