Many people fall into freelance writing when they find they have reached the end of the road in their prior career, others when they are left out of work thanks to redundancy. Some choose it as a career path in the first instance, while others go into the field once retired. Freelance writing is an attractive and potentially lucrative career that has many different aspects: you could be writing short stories, product reviews, blog entries, articles or more, or you may even settle down and take on the big one – the novel! Before you take the steps to becoming a bestselling author, however, let's talk about what it takes to become a freelancer, one who is writing on a regular basis for money.