Freelance Mag

Ever since AI and machine learning algorithms started churning their nuts and bolts almost a decade ago, projects became very hard to come by, especially for freelancers or independent contractors who had just started. Data Entry jobs were already gobbled up by OCR/MICR software long since and now automation has started doing the same in other areas like programming and scripting, book-keeping and accountancy, etc.

Writing is an art where its easy to define success in terms of what others say about your writing. You write an article and it immediately gets a 100K views within a few minutes? You then start thinking about yourself as a "smart and successful writer", you suddenly get a certain amount of confidence and self-esteem even though the reasons your article got those clicks may have nothing to do with your writing skills!

Writing is hard, there is no doubt about it. The internet keeps generating lots of noise every second which sort of gives the impression that a lot of "writing" is happening but really, how many best-sellers do you see pop up every day or how many truly successful professional writers have you met?

The Marvel cinematic universe and the Iron Man generation must be quite familiar with this seemingly offhand remark by Iron Man (aka Tony Stark) but there is quite a witty and deeply philosophical meaning in it.

I've observed that most of the difficulty while "trying to write" lies in the fact that it is seemingly so difficult or even impossible to pull yourself over to that desk or computer. But once you reach that place and make yourself comfy, words seem to flow magically out of their own, as if some hidden springs have been suddenly unleashed across some unknown areas of your subconscious, and ideas and inspirations are just itching to come out of those springs!

Everyone isn't an expert or specialist in the freelancing world, and even the so-called experts have to bow down before the gods of supply and demand in the freelance market. The truth is that 90% of us freelancers are just average or mediocre, and that's probably never going to change.

I've recently read about this technique in a book and like to share the same with you. Frankly, I'm not an expert or wizard in writing, English isn't even my first language. I'm just a mediocre blogger who simply writes to try and make a living. The problem at hand was to consistently create content for my blog because that's absolutely essential in order to keep your blog alive. I think if I can write about a topic then just about anyone can do it!