Many people have a dream of being a Freelance writer. Being your own boss has great appeal. You may imagine yourself getting up when you feel like it, sitting and typing your words of wisdom on your laptop, in the sun with a cool drink by your side. All this and no boss to crack the whip and make you write when he wants you to does sound very appealing.

But is this really what being a Freelance Writer is all about?

Just because you are a good writer does not mean you can deliver what your clients want. And if you cannot deliver, you will never make a go of writing as a profession.

And if you cannot deliver, you may be the best writer in the world, but you will never be a huge success.

Working and succeeding as a freelance writer takes time, resources, a strong belief in yourself, absolute committment, and the ability to write good copy on things you really could not care less about…

Let’s say, for a moment, that you have set up your freelance writing business correctly. You have developed a credible and trustworthy brand name, you have generated a ‘presence’ within the industry and on the internet, but you are still in the early stages of your writing business. At this point in time you will offer your writing skills to anyone who will pay you a reasonable rate.

How would you cope when commissioned to write about something you personally find intensely boring?

Would you be able to deliver?

If you are just starting out as a freelance writer, you may well answer: “Yes, of course I could.” You may think that as long as you produce a standard writing format (problem, empathy, example, build up, climax of problem, recommendation and example for solution) you can use this to write about anything.

A successful freelance writer is, indeed, able to do this and do it well. However, they would be lieing to you if they said that writing like this is never boring. It can be boring as hell!

And if you suppose you will be able to refuse to write about things which do not interest you and still be a freelance writing success, you will be wrong.

Only the writers at the very top of the freelance tree are able to pick and choose their projects and they have made the ‘top spots’ through years of hard slog and dedication… and years of writing copy which has not thrilled them one little bit.

But a new freelance writer will not have this advantage and will soon discover that much of their work involves writing about things which simply cannot garner their interest.

Writing, day after day, about things which you are not particularly interested in can be tedious at best and sometimes even exhausting. However, to prove him or herself to be a trustworthy, professional writer, anyone intent on making a living as a freelance writer has to cope with this and deliver that written content, on time and full of inspiring words.

Could you deliver under these circumstances?

Because, if you cannot produce good, written copy even when the going gets tough or down right boring, you will never be a successful freelance writer.