If you love to write you might have thought about trying to make a living at it. Making a living writing is difficult at first, but with a few simple steps you can make it happen for you. Writing for money is different than writing for a school paper or writing novels. Writing for money means specifically gearing your writing for the purpose of helping you make a living. Some of the most popular ways this is done through magazines, online writing sites and blogging.
Instructions
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- Set writing goals to accomplish before leaving your regular employment. Keeping your day job will enable you to pursue writing for money at a pace you are comfortable with. It can take several months to several years to build up your client base or online presence and keeping your day job will allow you to pay your day-to-day bills while you build those writing opportunities.
- 2 Write every day at least 500 words. Even on days when you are not feeling up to writing, sit down and put some words onto the computer. Keeping this regular schedule will help train yourself to be a daily writer. Daily writing is necessary when managing blogs, building residual income and making a full-time living from writing.
- 3 Blog about what you love. Start a blog about what you like to do or a topic you are passionate about. It will help you reach your daily writing goals and you can add advertising to your blog to help bring in money every month. See the resources section for a link to Google adwords, a popular blog advertising program.
- 4 Submit articles to print magazines. In a world where everything is online, it may be difficult to stop and write an article for a print magazine. If you are considered an expert in your field, this may be the most lucrative way to write for money and make a living. To find the writer submission guidelines for your favorite magazine you can visit its webpage. Many magazines will even have an email address to send your submissions to.
- 5 Join an online writing website where you get paid per article. These sites offer the opportunity for you to work as little or as much as you would like and earn the amount of money you would like to earn each month. When submitting an application to a writing site you will need to have a resume and a few online writing samples to show your writing abilities.
- Set writing goals to accomplish before leaving your regular employment. Keeping your day job will enable you to pursue writing for money at a pace you are comfortable with. It can take several months to several years to build up your client base or online presence and keeping your day job will allow you to pay your day-to-day bills while you build those writing opportunities.
