Marisa Wikramanayake

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    Freelancing,  Journalism,  Productivity

    Three important stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist

    February 15, 2022 / No Comments

    Three stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist and why they were important.

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    September 27, 2013

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    September 14, 2017

    Surviving university as a journalism student

    February 13, 2015
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    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    How much I made in 2021 as a freelancer

    January 25, 2022 / No Comments

    How much I made in 2021 as a freelancer in Australia and why it is important to be transparent about it.

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    April 2, 2015

    25+ ways I automate my workflow, or how I am trying to become a cyborg

    May 23, 2013
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    10 Important Things You Need To Know About Finding A Mentor

    January 14, 2021
  • green typewriter on brown wooden table
    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    My goals for 2022: making my freelancing work better for me

    January 18, 2022 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake talks through what her goals for 2022 are and how she is planning to achieve them.

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    October 7, 2011
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    Why I really need to take a week off for rest right now

    February 17, 2021

    How to network at an editors' conference

    January 14, 2013
  • writings in a planner
    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    How to successfully set goals and plan for 2022

    January 11, 2022 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake writes about how to plan for 2022 and set goals as a freelancer.

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    Surviving university as a journalism student

    February 13, 2015

    14 easy rules to simplify your workflow and life as a freelancer

    June 4, 2013
    A mug full of coffee on an open planner

    How I am planning for the next financial year as a freelancer – despite Covid-19

    June 26, 2020
  • Fallon Michael's photo of eyeglasses on book beside macbook for Marisa Wikramanayake's blog post about their 2021 year in review
    Freelancing,  Productivity,  Updates

    My 2021 year in review – amazing goals success or failure?

    January 4, 2022 / No Comments

    The 2021 year in review - were all the goals met and hit and what of COVID-19? Marisa Wikramanayake looks back at her work over the year.

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    Why I really need to take a week off for rest right now

    February 17, 2021

    How to get started in journalism

    November 29, 2013

    14 easy rules to simplify your workflow and life as a freelancer

    June 4, 2013
  • Marisa Wikramanayake works on a story as a journalist and in this post showing you how to write a freelance pitch
    Freelancing,  Journalism

    How to write a freelance pitch to an editor

    September 17, 2021 / No Comments

    Learn how to write a freelance pitch in this post.

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    Freelancing panel at IPEd 2017

    September 14, 2017

    Mentoring: the why and the how of doing it

    December 6, 2013

    How to get started in journalism

    November 29, 2013
  • An image of two hands writing in front of a computer screen with a phone on top of papers on a desk
    Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism

    How to easily track pitches in Google Sheets as a freelance journalist

    January 7, 2021 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake talks about how to set up a pitch tracker using Google Sheets to track pitches as a freelancer or freelance journalist.

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    January 20, 2017
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    Day 4: Freedom to write, freedom for writers

    June 1, 2018

    What is a typical day for a journalist?

    October 16, 2019
  • Journalism

    How I use bullet journaling as a freelance journalist

    April 9, 2019 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake posts about how to use bullet journaling as a freelance journalist to organise your work flow and processes.

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    Protected: How to interview people via Skype video

    April 2, 2015

    AWW 2013: Interview with author Marj McRae

    January 17, 2013

    What is a typical day for a journalist?

    October 16, 2019
  • My desk in Phillips cabin at the KSP Writers Centre (c) Marisa Wikramanayake
    Blog,  Writing

    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018 / No Comments

    Day 3 and I am just grateful. I didn’t get to sleep until five am because I was just so thrilled that I had met my goal. You get a high after you write and type everything in. But I did sleep in bursts till about noon. I would wake up, do some work related things, sleep a bit, write a bit and so on. I woke up at noon and went over to the main house and the office to meet Shannon who is the director here at KSP Writers Centre. I gave her some things from Sri Lanka and she offered to do a pharmacy run for me.…

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    October 11, 2018

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    October 14, 2019
  • Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism,  Writing

    Frequently Asked Questions About Becoming A Freelance Writer:

    January 18, 2018 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake answers a few of the frequently asked questions about being a freelance writer.

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    October 11, 2019
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    December 17, 2020
    I'm blogging this by Jhayne via Flickr (additional text by me)

    My top 10 posts in 2016

    January 20, 2017
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