The Complete Freelance Writing Course

Create a multimedia writing portfolio for freelance profit and profile

What you'll learn:

• identify opportunities for paid writing work in all sorts of unexpected places
• pitch effectively to these outlets
• determine your strengths and market opportunities on different platforms
• coach yourself in any form of writing
• write for podcasts
• write for for video
• write blog posts, web copy, white papers, ebooks and for B2B outlets
• write speeches and presentations
• write to influence
• write apps
• apply principles of clarity, fluency and flow to your writing
• market your writing practice using creativity rather than online shouting
• critique the work of successful writers you admire, analyze their technique and use it yourself
• negotiate fair fees for your work
• employ formats to help you work faster and smarter
• use technology to help you work faster and smarter
• review your skills level and plan further personal development
• compete effectively in writing marketplaces using your portfolio

This freelance writing course covers everything you need to know to set yourself up as a professional freelance writer. You'll investigate good writing, versatile writing and profitable writing and create a multimedia writing portfolio to show clients. You'll get 1-2-1 feedback on your writing, with monthly updates to help keep your scribbling on track.

Master multimedia writing skills to stand out as a freelance professional writer

You'll learn to:

• Research wide and hidden writing opportunities

• Judge realistically how profitable writing is likely to be for you

• Analyse role models, to improve writing technique

• Demonstrate and develop writing skills in a variety of media

• Create a portfolio to showcase your work, which reaches the right targets

• Relationship build and network to position yourself for collaborative opportunities

• Produce work quickly, build on feedback and grow a sustainable practice

Packed with practical exercises which you are welcome to submit for feedback, you'll get formats, filters and technology tips to help you write prolifically and fast.

Whether you:

• Love writing and would like to turn it into a career

• Are unsure what sort of writing to pursue

• Freelance in another discipline and want to write as a bolt-on

this course will help.

Created by a writer of 30 years experience and with a background in psychology, this most comprehensive course will help you succeed as a freelance writer in today's digital global marketplace, and make the most of its tremendous new opportunities.