If you’ve been a writer for any length of time, you’ll have encountered some kind of obstacle, getting in the way of your writing goals.
I faced a (very common) freelancing obstacle at the start of
January, of not having as much paid work as I wanted:
- Client A let me know they were pausing work with all their freelance writers until further notice.
- Client B let me know that they wouldn’t be taking on so much work from me for the next few months.
In due course, Client A got
back in touch, ready to resume work (with a slightly different scope). So this wasn’t a huge obstacle, but it did prompt me to reach out to some past clients and do some extra guest posting to build up my profile a bit – my freelance work is almost all ghostwriting, so it’s hard to keep my byline out there.
Maybe you’re a freelancer too and you’ve faced some similar obstacles, like a
client suddenly vanishing, or dramatically cutting down or changing the work they do with you. Or perhaps you’re facing an entirely different challenge.
You might be in the enviable position where the writing road ahead looks smooth and flawless, and you can’t imagine any obstacles coming up. (I usually find, in my own writing life, that this is exactly when something comes out of
the blue to surprise me… ;-))
Let’s take a look at some common obstacles that writers face and then go through some ways to overcome them.
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