Top 15 ways to make money with your writing skills

To play with letters, combine them to make words and to come out astonishing literacy piece is God-gifted talent. When you polish it, it becomes your art. With advent of internet, blogging industry emerged and it is growing still in presence of AI tools like most famous ChatGPT.

It is too much easy mush easy to make money with your words. So, the writing jobs that you can do online are copywriting, ghost writing, content writing etc. You can easily find writing jobs on Upwork, Fiverr, iWriter etc.

Before you start writing

First, remember, writing tasks might be short term and long term. Some ask for specific number of articles and some clients ask to write long term. Long-term projects include writing blogs on regular basis. Whereas, for short tasks, client ask to write an essay, a proposal, an article for his news blog, taglines for his products, pouch lines for major news etc.

Consistency and Faith is the key to success. There is no short cut to build yourself a name or brand in online industry of copywriting.

You can write blogs, articles, reports, proposals etc. on part time basis. It is manageable along with your fulltime job. Always remember to deliver content on time. How much time is required to write an article? It depends on your competency, topic and your knowledge about it.

If you are good at writing or if you can express your ideas well then you can definitely get paid to write. It is not necessary that you should be a professional writer or experienced columnist to make money writing.

I have good experience of writing for money. I will share my experience and explain you all possible ways to get paid to write articles, essays, reviews and even short stories.

You can easily make US $50 to $250 per day if you have the necessary writing skills and know the correct way to make money writing articles and other stuff.

Most popular websites for writers

Here are some of the most popular sites for writers

• Upwork: One of the most popular platforms for freelancers. You can sign up on Upwork and write for money. It’s not difficult to find regular writing jobs.
• Fiverr: I have not only worked as a seller on Fiverr but I have good experience as buyer also. You can join Fiverr as a seller and then create writing gigs related to your writing assignments each for $5 or multiple of $5. Getting your first order is important at Fiverr. So, get it the way you think is good.
• iWriter: This is one of the exclusive sites for writers where you can find all types of freelance writing jobs. You can start with $5 to $10 for 500-1000 words content, and once your profile flourishes, you can make up to $100 for a 1000 words article.

Here we go

Here are 15 best ways that will be useful for you to make money as a writer. All these 15 ways are simple and anyone with little or no experience can start making money using these ways.

Here I will show you 15 different ways to monetize your words:

1. Get Paid to Write Online for Others

This is one of the most popular ways to make money writing. You can find number of following different ways to write for others:

• Proofreading and editing jobs
• Copywriting
• Writing Press Releases
• Translating from one language to another
• Transcription Jobs
• Writing Resume and Cover letter
• Get paid to write Essay, research paper, scripts, advertisement etc.
• Writing legal documents, agreements, contracts, wills etc.

There is a great demand for writers for doing all these writing works. If you have experience in any of the given ways above, you can make dollars.

2. Start a Blog and Make Money Writing

We recommend every writer to start his or her own blog even if you do not want to make money writing from your blog. A blog can display your talent through the content you will publish on your blog.

Creating a Blog is EASY!

If you believe us.… it is so easy that it will hardly take 15 minutes to make a blog from scratch….

Therefore, if you want to start your own Blog then read this guide, which will help you create one FAST…

An article written for others will earn you only one-time income, but an article written for your Own Blog can make you a lifetime income. In addition, that is why blogging can make you lots of money.

There are many income streams to generate money from your blog. One of the easiest ways is by placing AdSense ads on your blog.

Another popular and rewarding method is affiliate marketing. You can promote different products related to the topic you are writing on your blog and make money from each sale that happen through your blog.

3. Make Money Writing eBooks

Do you have some excellent ideas, knowledge, experience or anything that will be helpful to humankind? You can write and publish your own eBook, make money from this.

However, it looks simply to publish an eBook but its not. It takes time, hard work; research and patience to write publish your own eBook.

We have written a complete post to make money writing an eBook here. We are sure you will be able to publish and sell it.

There are writers who have sold millions of copies of their eBook.

So, start working writing now who knows you might be the NEXT BESTSELLING AUTHOR…

4. Ghostwriting

Ghostwriting is the best way to make a lot of money by writing article. The term “ghostwriter” is a bit misleading because you might believe it is all about writing scary stories or ghost stories.

Actually, a ghostwriter is someone who writes on behalf of another person. The article is published in the name of the buyer. In return, the ghostwriter gets a lot of money because they have given their thoughts and words to a written piece.

A ghostwriter can charge anything from $300 to $500 for selling their work. The content is measured on word count basis. Meaning, one word will cost the buyer $1 or more, in some instances.

5. Business Writer

As the term indicates, business writers create articles that are relevant to a particular industry. They will analyze business trends in the sector, study company performances, demand for products and future projections from various sources to write articles.

Newspapers, business magazines and websites, industry groups, lobbies and other trade organizations use business articles. Companies and organizations hire a business writer for short-term project on commission basis.

Part time or freelance business writers can make up to $75 per hour.

6. Financial Analyst

Financial analysis is very important to every bank, financial institution, industry bodies and companies, among others.

You can write financial articles by studying industry trends, investor sentiments, domestic and international political and economic scenarios and many other markers. A short financial analysis can sell for as much as $300 to $1000.

7. Movie Critic

This is a dream job for many people. You can make up to $25 for simply watching a movie and writing an article about it. There are many takers for movie reviews. This includes cinema companies, TV channels, news and entertainment websites, film producers and distributors.

Such reviews are also necessary to get approvals for mass screening and distribution of the movie to broader audiences.

8. Food Critic

A food critic makes up to $50,000 per year on fulltime basis. In addition, that is not all. You also get to dine at the best restaurants in town and the country.

This is a very specialized writing job because you need to have proper knowledge of cuisines and dishes, have keen sense of taste and an ability to write honest reviews.

Michelin and other top magazines pay food critics a lot of money. Moreover, food critics work for travel companies and tourism organizations to promote cuisine of a certain place.

9. Reporter

Everyone knows who is a reporter. There are various kinds of reporting jobs available with newspapers and magazines. Generally, there are two types of reporters. Frontline reporters go to disaster zones and other places to write articles about various tragedies.

Others specialize in a specific ‘beat’ or field such as politics, health, transportation, women and children affairs, education and others. Freelance and fulltime reporters are journalists and enjoy protection under press laws of various countries.

Freelance reporters can make $25 or more depending upon the type of article and relevance. Fulltime reporters can earn up to $48,000 with a couple of years’ experience.

10. Feature Writer

Feature writing is also a journalism job but of a softer, more interesting nature. Feature writers create articles on lifestyles, fashion, trends, celebrities, places and many of other topics.

These very informative articles aim at showing the unknown “feature” of anything in the world. Fulltime feature writers make about $40,000 per year.

11. Sports Writer

If you are sports aficionado, become a sports writer. This is also a very specialized skill since you need to know all rules of the game and remember top players and their teams. You will also require access to records of these players and teams at various tournaments.

Sports magazines, TV channels, sports clubs and sports goods manufacturing firms hire sports writers. This very glamourous writing job pays minimum $35,000 per year on fulltime basis.

12. Legal Writer

Legal writers are generally lawyers. They write articles about court cases and analyses judgments that serve as reference material for lawyers. Legal writing is a very profitable writing job. If you have sound knowledge about civil, criminal, industrial, corporate, financial, personal and other laws, it is easy to find jobs with law publications, law firms and governments.

13. Social Media Consultant

A social media consultant is another best way to get paid to write for those who can write short and viral posts. Almost all the small and large business need social media consultants who can manage the social accounts of their brands and help them grow their pages.

You need to write creative and engaging content that help to grow build their brands and get more followers.

14. Writing for Newspaper or Magazine or Blogs

If you have experience of that level, then you can sell your articles to popular newspaper and magazine. You can earn from $50 to $300 per article. It depends on the quality of the article.

To make that much money from each article, you need to do a lot of research for writing the article. Article length should be more than 2000 words to be accepted.

If you remember that, we have already discussed above that how you can start a blog and write for own blog and make a life long income.

However, for any reason if do not want to start your blog then you can write articles for other popular blogs and earn money for it. This is Guest posting. It is also a popular way through which writers make money.

15. Get Paid to Write Erotic Stories

Do you know there is very huge demand for erotica on internet and hundreds of authors are already making big bucks writing erotic stories?

There are many ways you can make money writing erotic stories like creating your own blog (very little competition), write for other blogs or companies or write sell your own books on Amazon other popular platforms.

Closing Words

Here our words end and your efforts start.

As we mentioned in our blog, there is no short cut for success. Learn from others; look for a mentor who can make your journey short with his insights, tips and experiences.

Hence, we have discussed 15 ways to sell your words for money. So, if you know any other ways to make money writing, do share below through comment.