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How to Create a Freelance Writer Resume

How to Create a Freelance Writer Resume
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By moedean
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Your resume is a marketing tool to showcase your writing experience. Many companies will ask to see your writing samples and a resume in response to an advertisement. Your resume needs to be professional, informative and it needs to sell your qualifications. Here are a few tips to get you started.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    Create a Freelance Writing Career Focus (AKA Objective) statement for the type of business you are seeking employment. For example if you are applying for a freelance writing potion as a web copywriter, let your Career Focus highlight that.

    Freelance Writer Professional
    Increasing Traffic and SEO Ranking Through Innovated and Creative Writing

  2. Step 2

    Create a summary of your writing experiences, for example.

    Writing Profile (AKA Experience Summary)
    Proven ability to create and implement informative articles that keeps readers coming back for more. Have written SEO Blogs that have increased traffic with over 700 hits a day.

    Styles of Writing
    •Blogs
    •Feature Articles
    •Editorial Pieces
    •Business Profiles
    •Ect…

  3. Step 3

    Create a your Professional, Achievements (AKA work experience)

    Professional Achievements
    Time to list any jobs or types of writing you have done and are currently doing, for example.

    Writers Compensation Program – Ehow.com 2007 – Present
    How to writer

    Blogger – www.lifeslove101.com 2007 - Present
    Personal website

  4. Step 4

    Don’t forget to add your education

    Education and Awards
    If you have taken any type of course for writing, insert it here.

    Diploma – General Studies, High School, Tucson, AZ
    Certificate – Writing for TV and Film, Richland College, Richardson ,TX
    Scriptapaloza – TV Writing Competition, Semi-finalist

Tips & Warnings
  • Try to limit your resume to one page

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on 7/10/2009 A great help to me, thank you! I have to write a resume up for the first time and with this guideline it won't be as intimidating.

laurie1979 said

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on 2/10/2009 great article.

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on 11/23/2008 thanks for this! Just what I needed...

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on 10/22/2008 Thank you so much!! This has helped me out tremendously!!

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on 7/26/2008 Excellent resume. I will use your model. Thank you so much.

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