Freelance writing is not a demanding career in terms of resources. All you really need is a word processor and a good Internet connection. But you also need a healthy dose of curiosity and flexibility.

As a freelance writer, you do a lot of ghost writing, so you have to alter your writing styles to fit the needs of your client. Flexibility is the name of the game, so as a freelance writer, you should not be afraid to learn new things.

There are three major types of freelance writing tracks: search engine optimization (SEO), research or academic writing, and blogging.

In terms of software, your most valuable tool is your word processing software. The easiest is Writer, which is part of the OpenOffice suite of software. It’s free to download and use, and compatible with the major operating systems, including Windows, Mac and Linux. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey, everyone!

We, at the ResearchWritingCenter.com, are so excited, because we can finally announce the contest winners for our Research & Writing Contest!

It’s been a pretty challenging contest, with tons of great submissions!

The freelancers, who offered us their work, proved to have extensive freelancing experience, which was reflected in their essays!

Some of them were off-topic, and we couldn’t let them through, but it’s worth mentioning that those essays were also great!

We can finally announce 5 contest winners (we will only include their first names, in order to maintain privacy): Read the rest of this entry »

Hey, people! The new writing contest from the RWC is here! This time we offer more money, more prizes and an additional chance to score a job with the ResearchWritingCenter.com as a guest blogger for our site!

And this offers even more benefits! But watch out as the assignments are going to be more complex than the previous time, and we expect even more elaborate writing from you, guys!

We encourage you to READ the INSTRUCTIONS carefully, because we are going to ban any submissions, which will fail to correspond to our requirements!

The contest will last for a month, just as the previous one, and we decided to keep the scheme just as it was – we choose the finalists and you vote for the finalists! Read the rest of this entry »