Why I Stopped Calling Myself a “Freelance Writer”

The gift and the curse of an often-underestimated job title

Herbert Lui
Index
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5 min readMar 28, 2022

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Several years ago, the CEO of a prominent product development services company approached me to help out with copywriting and publicity. I had started my own editorial studio, Wonder Shuttle, and gave myself the job title of creative director. That didn’t matter much, because most…

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Herbert Lui
Index
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Covering the psychology of creative work for content creators, professionals, hobbyists, and independents. Author of Creative Doing: https://www.holloway.com/cd