Balance Writing

If you’re worried that you can’t possibly juggle all the assignments it takes to start earning a great income as a freelance writer, here’s some writing advice.

Try these 3 tips to balance all the various projects you’ll enjoy once you get your writing career going:

1. Try to acquire both long term and short term assignments.

You may get bored if you’re only working on long term assignments like book length manuscripts.

Also accept shorter assignments with shorter deadlines.

This will give you a more constant stream of income, plus you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment each time you finish a shorter project – and that will help keep you motivated to finish those long term assignments.

You’ll also gain more publication credits and more experience working with clients and/or editors this way.

2. Plan to do something every day to move each of your writing projects/assignments forward.

If you keep up with each assignment on a daily basis, you won’t be scrambling to meet the deadline for any of them at the last minute.

To do this, try blocking out time every day for each project.

For example, if you’re writing a novel, block out an hour or two to only work on that novel.

If you’re writing a blog post for a client, block out 30 to 40 minutes a day to get that post written.

When you block out time for each project, you don’t have to worry about neglecting one project for another.

You can also relax when you’re working on a project during the time you have blocked out for it because you won’t need to feel guilty that you aren’t working on other projects.

You’ll get to those other projects during each of their time blocks.

3. Use spread sheets or charts to keep track of all your assignments.

Whenever you get a new assignment, add it to your spreadsheet.

That way you won’t overlook deadlines, or forget about long term assignments, when you get really, really busy working on short term projects.

These tips should help you balance your writing assignments and actually enjoy your writing career more as you continue to increase your weekly, monthly, and yearly income as a freelance writer.

Manage your time for writing balance.