Freelance Writing And Writing Ability
If you can’t write, don’t. You’ll be doing yourself and everyone else a favour. Seriously, if you don’t know the difference between ‘its’ and ‘it’s’ or ‘there’ and ‘their’, go write a blog and express yourself. It would be unfair to write for a client and expect him to pay. (That is not to say your blog won’t make you rich and famous – if you have something to say that people want to hear about, never mind what your grasp of the language is, they’ll come and read. Look at many of those technical blogs out there – they could maybe get someone to proofread and edit them but the fact remains that they have a hold on those virtual eyeballs.)
However, if you are going to get paid for your writing, make sure you can write. At least passably. No one’s looking for an Ernest Hemingway on the Internet - but you have to realise that bad writing can distract a reader from the actual content that needs to be communicated.
Tags: freelance writing, online writing