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Choose Your Own Adventure
How To Be A Successful Freelance Writer
Every choice brings you closer to success. Or does it?
Freelancing is the ultimate adventure. You get to set your own schedule, follow your own rules, and — most importantly — call yourself a founder.
But how does one get started? What’s the process? Is it even possible to make millions of dollars as a writer?
There’s a lot of advice out there. Like, an insane amount. Only you can choose what to listen to and what to ignore.
I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself. — Elon Musk
Luckily for you, I’ve poured 10,000 hours into developing a journey to freelance success. Choose your own adventure and become a millionaire!
Note: this is a Choose Your Own Adventure story, like the ones you probably read as a kid. Make your choice and click the appropriate link.
This story is best viewed using a web browser.Good Morning!
Being a successful writer begins by simply waking up. If you don’t wake up, your only hope is to dream. Waking up at least gives you a shot at success.
When to wake up is the first choice on the path to greatness. Some suggest getting up super early to get a jump on all that freelancing. Others attest that sleeping in allows for ultimate creativity. It’s time to make your first choice.
What do you do?
Wake up at 4am
Your alarm goes off and you lumber to the shower. Successful people take cold showers and so you do too. You ignore the pain and convince yourself it’s invigorating because you want to be a successful writer and this is obviously part of the process. Someone successful wrote it down so it must be true.
The shower is short. Five minutes of icy water is all you can handle at this unholy of hours. You dress for…
