WikiHow: This article presented a very concise and easily understandable list of things that you as a prospective freelance writer need to do. I found it very interesting that they talked at length about how the profession can become isolating, and that you may find yourself feeling lonely. I never really considered that before, but it seems like its a totally possible outcome of the career. The requirements for getting into the profession all seemed to be fairly common sense to me. Communication was one thing that I assumed you would need to be proficient at, but didn't really realize just how important it would be. I liked that the article presented the career in a very realistic way financially, instructing that a person should plan to supplement a main source of income for a while before making the jump to full time, and whenever doing so, to make sure that it is doable.
Rivendale: This article gave a very brief overview of several do-it-yourself publishing alternatives to traditional firms. While finding out about Feedbooks, Smashword, and Wattpad seems like a useful thing for a prospective writer, I didn't think this article really contained much valuable information. He refers to the world of traditional publishing as a scary place, but doesn't give any anecdotes or information to back this up. I think it would be better if he had painted a picture of the two routes, and left it up to the reader to decide.
Writing Assistance: Probably the main thing I took away from this article is that there are things like the STC Job Board. This is huge for anyone who might be considering becoming a freelance technical writer, and I'm sure that other disciplines have similar resources. Other than this, this article was interesting to take a somewhat different viewpoint of the process, from that of the employer rather than the job seeker. Pretty much all of the requirements were common sense, especially after the previous articles.
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