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Finding Clips for Your Portfolio

Putting together a strong portfolio is one of the most difficult things a new freelance writer has to do. Many writers feel that spending the time to write clips for their portfolios means they’ll have to write for others either for free or for a very low rate of pay.

This, my friends, is simply not the case. There are dozens of markets you can approach with your work and in the end you’ll have plenty of work to include in your portfolio. Check out this brief video by Misti Sandefur for more information on her favorite ways to find clips for writing portfolios.

Building a Portfolio

I can’t even begin to tell you how many writers I’ve met who haven’t taken the time to put together a portfolio for their prospective clients. While it’s true that much of your work will be online, rendering a physical portfolio somewhat unnecessary, don’t you think it would be nice to have something formally prepared to show your clients when they request samples?

Building a portfolio isn’t difficult and, seriously, the point of this post today is not how to find clips to put IN your portfolio (we can deal with that later), but building the physical site itself. Yes, I said site - as in website. If you’re working online you should have a website dedicated to your writing business. When a client asks for writing samples, you can merely send him a link and a wealth of information will be at his fingertips instantly.

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