3 Embarrassing Mistakes I Made as A new Freelance Writer

Not falling into these traps can save you thousands of dollars!

Anangsha Alammyan
Freelancer’s Hub
Published in
5 min readAug 1, 2022

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As a freelance writer, you only get one shot to make an impression.

What if you get a fantastic client, and then you make some stupid mistake and all your hard work is wasted? What if your client doesn’t come back to you for more work?

Has that ever happened to you?

In this post, we’ll discuss the three most embarrassing mistakes I made in my freelance writing career. We’ll also cover all the things you need to remember, so you don’t repeat the same mistakes.

Before we proceed, if you’d like to watch a more candid version of this as a video, here’s a link-

1. No track of time!

At the start of my career, I skipped meetings.

Can you imagine how embarrassing that can be — having the client wait while you leave them on “unread” and not respond to their queries?

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