Is ghostwriting a good gig?
When I started as a freelancer, ghostwriting was a significant part of my income. I don’t do it anymore, but the contracts I did take built my confidence, stamina, and savings account.
Ghostwriting isn’t for everyone, but it might be a good option for you as you start your freelancing or writing career.
Let’s explore the pros and cons of being paid to write so someone else can take the credit.
The Comedy Credibility Problem
Guest post from writer & producer Aaron Garrett.
Comedy? That is not meant for something so important.
This opinion lays bare an idea which for the purposes of catchy titles I’m going to call the Comedy Credibility Problem.
New quiz! What’s killing your creativity?
Are you struggling to create?
Take this quiz to find out which Creativity Killer is holding you back… and how to beat it.
how to deal with negative comments online
The unfortunate fact is that if you are going to make stuff and share it online, some people are going to be jerks about it.
Given this truth, I spoke to content creators to find out what they do to roll on and keep making stuff. I’ve also included some of my own ideas.
Take a look at these suggestions and try them out. Experiment to find the right fit so you have a game-plan when the haters hate!
Top 9 Goal Setting Tips
Here are 9 ways you can help yourself when setting goals.
Edit your 2024 resolutions using these tips, and you’ll get more done with less struggle and more positivity.
Useful Business Strategies to Help Creative Entrepreneurs Get Discovered
Guest post from Naomi Johnson of Life-Based Business!
Starting a business as a creative entrepreneur can be a challenging yet rewarding experience.
Let’s explore the best strategies creative entrepreneurs can use to get noticed to turn their passion into a fruitful career.
how to carefully switch to full-time freelancing
If you’re emotionally ready to become self-employed, but not financially (or maybe not emotionally actually, now that you think about it), follow these steps to carefully make your dreams a reality in a reasonable time-frame!
top 5 free apps for creators
These are my favorite free apps that I use nearly every day! All of these are extremely helpful, dare I say, necessary, for running my creative small business and making stuff.
Some of these do have paid versions, but I only use the free versions and find them very helpful.
Also, none of these apps have paid me anything. I just like them and think you’ll like them too!
5 Focus Tips for ADHD
I have ADHD! I only figured it out late in life. Before that, I felt like such a lazy failure because I couldn’t sit down like other people and just DO the thing.
Now I have a much better understanding of my brain and how to accomplish my goals. Here are five tips, some from my therapist, some from my experimentation, that have helped me immensely.
How to get your first freelance gig
Looking for your first freelance gig can be daunting. You may feel like you don’t know where to start, you don’t have the experience, you don’t know what to put in a cover letter…
I’m here to tell you none of that matters. You CAN get your first gig, and you will.
Here’s how you do it.
Actor Resume Template
If you want to be taken seriously as an actor, you need an actor resume. This is a one-page guide to you: your previous roles, your skills, and your training. You’ll hand this resume to casting directors and potential agents.
How does a truly professional resume look? You can copy our template from Google Docs, and then we’ll walk you through filling it out in the rest of this article.
How to feel like a “real” artist
Words are powerful. If you’re not calling yourself a creator, you’re cutting yourself off at the knees.
But it’s not as easy as waving a magic wand and suddenly feeling “real.”
If you don’t feel ready to call yourself a real artist, here are three simple steps to getting there.
Spite is the best motivator
In this blog, I talk about how I use my desire for vengeance to motivate me to make art!
What should you bring to an audition?
An audition is nerve-wracking enough without having to deal with some kind of emergency caused by forgetting an important item.
From how to deal with spills to what your auditioners will expect you to bring, this list will set you up for success!
5 books that will make you a better writer
Other people have discovered wonderful things about the craft of writing. Take advantage of it! Learn from them with these 5 great books about writing.
5 books that do “book” differently
As a writer, I am constantly looking for inspiration to refill my creative cup. If I’m going to make good stuff, I have to be reading good stuff (or reading bad stuff that inspires me to make something better, lol).
I also like weird stuff.
I like books that break boundaries, that try new things, that do the whole idea of “book” in a way nobody’s seen before.
Here are my five favorite books that are pretty darn weird in the best way possible.
Bad Acting Advice: actors and comedians share the WORST advice they ever received
As an actor, one of your biggest challenges will be taking people’s advice and figuring out what works, what’s crap, and what’s the difference.
To help you sift through the crap a bit more easily, we’ve collected some of the worst acting advice ever given to professional actors, comedians, and directors.
What to do before writing a novel
Many of us feel like we have a novel waiting inside us. Very few of us finish the book.
As a novelist, I’m here to tell you: you can do it. You can write that novel that’s been knocking around inside your head for years.
But getting started is difficult. How do we even begin preparing to write a novel?
Here are my major tips for building up your confidence, skills, and idea before jumping into a novel. Do all this, and you’ll be ready to start (and finish!) your book.
6 Books to Improve Your Acting Skills
If you want to achieve maximum success as an actor, taking time to read about the craft will help you improve, especially if you can't afford taking classes constantly or afford to take every kind of class in every method available (and who can?).
These books were recommended to us by Network Member Juan Sebastian Cruz, Houston actor as the best books to start with.
Is freelancing right for you?
Freelancing is NOT FOR EVERYONE. If you’re interested in it, it’s probably calling to you for a reason, but before you take the plunge, you should make sure it actually fits you: your strengths, your lifestyle, and your flaws, too. Let me walk you through the strengths and weaknesses that may mean you’re suited for freelancing!