37 Ways To Get Paid For Your Words

If you have great ideas, excellent writing skills, and a creative approach to your craft, you may be wondering just how you can cash-in on your genius and hard work. Well, wonder no more. Here is a list – in no set order -- of at least 37 ways to whore your wordsmith talents:

1.      Advertising copywriter

2.      Press kit writer

3.      Website content provider

4.      Write TV and radio commercials

5.      Ghostwriter of books

6.      Author poetry, short stories, children’s books, and essays

7.      Be a script doctor

8.      Write catalog copy

9.      Book jacket copywriter

10.  Business plan writer

11.  Grant writer

12.  Annual reports writer

13.  Technical writing

14.  Paid to blog, tweet, post on FB, and other social media for others

15.  Write white papers

16.  Write text for educational manuals

17.  Write training manuals

18.  Write for business, trade, scholarly or specialized newsletters/journals

19.  Co-author a book

20.  Write scripts for theater, TV, film, or radio shows

21.  Write book reviews or product reviews

22.  Write jokes

23.  Write captions for art pamphlets and photo publications

24.  Articles for journals and newsletters

25.  Write eulogies and obituaries

26.  Speech writing

27.  Write personal or corporate histories

28.  Write government reports

29.  Create polls, surveys, and questionnaires

30.  Direct-mail copywriter

31.  Brochure writer

32.  Write entries for encyclopedias

33.  Resume writing

34.  Webinar content writing

35.  Software content writing

36.  Writing content for online videos

37.  Self-publish a newsletter or blog for a subscription fee and/or advertising

You can also be a researcher, editor, indexer, writing consultant or writing teacher. Or maybe you can be a translator. So many possibilities! Or you can write graffiti on the walls of public restrooms – but it doesn’t pay much. Other options? Write comic books, horoscopes, greeting cards, or fortune cookie sayings. Or write letters to your mom.

Of course, the best way to utilize your writing abilities is to pen the great American novel, write a great non-fiction book, and pen magazine and newspaper articles. Good luck in however you choose to apply yourself.

Brian Feinblum’s views, opinions, and ideas expressed in this blog are his alone and not that of his employer, the nation’s largest book promoter. You can follow him on Twitter @theprexpert and email him at brianfeinblum@gmail.com. He feels more important when discussed in the third-person.