Freelance writers: is being too quiet crushing your creativity?

What to do when you lose your “voice” just when you need it most.

Kelly Barrett
Nov 4 · 4 min read

Three weeks ago, I started on a journey that was entirely foreign to me: freelancing.

After working conventional 9–5 jobs in typical office settings for ten years, the idea of working from home, having ample flexibility to do the work I wanted at the times that I wanted, very much appealed to me. Despite reading at least fifty articles warning me that it would suck, I maintained that I…

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Kelly Barrett

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Freelance writer, digital strategist, yoga instructor. Words: National Geographic, Washington Post, more. Newsletter writer: omweekly.com

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