Confidence is an absolute necessity as a freelance writer. If you're going to convince clients that you're the right freelance writer for the job, you'll not only need confidence in your skill as a writer, but you'll need it to negotiate rates, bid on assignments you're not "qualified for," to turn down jobs that pay too little; and to stand up for yourself in the industry as a whole.
If you don't already have it as a freelance writer, following are three confidence-building steps you can take to start getting it - and hanging on to it.
3 Steps to Take to Start Building Confidence as a Freelance Writer
Building confidence takes some practice. It's not something you do once and then never address again. It's a process - one that you have to keep repeating until it finally sticks like a second skin.
1. Recognition: The first step you have to take to start building confidence as a freelance writer is to recognize that you, indeed, have a confidence problem. The first step in solving any problem is to first recognize that it exists.
2. Core Problem: After you recognize what the problem is, then you need to put a name to it, as in, figure out what the core issue is that is causing you to have confidence problems.
For example, were you told all your life that you couldn't do something by your caregivers?
Are you afraid that people will tell you to "get a real job" if you tell them about your dream of becoming a freelance writer?
A lack of confidence is a symptom of a much deeper problem, and a lot of it usually has to do with family dynamic - things that happened years ago that have kept you from pursuing many things that make you happy (not just a freelance writing career, for example).
Most don't like to examine themselves this deeply, but once you recognize the devil for what he is, so to speak, you can tame his butt (ie, start pursuing all of your dreams, not just your dream of being a freelance writer).
3. Action Plan: Once you figure out your core issues and put a name to them, then you can devise an action plan to overcome them.
This is the easiest step in the freelance writing confidence-building program. Why? Because recognizing and identifying a problem is usually the hardest part of solving it. Once you know what you're dealing with, then it's easy to come up with a plan to overcome it.
Once you gain some confidence as a freelance writer, pricing writing jobs will come easier, going after "harder" writing jobs will be easier and believing in yourself as a freelance writer overall will be easier.
If you want a career where someone tells you how, when, where and what to do, freelance writing is not it. But, if you want the absolute freedom to earn as much as you want, work from the comfort of home and have more control over how you spend your time, then freelance writing is the ultimate career choice - if you have the confidence to go for it!
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