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Here's another one that anyone can do, but you really should be playing with your "A-game" settings switched to "ON" and have a passion for it to be doing this (i.e. enjoy doing it - enjoy the act of writing and manipulating the written word). I don't need to tell you that there is plenty of poorly written garbage published to the web all the time - we've all seen it - because of "everyone" and their dog out their trying to do what I have written in the first sentence of this write-up: trying to do it because they have seen it promoted all over the web as something "anyone can do". Whew! Now that was a long sentence! Speaking of "poorly written garbage", I had better catch myself here before I eat my own words!
Let's get serious here. What I am trying to say is that while (almost) anyone who has a Middle School education or higher to their name could technically be able to make money by writing, just the fact that you can write something half-way decent doesn't mean that you will be able to make money doing it, or sustain it over the long term. In order to make it something sustainable that can continue to make you money time and time again, you should derive some kind of a least basic enjoyment out of writing.
Writing for money could include many things: copywriting (or copy writing - which is distinctly different from copyrighting!), review writing, website/blog writing (like I, Andreas, do here at Biz Opp Empire), "traditional" book writing (either for publication as an e-book or in hard copy - or both!), script writing, newsletter writing, translation, ghostwriting, and, of course, journalism! We can't forget journalism! And even then, the list continues after that....
And then there is not just theme/genre/content and writing type to think about, but the nuts and bolts of how you want to get on as a writers as well. Will you work for yourself, or will you work for others? If you work for others, will you work for a big company or small company (company = company/organization/enterprise/entity, whatever you want to call it)? Will you just work for one company full-time, or will you work part-time for more than one company? Will you freelance for others (get paid to write pieces for other people), or will you just do it all yourself (as in the case of owning a website or blog, for example, and writing your own content for it)?
Let's not forget, when asking yourself these questions, these are the same questions - or at least types of questions - that you will ask yourself before starting any type of money-making venture on your own, not just writing.
I suppose the biggest question you will want to ask yourself with writing that is pretty unique to the field of writing is How would you like to monetize your writing? Is your goal and dream to sell your actual written pieces themselves (i.e. write a book, sell it, and make money; write an article for someone else's website, sell it to them, make money; write content for your own website and charge a subscription fee to access that content)? Or would you like to (or be ok with) using your writing as the "catch" and having the money come in through secondary channels (i.e. run your own blog or website that you write the content for, but the content is free to be accessed and read by anyone with an Internet connection, and you make your money through ads on your site, or a store on your site - like the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises website)?
Beyond a these items, there is little else to write here without going in full-guns-blazing, shields wielding down the rabbit hole of your choice (i.e. traditional book writing, website/blog writing, journalism [in its many forms], etc....pick your poison from the list above, choose your own adventure :) ). The point of it all is, if you love producing the written word enough to "go pro" with it (i.e. put in the consistent scheduled time and effort to produce regular pieces of quality writing), then all you really need to do to get started is:
1) BRAINSTORM
Have a brainstorming session (or two, or three, or ninety seven) with yourself and come up with what type of writing interests you the most to want to pursue and HOW you want to monetize your writing. Although it can, no, this doesn't necessarily mean you just sit down and have one "magical" brainstorming session! This step can, and often does, take time, and you may change your mind and/or decide on several categories you want to move forward with. Try different things. See what works and what doesn't. Don't limit yourself and your creative powers - especially in the beginning! Feel free to experiment and test the waters with yourself. Outline or write a fiction piece and see what you personally think of it. Do the same for a non-fiction piece, an essay, an ad. Translate a piece of writing (yourself, if you know the other language, or work with a translator or translators on the "refinement team" of the final piece - this is what I do). Did you enjoy it? Could you do it again and again with quality results? Start a "quick and dirty" test blog. Write an essay you are proud of and give it away to a friend or family member for free. How did that make you feel? Could you do that over and over again (of course, charging for it!). Again, you are exploring, seeing what you like, and what works well for you.
2) EXPLORE AVENUES TO GET STARTED
Once you have figured out what you would like to pursue, or, better to say, what you think you would like to pursue (this can change!), you need to look for places to get started with the "making money" part of it. As with any venture - writing is no exception - this is a big, and often scary, step. Where do I start, you may be asking? Go ahead and explore some of the external links below to companies/organizations/individuals/enterprises/outfits/etc. that will pay to write and see if anything strikes your fancy......
Internal Links/Further Reading for Further Inspiration:
Newsletters - a long and very detailed read
External Links/Resources to get Started:
55+ Websites That Will Pay You to Write & Blog
American Writer's & Artists Inc. - as the name implies, this is one of those large "Mother Lode" type sites. This is a pay site, but definitely well worth the money you spend. Be careful with getting your name on too many of their mailing list options, as your inbox will be flooded! Stick to just the weekly Week in Review newsletter (which is good and really all you need - even this is a bit much for me). Just some advice from a guy (no political incorrectness intended - I am male - this is Andreas from Biz Opp Empire) who almost always only subscribes to, when I do subscribe to them at all, monthly or quarterly newsletter/magazine/mailing type things. I don't care how "fresh and relevant the ever changing content" is or could be - once a quarter, or once a month at most, is all I realistically have time for and care to look at - bottom line!
Andrea Emerson - all about launching and growing a freelance writing business.
Get Freelance Writing Rates (published Dec. 2018)
Best Sites that will Pay You to Write Articles Online (updated July 30, 2020) - featuring 10 legit sites with well-written summaries about what they want and how to get started with them.
Get Paid to Write Articles: 10 Magazines That Pay $500 or More - you should also go ahead and bookmark their homepage (The Write Life) after reading this article. A great site full of resources for writers and writers-to-be.
Writers in Charge - a site designed to help writers grow and prosper - to give them "the respect they deserve", as quoted from the site's owner, Bamidele!
Make a Living Writing - another great resource site for freelance writers.
Freelance Writing Gigs - all sorts of resources for freelance writers.
The Ultimate Side Hustle: 14 Ways to Get Paid to Write
Get Paid to Write: 101 Sites That Pay You $50-$3000 per Blog Post - this section wouldn't be complete without a list from Money Pantry!
Get paid for writing - 47 legit websites to work online and get paid instantly - I like how she (Mrs. Daaku, the webmaster) leads into this list with discussion and treatment about different avenues you can take as an online writer and what to expect payment-wise and time-commitment-wise with each. I also have her homepage linked under the "Making Money Resources" section. Mrs. Daaku's site Mrs. Daaku Studio is definitely a great resource for the work-at-home/freelancer crowd!
Writing Revolt - learn how to earn top dollar as a freelance writer from fiery and fiesty Jorden Roper, founder of Writing Revolt!
Top 10 Sites Where You Can Get Paid to Write - a goodie from Satrap at famousbloggers.net.
International Living - here's one particular example out of many that I find interesting from one of the lists above. International Living is a magazine that has been around since 1979 (now available both online and offline in hardcopy. It's a great magazine for anyone doing the "international thing," but it's major focus is international retirement havens. They have different options for different things you can write for for them - you can write articles for their Main Website, Magazine, Daily Postcard, or their E-letter. The link above is to their homepage and the link here is specifically to their Writer's Guidelines.
Here's another one that anyone can do, but you really should be playing with your "A-game" settings switched to "ON" and have a passion for it to be doing this (i.e. enjoy doing it - enjoy the act of writing and manipulating the written word). I don't need to tell you that there is plenty of poorly written garbage published to the web all the time - we've all seen it - because of "everyone" and their dog out their trying to do what I have written in the first sentence of this write-up: trying to do it because they have seen it promoted all over the web as something "anyone can do". Whew! Now that was a long sentence! Speaking of "poorly written garbage", I had better catch myself here before I eat my own words!
Let's get serious here. What I am trying to say is that while (almost) anyone who has a Middle School education or higher to their name could technically be able to make money by writing, just the fact that you can write something half-way decent doesn't mean that you will be able to make money doing it, or sustain it over the long term. In order to make it something sustainable that can continue to make you money time and time again, you should derive some kind of a least basic enjoyment out of writing.
Writing for money could include many things: copywriting (or copy writing - which is distinctly different from copyrighting!), review writing, website/blog writing (like I, Andreas, do here at Biz Opp Empire), "traditional" book writing (either for publication as an e-book or in hard copy - or both!), script writing, newsletter writing, translation, ghostwriting, and, of course, journalism! We can't forget journalism! And even then, the list continues after that....
And then there is not just theme/genre/content and writing type to think about, but the nuts and bolts of how you want to get on as a writers as well. Will you work for yourself, or will you work for others? If you work for others, will you work for a big company or small company (company = company/organization/enterprise/entity, whatever you want to call it)? Will you just work for one company full-time, or will you work part-time for more than one company? Will you freelance for others (get paid to write pieces for other people), or will you just do it all yourself (as in the case of owning a website or blog, for example, and writing your own content for it)?
Let's not forget, when asking yourself these questions, these are the same questions - or at least types of questions - that you will ask yourself before starting any type of money-making venture on your own, not just writing.
I suppose the biggest question you will want to ask yourself with writing that is pretty unique to the field of writing is How would you like to monetize your writing? Is your goal and dream to sell your actual written pieces themselves (i.e. write a book, sell it, and make money; write an article for someone else's website, sell it to them, make money; write content for your own website and charge a subscription fee to access that content)? Or would you like to (or be ok with) using your writing as the "catch" and having the money come in through secondary channels (i.e. run your own blog or website that you write the content for, but the content is free to be accessed and read by anyone with an Internet connection, and you make your money through ads on your site, or a store on your site - like the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises website)?
Beyond a these items, there is little else to write here without going in full-guns-blazing, shields wielding down the rabbit hole of your choice (i.e. traditional book writing, website/blog writing, journalism [in its many forms], etc....pick your poison from the list above, choose your own adventure :) ). The point of it all is, if you love producing the written word enough to "go pro" with it (i.e. put in the consistent scheduled time and effort to produce regular pieces of quality writing), then all you really need to do to get started is:
1) BRAINSTORM
Have a brainstorming session (or two, or three, or ninety seven) with yourself and come up with what type of writing interests you the most to want to pursue and HOW you want to monetize your writing. Although it can, no, this doesn't necessarily mean you just sit down and have one "magical" brainstorming session! This step can, and often does, take time, and you may change your mind and/or decide on several categories you want to move forward with. Try different things. See what works and what doesn't. Don't limit yourself and your creative powers - especially in the beginning! Feel free to experiment and test the waters with yourself. Outline or write a fiction piece and see what you personally think of it. Do the same for a non-fiction piece, an essay, an ad. Translate a piece of writing (yourself, if you know the other language, or work with a translator or translators on the "refinement team" of the final piece - this is what I do). Did you enjoy it? Could you do it again and again with quality results? Start a "quick and dirty" test blog. Write an essay you are proud of and give it away to a friend or family member for free. How did that make you feel? Could you do that over and over again (of course, charging for it!). Again, you are exploring, seeing what you like, and what works well for you.
2) EXPLORE AVENUES TO GET STARTED
Once you have figured out what you would like to pursue, or, better to say, what you think you would like to pursue (this can change!), you need to look for places to get started with the "making money" part of it. As with any venture - writing is no exception - this is a big, and often scary, step. Where do I start, you may be asking? Go ahead and explore some of the external links below to companies/organizations/individuals/enterprises/outfits/etc. that will pay to write and see if anything strikes your fancy......
Internal Links/Further Reading for Further Inspiration:
Newsletters - a long and very detailed read
External Links/Resources to get Started:
55+ Websites That Will Pay You to Write & Blog
American Writer's & Artists Inc. - as the name implies, this is one of those large "Mother Lode" type sites. This is a pay site, but definitely well worth the money you spend. Be careful with getting your name on too many of their mailing list options, as your inbox will be flooded! Stick to just the weekly Week in Review newsletter (which is good and really all you need - even this is a bit much for me). Just some advice from a guy (no political incorrectness intended - I am male - this is Andreas from Biz Opp Empire) who almost always only subscribes to, when I do subscribe to them at all, monthly or quarterly newsletter/magazine/mailing type things. I don't care how "fresh and relevant the ever changing content" is or could be - once a quarter, or once a month at most, is all I realistically have time for and care to look at - bottom line!
Andrea Emerson - all about launching and growing a freelance writing business.
Get Freelance Writing Rates (published Dec. 2018)
Best Sites that will Pay You to Write Articles Online (updated July 30, 2020) - featuring 10 legit sites with well-written summaries about what they want and how to get started with them.
Get Paid to Write Articles: 10 Magazines That Pay $500 or More - you should also go ahead and bookmark their homepage (The Write Life) after reading this article. A great site full of resources for writers and writers-to-be.
Writers in Charge - a site designed to help writers grow and prosper - to give them "the respect they deserve", as quoted from the site's owner, Bamidele!
Make a Living Writing - another great resource site for freelance writers.
Freelance Writing Gigs - all sorts of resources for freelance writers.
The Ultimate Side Hustle: 14 Ways to Get Paid to Write
Get Paid to Write: 101 Sites That Pay You $50-$3000 per Blog Post - this section wouldn't be complete without a list from Money Pantry!
Get paid for writing - 47 legit websites to work online and get paid instantly - I like how she (Mrs. Daaku, the webmaster) leads into this list with discussion and treatment about different avenues you can take as an online writer and what to expect payment-wise and time-commitment-wise with each. I also have her homepage linked under the "Making Money Resources" section. Mrs. Daaku's site Mrs. Daaku Studio is definitely a great resource for the work-at-home/freelancer crowd!
Writing Revolt - learn how to earn top dollar as a freelance writer from fiery and fiesty Jorden Roper, founder of Writing Revolt!
Top 10 Sites Where You Can Get Paid to Write - a goodie from Satrap at famousbloggers.net.
International Living - here's one particular example out of many that I find interesting from one of the lists above. International Living is a magazine that has been around since 1979 (now available both online and offline in hardcopy. It's a great magazine for anyone doing the "international thing," but it's major focus is international retirement havens. They have different options for different things you can write for for them - you can write articles for their Main Website, Magazine, Daily Postcard, or their E-letter. The link above is to their homepage and the link here is specifically to their Writer's Guidelines.
