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THE CREATIVE WRITING COURSEBOOK
Forty Authors share advice and exercises for fiction and poetry.
A NOVEL IN A YEAR: A NOVELISTS GUIDE TO BEING A NOVELIST
Packed with useful tips, advice and exercises to guide you through the novel writing process.
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Writing For Profit
As a writer you can earn a good income writing stories, articles, scripts, poetry and more. The continuing growth of the internet brings even greater opportunities for writers to earn, with many writers earning a steady income from things such as blogs, writing reviews and posting comments. Here you'll find information and resources to help you profit from your writing. |
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Magazine/Newspaper Articles
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Magazines and newspapers are always on the lookout for good quality articles with many paying over £200 for a 2 page piece.
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Writing For TV/Film
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The BBC is constantly on the lookout for writers that show real potential. They accept scripts for film, TV and radio. Their website also contains some excellent tips and advice for writers of all abilities looking to break into this area. Visit BBC Writers Room for more information. |
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Online Articles
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| Helium |
Register free with Helium's online community where
you can submit articles on any subject and get them published
instantly. Once submitted, your article will begin to get read and
rated by other members. The better the ratings the more you earn. A
good, well written, well researched article on a popular subject
could continue to earn for months, or even years. You can increase
your earnings further by entering into Helium's wide range of
writing contests, earning from $5 to $70 per selected article.
Another area of Helium is 'Marketplace' where publishers offer
titles they are looking for articles on, selected articles earning
anything from $20 to $200.
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| Suite101 |
Suite101 has a network of over 1,000 writers and over
7 million monthly readers. They offer writers a direct share of
lifelong revenue on their work, free training and the opportunity to
work 1 on 1 with an editor. Writers would be expected to produce 10
articles every 3 months.
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| Triond |
Share your knowledge and receive royalties from your
published work.
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Be a guide at About.com There is massive earning potential
for About.com guides. As a guide you would build and maintain your
own guide site, featuring articles, reviews, tutorials, FAQs, and a
blog on your specialist subject. To become a guide you must be a
recognised expert in your field with credentials and experience to
back you up, have professional writing experience and be familiar
with HTML. Pay is based on page views, with About.com stating that
they have guides that have built up page views to earn in excess of
$100,000 per year. Visit
About.com:Be a Guide for more information and to apply.
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Blogging
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A blog, short for weblog is basically an online journal or newsletter that is updated frequently. It can be written in any form the writer chooses and on any subject or variety of subjects. A blog could consist of the writers personal thoughts and feelings, a series of articles, or both.
Earn revenue from the advertisements placed alongside your blog. For example, if your blog specialises on home cooking, an advertisement alongside a posting could be for cookery books, and if a visitor purchases a cookery book from the link on your blog, you will receive commission on the sale. Some companies work on a paid per click basis, earning you revenue every time an advertisement is merely clicked on.
Getting the cash flowing in relies on getting enough visitors to your blog, so your postings must be interesting and fresh. |
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| Blogger.com |
A free blog design and hosting service run by Google.
Create a blog in 3 easy steps.
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| ProBlogger |
Tips and advice on getting the most from your
blog.
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Earn money reviewing and rating products and services to help other consumers in their buying decisions. |
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| Dooyoo |
An online community of review writers providing
unbiased consumer reviews on a wide variety of products and
services. Dooyoo pays it's writers in points. Writing a premium
article would earn you 500 points (or dooyoo miles, as they're
called). 1000 points is equivalent to £1.
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Locations can be exotic or UK based, and opportunities are endless for the travel writer. Whether it be a plane or train journey, a cruise or boat trip, extreme sports or local heritage, or something completely different and new.
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Everything you need to know
about writing successful feature articles. Learn how to
formulate and develop ideas and how to shape them to fit
different markets. Learn step-by-step how to plan, research
and write quality articles suitable for a wide variety of
publications.
Listing over 600 UK
magazines and newspapers that publish and pay for articles.
A comprehensive guide to writing and getting published
today. Listing over 4,500 publishers, magazines and other
outlets for writers to approach, and full of practical tips.