Some authors are writers first, and experts on something
second. Others are experts at something first and see themselves as
writers second. In either case, if you can write well, you may want to augment
your income by freelancing in various capacities.
Consider the following types of writing-for-pay:
Consider the following types of writing-for-pay:
- Advertising copywriting
- Playwriting
- Book jacket copywriting
- Book proposal writing
- Catalog copywriting
- Textbook writing
- Direct mail copywriting
- Ghostwriting
- Fundraising brochure writing
- Doing translations
- Grant writing
- Editing and Indexing
- Press release writing
- Corporate annual reports
- Web site content writer
- White papers
- Speech writing
- Research firms
- Book reviewer
- Prospectus for builders/real estate
- Journalist/Columnist
- Business plan writing
- Screenwriting for film and television
- Newsletters
- Creating manuals
- Family legacy histories
- Medical and science technical writing
- Scholarly journals
- Comedy writing
- Encyclopedia writing
You Can Cash In On Being A Writer In Numerous
Ways, Including:
·
One-on-one
consulting and training
·
Speaking
before a group or organization
·
Conducting
group training sessions
·
Video
training sessions
·
Audio
training sessions
·
Subscription: newsletter, webinar, teleseminar
·
Membership: concierge insider’s group or apprentice
program
·
E-books
·
Audiobooks
·
Workbooks
·
Bootcamps
·
Seminars
·
Spokesperson
deal
·
Home-study
course
·
Weekend
retreat
·
Syndicated
columnist or radio/TV commentator
·
Blog
with ads
·
Website
with ads
·
Publish
a magazine
·
CD-Rom
or DVD
·
Teach
·
Software
content
·
Selling
your access
·
Textbook
contributor
·
Corporate
consultant
·
Speaking
engagements
In addition to writing adult books, consider doing poetry, short stories, essays, children’s books, and other types of writing.
“Little stokes fell
great oaks.”
“To have a right to
do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.”
--Gilbert
J. Chesterton
“Imagination was
given to man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console
him for what he is.”
--Francis
Bacon
“Always be sincere,
even if you don’t mean it.”
--Harry
S. Truman
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