How to Handle Client Revisions as a Freelance Writer
A step-by-step guide to making this process (mostly) pain-free
Once, a freelance writing client returned my work splashed red with revisions. Self-doubt sunk in. Am I even qualified to write for a living? Should I even be charging? I asked myself.
Needless to say, I was devastated.
I eventually realized freelance writing revisions are part of the process. Nobody is perfect — that includes your writing, ever after self-polishing. Here are a few tips for how to handle client revisions in a (mostly) pain-free way.
How to Handle Freelance Writing Revisions
1. Don’t take it personally.
Nobody is perfect. Even with the right preparation and training, you sometimes miss the bulls-eye. Also, writing is deeply subjective — “great” writing will often fluctuate by the client and industry.
Revisions a fine-tuning process. You have most of the legwork done with the first submission. Now it’s time to do some final tweaking to perfect the…
