077 – How To Become a Career Writer Part 3: Make Maximum Money with Your Writing Skills

• 75 #1 Think Like a Business
• 76 #2 Make Money on the Book
• 77 #3 Make Maximum Money with Your Writing Skills
• Use Your Writing Skills
  • As an Editor
    • Pays faster. The editor is the first and sometimes only person to make money on a book.
    • Creating a course to teach writing to other writers is how many authors make their money.
  • Write for periodicals:
    • Short story collections
    • Magazines
    • Journals
    • Websites/Internet
  • As a Ghost Writer
    • Ghost writers typically get money up front as well as sometimes getting a cut of the ongoing revenue. This is the fun of writing without having to deal with haters and marketing.
  • As a work for hire
    • Define work for hire. No royalties, but most books never get past their advance anyway. A team helping you plot. Stretches you in other writing areas/genres. Can be fun!  
  • As a Copywriter
    • One of the best selling forms of writing. Often paid by the word or my the hour. It is not uncommon for a copywriter to make $50-$60k a year and top copywriters make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
    • Back cover copy
      • Kylie Dunn- Do. Share. Inspire.
    • Newsletters  
  • As a Blogger
    • Once you get to about 100,000 pageviews a month you can start making real money on advertising on your blog. Particularly if you have a focused niche that is attractive to advertisers.

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