Freelance writing is an excellent part-time job opportunity which doesn’t involve any commuting costs, foods costs at work as well as other working-outside-the-home types of costs.
Everything you earn stays in your pocket and your can do it from the privacy of your own home, the library or somewhere outdoors if the weather permits.
Writing skills are certainly important and the ability to expand on an idea with persuasive arguments sure helps a great deal.
However, in order to make it as a freelance writer you require another set of skills that go hand in hand with writing skills, and those are insanely strong research skills.
As a freelance writer you’ll be asked to write about anything from hair care products to the latest software and in order to be productive you need to work fast. The one aspect that takes more time than the actual writing is the research required to write a well-informed article. The quicker you find the information you need the sooner you’ll get on with the writing.
In reality, most university-level programs give you a set of skills required to be a freelance writer, regardless of whether you majored in engineering or fine arts. All university programs focus on the same thing – research and writing until your head explodes. In other words, if you are a university graduate you will have no problem making it as a freelance writer.