This is a guest post from Judith Docken, a freelance writer and student on Launch Your Life as a Freelance Writer.

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What if you were handed the chance to fulfill a life-long dream?

For me, that opportunity presented itself in February of 2016, and it was a chance I couldn’t pass up.

It was the opportunity to finally take the plunge into the world of freelance writing.

I have enjoyed writing since I was very young. I wrote stories, poetry and articles that never got published anywhere. As a young mom, I wrote an entire novel that also never saw the light of day, but it encouraged me to keep going. I started a second novel, wrote children’s stories and more articles.

Writing was an outlet, and it was a way to practice my skill. It was one of the few things I did well and I enjoyed writing more than almost anything else I did.

In 2011, I began to give serious thought to pursuing my goal of being a freelance writer full-time. But I had a household to support on my own and I wasn’t prepared to risk the security of a steady job, medical benefits and investment plans. For five years, I dabbled at my dream, writing articles for content mills at twenty five dollars apiece and submitting short stories to on-line contests.

It was getting me nowhere in a hurry.

I eventually started and completed a third novel, and through a Twitter event called #PitMad, pitched it to book publishers. I was thrilled when I was offered a publishing contract with a Denver-based publisher, Literary Wanderlust. I had finally realized another one of my goals: to become a published author.

But I still couldn’t call myself a freelance writer.

I didn’t give up. I took the time to read and learn all I could about freelancing. One piece at a time, I began to build a writer’s platform and a collection of article clips I could use in a portfolio.

I still didn’t know where to start.

When February of 2016 rolled around, I learned I was being let go from my position as a corporate administrative assistant. While this was a shock, it dawned on me that this was the big break I had been waiting for. With my savings and a severance package from my soon-to-be former company, I now had the time to focus my efforts on doing what I had always wanted: to be a freelance writer full-time.

The only problem was that while I had collected a great deal of information, I had no idea how to put it all together and set up a freelancing business that I could live on.

I had a huge goal and plenty of motivation, but no concrete plans.

While doing a web search for freelancing information, I came across Lizzie Davey of Wanderful World. She was offering a course that happened to be the exact thing I was looking for at the time.

It was called Launch Your Life as a Freelance Writer.

I jumped on it. I signed up for the course and began to study in earnest.

Launch Your Life as a Freelance Writer turned out to be precisely what I needed. Not only did the course cover every aspect of setting up a freelancing business, but it spelled out exactly how to do what I needed to do, what to think of, what to look for and how to give myself the best chance at success.

The course included worksheets, checklists and tons of really good information I could act on right away. It helped me get my thoughts organized enough to map out how I was going to get to where I needed to be. I learned how to create a good bio and how to carve out a niche I could get excited about. As well, the course showed me how to contact people, write a good pitch, and many other details I would not have thought about.

Lizzie herself was enthusiastic and supportive and always answered my questions, becoming an invaluable resource in my journey to becoming a full time freelancer.

Once I got through the course, I felt more in control of what I needed to do. I knew where I needed to go and how to get there.

There is always more to learn and I continue to improve. However, I feel equipped to build my business, largely in part to Lizzies’ course Launch Your Life as a Freelance Writer.

After almost six months of implementing what I have learned, I am starting to see some successes. I have sold some good articles and blog posts and am establishing relationships that will hopefully continue to build my business.

When people invariably ask what I do, I finally feel confident enough to tell people that I am a freelance writer.

I am most grateful for Lizzie’s help in getting me started out right.

About Judith: Judith Docken is a freelance writer, author and blogger. She has been published in Mother Earth News, SF Gate and Modern Mom online magazines and in an anthology of Canadian short stories called That Golden Summer by Polar Expressions Publishing. She is also a contributing writer and photographer for her community newsletter, The Bowest’ner. Her debut novel, Ghosted: A Novel of Life, Love and Moving On is set in her home town of Calgary, Alberta, in Canada, where she lives with two of her three sons, two black cats and many plants.

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