What is a freelance writer?

Somebody who is not specifically permanently employed as a writer, but writes anyway as a “self-employed” person. Their work is then ( hopefully ) seen to be good enough to be purchased by suitable clients. . Some freelance writers simply chase news-worthy stories and attempt to sell their reports to newspapers. . Some write screenplays for films and/or tv shows. Some write scripts for radio programmes. . Some write academic or similar “scholarly works” and have them published e.g. as distance learning material, particularly for courses covering units in newly published or amended syllabi. .

Did you know that the word freelance comes from a knight or mercenary who would sell his services to any lord willing to pay- hence he was a “free lance?”

In this same way, a freelance writer is a writer who works for a company or individual on a contractual , or project basis. These “contractual” positions don’t even necessarily need to have a formal contract in place (although that’s probably in your best interest as a writer) , but what they do have in common is that they are a project or piece of writing with a set time frame and a clear goal. After the project is complete, the free lance moves on to the next project

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