"You have to find a mix of passion projects and “doin’ it for the dollars” projects. I’ve been a freelancer for seven years and I’ve been lucky enough to land some awesome gigs, but sometimes it seems like the more prestigious, more fun jobs are the ones that end up paying the worst, in terms of the amount of time put in. Every successful freelancer I know has found some kind of balance between working on the things they love to write about and working on things that pay the bills. So like everything, there’s a bit of that. Of course, it’s all working towards the dream: that the passion project will eventually pay off. (Shout if you know any billionaires who’d like to invest in Narratively.)"

–Narrative.ly editor Brendan Spiegel on freelance journalism