71 Ways for a Writer to Make Money

Written on October 30, 2006 – 9:00 am | by Wordpreneur |
BY JULIA TANG

There are so many ways for writers to make good money by writing. Some people love to write, even as a hobby. You can turn your writing skills into income. Here are a brief list for your reference.

General Writing

  1. Copywriting for television commercials
  2. Copywriting for radio commercials
  3. Copywriting for newspaper and magazine ads
  4. Professional letter writing
  5. Creating plots for other writers
  6. Writing correspondence courses
  7. Travelling writer
  8. Newspaper feature writing
  9. Writing for weekly tabloids
  10. Writing humor
  11. Writing greeting cards
  12. Writing witty sayings for bumper stickers
  13. Writing fillers for newspapers and magazines
  14. Ghost writing
  15. Script writing for movies
  16. Script writing for television
  17. Writing plays
  18. Resume service
  19. Writing non-fiction

Freelance Writing for

  1. Daily newspapers
  2. Professional journals
  3. Consumer magazines
  4. Confessional magazines
  5. Poetry magazines
  6. Fiction magazines
  7. Farming-dairy-poultry-livestock journals
  8. Technical journals
  9. Manufacturers’ trade journals
  10. Retail trade journals
  11. Sports magazines
  12. Teenagers’ magazines
  13. Children’s magazines
  14. Gag magazines

Writing a Newspaper Column on

  1. Crafts
  2. Art
  3. Celebrities
  4. Street interviews
  5. Travelling
  6. 25, 50, 100 years ago today
  7. Local street names
  8. Gossip column
  9. Personal problems
  10. Gardening
  11. Cooking
  12. New products
  13. Child care
  14. For teenagers
  15. Children’s question-and-answer
  16. With humor and jokes
  17. Sport
  18. Pets
  19. Shopping
  20. Cars
  21. Hunting and fishing
  22. Do-it-yourself

Publishing

  1. A newsletter
  2. Sportsmen’s bulletin
  3. Bulletin for the handicapped
  4. Apartment bulletin
  5. Club bulletin
  6. A tourist guide
  7. Restaurant guide
  8. A home-business guide
  9. Part-time and freelance help directory
  10. Teachers’ yearbook
  11. Small newspaper
  12. Magazine

Miscellaneous

  1. Proofreading
  2. Freelance editing
  3. Become an author’s agent
  4. Teaching English

Good luck for your writing and wish you get some ideas for which areas you want to write to from the list.

Julia Tang publishes Smart Online Business Tips, a fresh and informative newsletter dedicated to supporting people like you! To find out the best online business opportunities, and to discover hundreds more proven and practical Internet marketing secrets, plus FREE internet marketing products worth over $200, visit Best-Internet-Businesses.com.

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  1. 4 Responses to “71 Ways for a Writer to Make Money”

  2. By Rahaman on Oct 30, 2006 | Reply

    The site is very useful to the budding writers.

  3. By Wordpreneur on Oct 30, 2006 | Reply

    Glad to be of service. Tell all your friends and loved ones… :-)

  4. By ADEEL MANNAN on Oct 31, 2006 | Reply

    hi

    well okay by thiswe can eaisly sum up our mind the path we want to write on but how just like i want to go for freelancing for daily newspapers but how please guide on it

  5. By Wordpreneur on Oct 31, 2006 | Reply

    You may find what you’re looking for in one of the tons of articles we have in the Classic Wordpreneur area.

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