Comments on: Step Up To Promote Your Writing Business In 2010

By: clara

clara — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:33:34 +0000

Thanks Eve, so much for your kindness! I am making a conscious decision this 2010 to grow my freelance writing business and as mentioned by these fab writers, that’s inclusive of those with profit potential even if it means writng outside of my comfort zone!

Clara.

By: Eve

Eve — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:28:06 +0000

Hi, Clara: This is great advice for us Freelancers! You touched on all the important points we should ponder: finding our niche; staying focused; having a mentor or counselor; networking; and loving what we do.

I can find more common ground with the networking and loving what we do (the last 2 points you mentioned), than on the first 3. I guess mainly because I am the type of person who kinda writes stories ‘out of the air’. In other words, I have not really found one particular niche or focus; I like to write about whatever interests me, and also subjects I feel will interest and/or enlighten or entertain others.

However, I also agree that we should have a mentor. Someone who will counsel us when we go astray, and keep us or bring us back to the core of our subject matter.

Great article, Clara! Thank you, so much for sharing.

By: clara

clara — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:47:07 +0000

So right Rebecca! I’m of the same mindset and I’m not afraid to try different areas of writing.Do tend, however, to stay with the ones with revenue potential

Clara.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:22:11 +0000

Great advice. Writers may push themselves out of their comfort zone. If you stayed away from web copy, you may find that you have a “knack” for creating well written copy for the web. You never know unless you try.

By: clara

clara — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:21:49 +0000

Thanks Dawn,

I’m truly getting the wisdom of writing coming from all of your responses! I’m going to keep at it and not focus so much upon defining my niche as I’m prone to write about what, as you said, pays well and freels good/important to me:) I will remain focused on meeting my 2010 goals!

Clara.
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By: Dawn Allcot

Dawn Allcot — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:48:37 +0000

Clara,
Welcome to the group! I thoroughly enjoyed your first post.

In general, I agree with Sharon’s assessment of niches, BUT I think we can also define niche in another way, and you touched on this, too: What makes YOU unique as a writer?

Once you answer that question, it doesn’t matter what topics you write about… you will bring that uniqueness to your work, it will set you apart, and THERE is your true niche. The one that won’t change regardless of market conditions.

I’ve been at this two decades now and am still working on defining my niche, although I have many areas I write in regularly.

I also pick up niches because I see profit potential there. To me the love is in the writing, regardless of topic. I’ve also dropped niches because I’ve grown bored of them after years.

In a way, not having one niche has become my niche. For a while, I’d joke that I write, “Anything that pays,” and that’s still true today, although I might add, now, “anything that pays…well enough.”
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By: clara

clara — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:16:31 +0000

Thanks Michele,

I think I’m going to just keep writing on those things close to my own heart as Rebecca mentioned, until I’m feeling like I’ve found ‘home’ as well:) It’s all good!

Clara.
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By: Michele L. Tune

Michele L. Tune — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:45:29 +0000

Oh, I’d definitely say my niche is health/raw food. It was bound to happen. I actually read negative stuff about settling into niche writing but since I have settled into my niche, it’s like I’m finally “home” in my writing, ya know?

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By: clara

clara — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:09:10 +0000

Thanks Amanda! I love this writing stuff so much I’d be hard pressed to even consider giving it up:)

Clara
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