Copyright 2012 Shannon L. Buck: How to Live the Freelance Life

February 27, 2012

Mood

I write best when relaxed, and on sunny days. The sun motivates me :-) I sleep only a few hours at night, so I will generally nap try to nap for a couple hours in the morning before I begin. I am best at writing when I am feeling happiness, joy. When the world seems bright.

I am not good at writing when I have any negative feeling at all, unless I am angry about something and writing to get my point across on the subject. Even then, I will have to wait until I am in a good mood to edit, or I risk going overboard with my rant.

What mood do you have to be in to work? Try writing when in various moods to find out. Before beginning your writing tasks each day, try to recreate the mood and atmosphere that works best for you.

Challenge

When waking each morning, before you even move, repeat a mantra that you create.

Example: I am a successful writer. I am happy and I am healthy.

This will not only put you in a good mood, it will aid you in having a productive day.

Quick Writing Tip

If you can, write when the mood strikes. Ideas will flow more smoothly and not feel so forced.

5 Writing Prompts

Article Idea: Creating time.

Article Idea: Mood Swings… the why of it all.

Poem Topic: Mood.

Novel: Son has terrible mood swings.

Novella: Abusive father-in-law.

Quote

A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts.

Copyright 2011 Shannon L. Buck: How to Live the Freelance Life

                                                 Be A Success

What is success?

For some of you, success is defined as having regular visits to your blog. For others, it means making thousands of dollars a year from your freelance writing career. For many, however, success is somewhere in between.

To me, success is somewhere in the middle, and it means that I will get to do some traveling and exploring. I want to write fiction and nonfiction, and I do. I am not traveling yet, but I will. Success also means that I get to do what I want with my career.

How can you create your success?

Get started. You cannot be successful at obtaining what you want of you don’t start the venture. Stop delaying. Just start. Then continue to work at it a little each day, or a lot if you have time. Eventually, you will get there.

How can you live a successful life?

By continuously working hard at your goals for success. Even if you also work at McDonalds, you are still a freelance writer, or a photographer. So, when someone asks what you do, tell them you are a freelance writer or a photographer. You get the picture. Think you are. Believe you are. You will be.

Quick Writing Tip

Create a membership site. Topic: Success.

5 Writing Prompts

1. Article Idea: What does success mean to you?
2. Novellette Idea: Successful Man Loses Everything.
3. Novel: Single fathers’ climb to success.
4. Article Idea: Creating your success.
5. Poem Topic: True Success.

Quote

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Challenge

In your journal or on a sheet of paper, write down what success means to you. Not your wife. Not your children. Not your parents. You. Read this once a week until you reach your goals.

Special Report

Your Teen Can Help Your Freelance Career

In this Special Report, you will see how it is possible for your teenager to help you out while you are building your freelance career and how much, if anything, you should pay him or her for that help. Teens can be a big help with things like:

* Their younger siblings.
* Keeping up the house.
* Business tasks.

Special Report

A Freelancer’s Helper

In this special report, A Freelancer’s Helper, I will show you the value of having people to help you with every day tasks while you work. Each person will have different needs, and this report will help you to decide what help would be best for your circumstances.