What makes a writer?

Hi all,

Welcome to Freelance Hunting, my blog on freelance writing. I'll be covering the adventures of freelance writing, blogging, copywriting and my truest literary passion, fiction.

I'd believed I'd started my freelance writing career only recently. However, after reviewing the facts, I realized I've been doing it for over a decade. Writing for the East Chicago Central Cardinal newspaper and yearbook and then writing for the Purdue Calumet Chronicle were great writing experiences.

After that, I did press releases for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers as well as other writing assignments through college. In turn, while I didn't think of myself as a writer yet, I had been already.

Even in my "day job," I've been a writer. Working on articles for the newsletter, drafting memos and creating reports has given up a lot of experience in mutiple formats such as journalism, corporate communications and copywriting.

The moral of this post is that a lot of us (writers) are waiting for some validation, some magical sign that tells us we've arrived. Yet, in all honesty, we're already there. We just have to look and see how long we've been here. Take a look and I bet, like me, you have long histories of doing what you are now dreaming of doing...and being paid for.

Here's your sign: you've not only arrived, but welcome.

Write on.

Chad