What does a freelance writer do exactly?

Answer 1

A freelancer provides news coverage, photographs or feature stories, either assigned or hopefully submitted, and is paid by the piece.
Some people make a living at it but more do it as a sideline.
Except for a few, it is an uncertain business.

Answer 2

A freelance writer writes under his own steam for whatever markets are available. Unless he has a private fortune or has been very fortunate in building up contacts in the past, freelance writing is likely to be a secondary career to his main bread-and-butter job.

Answer 3

Freelance means self-employed. You have to find your own work. And you need to pay attention to details, even in writing. Turn in one wrong article to a newspaper and they will not hire you again for any more work. If you miss the simplest things , I doubt pharmacy would be a good choice. There is a lot more to it than just counting out pills. There are several years of advanced math, chemistry, biology, medication applications classes, etc. which are detail oriented classes. Details are also critical when mixing suspensions of medications for children and the elderly (missing that decimal place could kill the paitient), choosing the correct dosage or medication between similar sounding brands (has happened to me - was given the wrong insulin), catching potential medication problems for patients who have multiple prescriptions (has also happened to me, luckily I have a good pharmacist who refused to fill it and had the doctor prescribe something else), and detailed paperwork and inventory. It is not an easy job.

Answer 4

Freelance means they are not employed by anyone or under contract to anyone. They pick their own subjects, write it and then try to market it. Sometime they write on spec.

Answer 5

They are not under contract from a Publishing house. Most Publishers have people sign contracts to produse a certain number of novels, etc.

Answer 6

He writes.

He simply is not bound to any one organisation.