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| Title: | A Day in the Life... | |
| Author: | Emma Hitt | |
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If you can imagine a better working life than commuting for ten seconds down your hallway, wearing sweat pants and a tee, and working any time you please, then maybe the freelance writing life isn't for you. But I can't!
A Typical Day
I don't have to get up as early as I do, but that's become my routine.
6.00 am - Make coffee, turn on my computer, check e-mail.
6.15 am - Complete any assignments due in the morning. One of my regular clients requires that I submit my work at 9 am, so I usually work on that.
9.00 am - Go work out if I don't have any pressing assignments. A writer uses about as many calories as a still model, so although I don't really enjoy it, I feel I have to work out or else turn into a blimp.
10.00 am - Put on real clothes and make-up if I feel like it. Email or place phone calls with lead investigators of studies that I'm writing about.
11.00 am Start writing.
12.30 pm - Fix a quick lunch and eat it at my desk or go have lunch with a friend to get out of the house (need to do this at least once or twice a week at least to avoid feeling like a shut-in).
3.00 pm - At this point if I have to write some more I will, but usually I tune the radio onto Clark Howard (fabulous money-saving and scam-avoiding tips!) and attend to things like late invoices, posting receipts, sending out resumes. Nothing too heavy duty though, my brain's usually a little frazzled by then.
5.00 pm - Organize desk and turn off computer...
I work about 30-60 hours a week, but it really doesn't seem like it, because I love what I do. I try not to work on weekends. |
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Emma Hitt is a freelance medical writer specializing in oncology-related physician continuing medical education materials for the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Hitt has been freelancing since 1998 and went fulltime in 2001 after she earned a PhD in nutrition and health sciences (molecular biology/cancer emphasis) from Emory University. Dr. Hitt has also earned an MS degree in technical and professional communication.
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