I'm reading "The Well Fed Writer", a guide to breaking into Freelance Commercial Writing FLCW.  I can definitely do this well. The first screenplay I ever wrote won two film festival gold awards. I've written a book, taught workshops, written grants for millions of dollars and have at least 3 bits of writing that have gone viral.  They don't have my byline, but it's nice to know people liked them well enough to swipe them.  One skit I wrote has been produced repeatedly on youtube.

TWFW says to succeed as a commercial writer, writing well is not enough. He thinks I should do cold calls.

I'm doomed. Terminally shy people do not do cold calls. Cold calling has been known to cause shy people to stop breathing and flop over on the floor like a freshly boated tuna.

What to do?  What to do?

He says if you don't do cold calls, you'll have to be content with less money.

Okay, so what's wrong with that?

I have the perfect face for living in a little shack in the woods.  People expect that sort of behavior from grizzled old geezers like me.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

If any of you need a brochure, bit of advertising, commercial script, booklet, direct mail piece, speech written or pithy catch phrase for the head of your banjo, just drop me a note. My rates are currently reasonable. I hope to reach unreasonable during my first year of operation, but, for now, I'm giving deals.

Tom

twayneking@gmail.com