How to Make Money From Writing
Turning Experience into Dollars
I don’t know about you, but I find cash helps in the writing game. Naturally, penning a best-seller is the way to go, but until that happens what else can you do? One option is to turn personal experience into dollars by writing essays for the biggest and best paying market there is – the US.
Why not? With the Internet, it’s as easy to write for a US publication as it is for a British or Irish one. The number and variety of publications available there is vast and many are open to freelance submissions from overseas, especially those dealing in personal essays.
Although relatively short – most essays are circa 1,000 words – they can be an excellent money spinner. I was paid $250 upon acceptance for an 800-word essay I sold to one magazine which was not published until three months later. Virtually all British and Irish publications pay only at the end of the month in which a piece is included, which may be months after acceptance.
Make Money from Writing
I'm a freelance writer and I make my living earning by writing for the World Wide Web. Here are my 10 tips for making money writing online:
The vastness of the internet can be frustrating at times, but for writers it can also mean that the next paying opportunity is hiding just around the next corner - or link as the case may be. If you’re interested in making money from web writing try out a tip or two and hopefully both your portfolio and pocketbook will profit.
1. Make Connections
There is an abundance of social media sites which can help you connect to other writers, editors, agents, publishers, even cover designers and proofreaders if you want to start building your networks. Twitter is just one option for joining conversations immediately, and plenty of paying markets are listing jobs and calls for submissions in their tweets as well. Get to know people, get to know what they need and you will benefit from your social networking by being the first to hear when jobs are posted or sought.
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