Freelancing as a writer is perhaps one of the most well-known forms of being a freelancer, with the common image, reinforced by films, of a writer scribbling notes and ideas in a cafe or a park. However, as writers Egyptian Streets spoke to have experienced, being a freelance writer is far more internet research than romanticized writing in coffee shops. In the third edition of Egyptian Streets’ Freelancing Guide, writers, copywriters, and translators share how they got into the freelance market and what they’ve learned along the way. I enjoy writing, how can I start getting paid for it? Laila Said is a freelance multimedia journalist. She only started freelancing when she went to a workshop abroad that guided her in the freelance scene. “I sat with 2 freelances who gave a seminar and this is what inspired me when it comes to recycling repurposing stories. For example, if you want to pitch an article about cats, you can sell it to magazines that talk about pets, animals, cat lovers, toys. You can repurpose a single article to feed all these categories, but each one has its own direction of…
