"Freelance" Writer

Self-aggrandizing term self-given by someone who can't get anyone to pay them for their prose on a consistent basis. Willing to stoop to bald-faced contrarianism for clicks/views.

"I'm starting to suspect that Ann is less of a "Freelance" Writer and more of a straight up hack. There's just no way she believes in her own bullshit, right? I mean the mental gymnastics she engages in to explain away anything and everything in order to avoid admitting she was perhaps wrong about something once are laughable. She instead doxes people for fun and then openly brags about it. Some "Freelance" Writer huh..."

"Freelance" Writer by IWonderWonderWonderWonderWho January 31, 2026

freelance writer 2.0 

A freelance writer 2.0 is a highly evolved wordsmith that focuses on residual income. Like a freelance writer only without the queries: a freelance writer 2.0 writes for paid writing sites and earns income from page views or ad revenue.

A writer that writes solely for websites and earns income for the views or ad clicks (rather than the writing itself) is a freelance writer 2.0.

freelance writer 2.0 by Jessie Heekin December 23, 2008