Traditional vs Freelance.

Logan Card Nicole Bird Literary Techniques and Story Development Integrative Learning Post Full Sail University So what is the difference between going freelance and going for a traditional career? Besides, of course, the ideals of getting to work for yourself instead of working in order to do a job you love. This is not always going to be the case, from proofreading the work of robots or artificial intelligence run by many companies for significantly under a substantial shift per week. You also run the risk of being unable to pay your bills on time or having to do without unless you can find a deal or run into further debt. Or you end up not being able to use the insurance and retirement fund for your future without sacrificing a few vacation days or risking your job entirely. Freelance Working for yourself, also known as being your own primary employer, and or running your own business. This involves working for a large variety of companies that are already well established. As well as working on demand for clients who are also independent. Freelance is quite the adventure for someone willing to put forth yur own hours and working hard and long for legal reasons as well as the overtime of making certain there are no scammers or even enough people. “earning money by selling your work or services to several different organizations rather than being employed by one particular organization”( reelance Adjective - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation and Usage Notes | Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com, 2025) Traditional employment Being hired or seeking employment through someone else’s efforts in freelance and or simply having it all be temporary once the contract is over, and or the project is dropped. Being employed means you do not run the risk of having your own insurance premiums. “being part of the beliefs, customs or way of life of a particular group of people, that have not changed for a long time”( Traditional Adjective - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation and Usage Notes | Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com, 2024). The pride of accomplishment, cheapened prices of production in publishing, job security, may very well be overlooked with an unrecognizable final draft, as well as even the In conclusion Both fields have much to offer people in the career and trade of writing. Often, when it comes to wanting to change or edit the career path you have chosen, there is hesitation. Especially post 2022, when already dealing with unemployment from COVID and working a multitude of seasonal to smaller shifts to pay bills. Naturally, writing has been something humans have been using since we started living in cities to keep track of resources and budget, as well as inform future generations and hopefully even historians on the day-to-day happenings of people's real lives. Within the 2020-2025 economy, a lot can change. From the changing of hands of the presidency to more recently the blatant genocide within Gaza and the surrounding countries, known as Choosing to write and be published as a profession is a murky road, much like wanting to start in corporate or retail. While traditional positions for commission may be given out for a company that does not make the work consistent. Whereas freelancing could provide a consistent income on a week-by-week basis, based on Amazon and Barnes and Noble self-publishing platforms. Bibliography Freelance adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com. (2025). Oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/freelance_1 Jurberg, A. (2020). How to Land Writing Clients With LinkedIn. Freedomwithwriting.com. https://www.freedomwithwriting.com/freedom/uncategorized/how-to-land-writing-clients-with-linkedink/ Chase, A. (2023, December 20). 40 Places To Find Freelance Writing Jobs For Beginners. Elevenwriting.com; Eleven Writing. https://www.elevenwriting.com/blog/find-freelance-writing-jobs-for-beginners traditional adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com. (2024). Oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/traditional Lavender, M. (2023, June 9). The Pros and Cons of Traditional Publishing - Writing in the Modern Age - Medium. Medium: Writing in the Modern Age. https://medium.com/writing-in-the-modern-age/the-pros-and-cons-of-traditional-publishing-af0c73a87674 Gregson, M. J. (2023). Why I Chose Traditional Publishing. Marc J Gregson. https://marcjgregson.com/f/why-i-chose-traditional-publishing