Given the increasing number of
freelance writers now working independently and even from home, there is a growing need for
some good quality advice on how best to approach small and medium scale project work and how to manage individual projects with differing customers, deliverables and risks. One such insightful article can be found at FreeWritingAdvice.com and covers some key aspects of managing your own small-scale
freelance writing projects, especially for the home-based or freelance writer. Although the article is written mostly for the technical writer, there are many good points thatany freelancer could, and should,take on board, and not just freelance writers either. There are no doubt points there for us all to consider in many aspects of our work. The article covers key areas including project or contract responsibilities, project scope, deliveries and risks to name but a few: all areas that many freelancers fail to manage and then inevitably pay the price for later with their customers. The author obviously has experience in many major technical writing projects to draw upon but clearly makes the point that the considerations he outlines are merely basic project
management techniques, known to any good project manager, that many freelancers do not believe apply to them due to the small-scale nature of their work. This couldn't be further from the truth and the article shows that these activities can easily be scaled down to smaller freelance writing projects to provide a modicum of protection and risk mitigation to the freelance writer. The rest of the freewritingadvice.com website appears to be geared toward providing free advice for writers or, more specifically, those aspiring to be writers, or those who just wish to improve their general written communications.