Money Writer

For many, getting paid to write sounds good in theory, but people find ways of squirreling out of it. Either it takes too much set up like a blog or the income just doesn’t make it worth while. While these are distinct possibilities, I am going to teach ways to bring in some serious money and keep you from wasting your time with fruitless endeavors.

To Start, think about how much money you hope to achieve by writing on the side. Being reasonable and slowly increasing your expectations is the best way to ensure success.

Before starting, you need to assess your writing ability and see where you can best market it. Below are five questions about your abilities, if any of them apply, see what I recommend for that type of writer.

1. Can you write casual but instructive articles with decent mechanics but mostly just enjoyable and light to read?

2. Are you a master at certain subjects and can articulate them clearly with perfect grammar and style?

3. Are you a good story teller and love entertaining others with your own tales?

4. Can you explain difficult processes and instructions to average people?

5. Do your talents align mostly with editing other’s works and compiling many articles into a single volume?

6. Are you good at dissecting literature or other college and high school subjects to write quality essays on?

The list below explains some specific opportunities that you should focus on if you answered yes to a question above. Each one is also accompanied by an ehow that I wrote to further explain it. There will be subsequent blog posts on each one, as well.

1. Writing your own blog or writing for someone else’s blog is probably an excellent fit for you. http://www.ehow.com/how_5773043_paid-write-blog-posts-others.html

2. You are very talented and should try your hand at writing for journals or consumer magazines. These can pay hundreds of dollars per assignment, but you will need to make it perfect in order to get accepted. http://www.ehow.com/how_5777902_published-magazine-journal.html

3. Some magazines, blogs, and papers, publish personal experiences or creative writings. This could be lucrative for you. http://www.ehow.com/how_5777913_publish-personal-experiences-stories.html

4. Try writing for instructional sites like ehow and others. Also you could create your own publication about how to perform certain tasks. http://www.ehow.com/how_5777956_paid-write-instructions-advice.html

5. There are a multitude of sites out there that will pay you just for linking to other pages. http://www.ehow.com/how_5777966_paid-organize-writings-directories-online.html

6. I gathered up my old high school essays and sold them to several sites that then sell them to current students. I made quite a bit of cash from this and you can, too. http://www.ehow.com/how_5778032_sell-high-school-essays.html

Well, I hope this explained all of the unique opportunities that you have to be get paid for your writing. Really there is no excuse for not selling your content. Until my next post, check out the ehow articles that I included and start poking around at various opportunities that you have to create a niche writing market.