Michele Filgate, once a writer and broadcast associate for CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, has worked on Assignment America, and wrote for Couric & Co, CBSNews.com. Filgate did some work on 60 Minutes, too. She’s a bookstore mogul in New Hampshire and is, like us, a freelance writer wanting to sell her writing.
One Freelance Writer’s Success
Early on, Filgate knew what kind of writer she wanted to be. She was sure. Hitting the ground, running, she was hip deep in success in network television. Filgate figure out it wasn’t feeding her soul. Television writing wasn’t what she wanted.
Read Filgate’s own account of her career transition after she bailed from the TV scene and took back her personal power. How can her story help you change yours?
In a falling-apart scrapbook I made when I was ten years old, there’s a photo of me with my “briefcase.” One of my favorite games was to pretend I was someone a lot of little girls dream about becoming: a professional, tidy, business lady. My aunt had business cards made up for me, and I carried them around with a determination to make my presence as someone to take notice of. Keep reading, Filgate’s is a good story!
From Free Writing Classes to Small Press, Express Yourself
The moral of the story – find your path and follow to satisfaction. It’s possible to create a writing career with consistant work opportunities. But if you have something in you that needs expression; if job satisfaction makes a difference to you, don’t sweat the competition.
Don’t agonize because jobs wax and wain. Take a step toward your goals each day. School yourself. Experiment – maybe with small presses or self publishing. Be ever true to thine ownself.
This profile is courtesy of Women’s Media Center, making women visible in the media.
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