Choosing to be your own boss and to deal with clients and editors on a daily basis is a crazy ride which can get you deeply in the weeds unless you arm yourself with some veteran freelancer’s lessons to guide you on your way.
Freelancing tip 1: Write every day
Writing isn’t a professional occupation, so it can’t be learned. It isn’t science, so it can’t be tamed with rules. Writing is a craft. And as such it has to be practiced every day.