Are you a working writer? Do you have strong time management and marketing skills? Can you find enough work to support your writing habit? Would you like to make even more money? Of course you would. And you can! All you need is an awareness of the vast opportunities out there for writers and the willingness to stretch and grow. <\/p>\n
Let\u2019s say that you write articles for magazines. You send out forty queries and write three to eight articles each month. Additionally, you recycle your articles as reprints. You get paid to write a church bulletin and an occasional book review. What more could you do? Plenty. Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n
1: Write political campaign material<\/strong>. Elections can be lucrative for writers. Whether the campaign is citywide or at the national level, candidates rely on accomplished writers to sway voters. I\u2019ve earned some good money writing campaign material for school board candidates and local union election contenders. It\u2019s easy to get involved. Simply choose your candidate or cause and apply for a writing job. Be prepared with a resume and a sample press release or campaign blurb. I charge $50\/hour for this work, but the bigger the election, the higher the pay rate.<\/p>\n 2: Start a newsletter business<\/strong>. I know someone who writes newsletters for half dozen or so businesses and organizations. Potential earnings per newsletter are in the $2000 to $6000 range per year. What does this work entail? You write articles, conduct interviews and provide data related to the business or organization and arrange to have the newsletter typeset and printed or copied. <\/p>\n 3: Become a teacher<\/strong>. It took me years to figure out that my writing\/publishing experience was a valuable commodity. Perhaps yours is, too. Give seminars for fledgling writers. Teach classes through a local art center, a community college or online. Present memoir classes at a senior center. Not only will you get paid anywhere from $100 to $1000 per course or seminar, some of your students might hire you to help them prepare their works for publication. <\/p>\n 4: Produce fundraising material for businesses and organizations<\/strong>. Fundraising takes a special knack which is why business leaders and organization directors usually hire someone to write their fundraising materials. If you can write convincing, straightforward copy designed to touch people\u2019s hearts and their pocketbooks, you can probably get work in this field. Fees vary according to the scope of the project.<\/p>\n 5: Expand your writing services.<\/strong> Article writing or client work might be your forte. But don\u2019t limit yourself. There are a wide variety of companies and organizations out there looking for good writers. Have you ever visited a Web site that was disorganized and littered with misspelled words? Contact the Web master and offer to rewrite the text. Do you sometimes find mistakes on brochures you receive in the mail? Go to the heads of these companies\/organizations, point out the mistakes and offer your services. <\/p>\n Perhaps a local business, your county seat or a historical church is nearing a hallmark anniversary. Propose a commemorative piece to celebrate the event. I once wrote the copy for a booklet featuring the history of our largest local water district and earned $3,000 for my efforts. <\/p>\n 6: Ask for writing work<\/strong>. When you experience a slow time (and we all have them), contact some of your favorite editors and ask for an assignment. Maybe one of their writers can\u2019t make deadline and they need a fast turnaround on an article. Perhaps they have an idea, but haven\u2019t yet settled on a writer to initiate it. It often pays to make yourself available.<\/p>\n In order to find and land unique writing jobs such as these, you must be proactive. Here\u2019s what I suggest: <\/p>\n Subscribe to online writing-oriented newsletters and join online writing organizations that offer job listings for writers. Many of them also keep you current on publishing trends. <\/p>\n Join SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network) and read the monthly SPAWN Market Update. I write this newsletter and I always include resources and listings for freelance writers as well as for authors who are seeking a publisher and those who are promoting books. http:\/\/www.spawn.org<\/a> <\/p>\n Network constantly. Networking has served me extremely well. A few years ago, for example, a writer friend suggested I contact an editor she knows about writing for their technical magazine. I ended up writing a dozen articles for this magazine during a twelve-month period. <\/p>\n If writing is your passion and your livelihood, it\u2019s imperative that you write where the money is. Let this list be a starting place that launches your lucrative writing career. <\/p>\n Contact me for your editorial needs PLFry620@yahoo.com. Visit my websites: http:\/\/www.patriciafry.com<\/a> and http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you a working writer? Do you have strong time management and marketing skills? 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