A review by keegan_rellim_taylor
Handbook for Freelance Writing by Michael Perry

3.0

This was a really informative book. I especially loved that Perry provided examples that weren't exactly stellar but were real, his query letters for instance. It gave you the realization that, yeah, it would be nice to be perfectly professional in all the things you do as a writer all the time, but actually you probably won't be sometimes and it could be fine. All books, including this one, talk about the ideal, but I liked that you could see that it's a process to reach that ideal and people still "make it" without be perfect from the start. So, anyway, that was one of the things I most appreciated.

All the tips were useful too. The earliest one that I thought was simple but important was "writers write." And another like that one that popped up later was Don't be afraid of boredom; Boredom breeds inspiration. I love that and I think there's a lot of truth to it! There were more detailed tips too, but since I'm not a freelance writer right now, those were two that particularly applied to my situation and the second one applies to just about everyone.