Exploitive Writing Follow-up

It is surprising how many people have tried this at home and left the fray soon after. It is important to stick with the program for as long as you can. It can get better. However, it can be a huge problem if you have no one helping you with your financial difficulties.

This is a job situation where you need to be debt-free as it can cover your basic cost of living if you spend your money carefully. If you have never worked with a budget, this is certainly the time to do so. There are hundreds of places where you can get jobs as a freelance writer.

If you live in a country where your currency is not as strong against the dollar, you can earn quite a bit with the exchange rate. Most people would pay you in dollars. More recently, others have opted for payment in euros and pounds, which can be a benefit as well.

Do not think that it is easy to work from home. Your family often thinks of you as being at home, so you can do this, that, or the other. You need to be diligent and disciplined in the way you work. It can, however, consume all of your time and sleep deprivation is often on the cards.

Another aspect that you need to watch carefully. The tendency is that your "employees" can be very demanding as they have a deadline. What I have discovered was that, often, you and the "employee" bid for the same project. They then palm it out to others, and thus the pie gets smaller as it gets to you.

Check carefully who the others are that would be applying for the same job and avoid pitching to them. They become demanding as they have a deadline and put pressure on you to complete tasks.