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Nonfiction, The Writing Life, Essay

  • Term: 2023-2024
  • Start Date: September 30, 2024
  • End Date: September 30, 2024
  • Day of Week:
  • Time: 12:00am - 12:00am PT
  • Level: Open to all levels
  • Audience: Adult
  • Location: Online Asynchronous
  • Availability: Yes
  • Public Price: $399.00
  • Member Price: $359.10

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Freelance Going Pro

You know how to write. Now, how do you make a business out of your skills? How do you land your first clients? Set your rates? Create a steady stream of income? These are the questions Freelance Going Pro answers. Through guided and practical exercises, this course will give you the confidence to turn your art into a long-term, successful business.

The freedom to design your life.

How long have you dreamed of working on your own schedule, without a boss, from anywhere you’d like to work? How great would it be to decide what time you wake up? How freeing would it be to choose who you work with and which projects you take on?

More people than ever are creating careers like this for themselves. Once you learn how to create a steady stream of clients through marketing and networking (without feeling salesy), you can as well. This course walks you through the habits and systems that will help you design your day, week, and months so that you can ultimately design your creative life. 

The 12-week course includes:

  • 60 lessons to educate you on the business side of writing.
  • 60 projects to complete, each an important step in setting up your systems.
  • 30 templates to help you set up invoices, draft letters, and develop marketing content.
  • Interviews with editors, successful freelance writers, and clients sharing their insights, successes, and advice.