Writing for Money: 5 Simple Ways to Get Started

Writing for money is an easy way to bring in a second income. All you need is a little time each day. If you enjoy it, before too long, you may well find that you transition into a full-time writing career. Let’s look at five simple steps to get started.

1. Write a Review of a Book or a Product You Love

When you’re writing to make money, you trade words for dollars.

This can be intimidating at first. What will you write? For whom will you write it? How will you get paid?

Forget all those questions for now. Just focus on writing a simple review, of around 300 words, of a book you’ve just read, or a product you use every day.

This is just a writing exercise, to build your comfort level.

2. Write an Article About a Topic Which Fascinates You

Next, choose a topic, and write an article, of around 400 words.

If you find that this is a real challenge, relax. Just write what you can today, and write more tomorrow. Keep going, even if it takes you five hours to write this article. Before too long, your brain will get used to the demands you’re putting on it, and you’ll be able to write an article in 40 minutes or less.

3. Who’s Buying? Check out the 1001 Buyers Online

You written two pieces. Now it’s time to check out the buyers.

There are literally unlimited buyers of your writing online. Payment ranges from a few cents per word, to a dollar and more per word.

Sell the first two pieces you wrote, anywhere you can. At this stage, as a total beginner, payment isn’t important. Developing your skills and ability is much more important.

4. Get Productive: Quantity Plus Quality Equals Dollars

Continue to research buyers. Explore the outsourcing sites. Keep writing. Reviews and articles are simple to write, and there are many buyers.

Take any and every writing job you’re offered.

5. Schedule Your Writing Time Each Day, Even if It’s Only Ten Minutes

Schedule your writing time, as you schedule everything else which is important to you.

No time? Everyone has ten minutes. Get up a little earlier, or write during your lunch hour at work.

At your designated writing time, write. Tap the keyboard. Can’t think of anything? That’s fine, write about not being able to think of anything.

If you persist, you’ll soon be tapping the keys with abandon.

Develop a great income writing for the Web – start by writing simple articles

I’ve developed “Sell Your Writing Online Now” (SYWON) to help you to start making money writing online in 24 hours or less.

Each week, for one full year, you’ll receive a lesson, with an assignment which will build your Web writing income – you EARN as you learn.

SYWON is totally unique, and if you want to write for the Web, it’s your ticket to success.

“If You Want to See Your Name in Newsstand Magazines, You Can!”

Many writers start high-profile careers by writing for magazines.

Magazine writing is both easy and highly profitable. Once you’ve learned the techniques in Angela Booth’s new writing guide “Freelance Writing: Make Great Money Writing Articles For Magazines (In Your Spare Time)”, you’ll soon be writing for magazines which pay from $1 to $4 PER WORD.