JuliaAnne2018
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I agree. I consider myself a barely above-average writer (terrible grammar in these smartphone posts don't count), and I do okay. It has its ups and downs. And I'm sorry I didn't respond sooner -- been preoccupied with this transition.
To answer the original poster from yesterday:
I believe if you are persistent enough and you take the advice that was given to me in 2004 -- that you might get rejected a half-dozen or even a dozen times before you get published -- you will find your niche.
I discovered my niche back in college: It's a genre/category, actually.
I found out that I like writing non-fiction versus fiction. I decided this when in a fiction writing workshop that I would (until I get better at fiction writing) go down the non-fiction path.
My first paid work was $100 for a creative non-fiction story that maybe took me about 15 hours to write so you do the math.
It was accepted in 2004. However, by the end of 2005, I discovered a ateadier living can be made off of SEO and keyword writing.
My first two long-term gigs paid so low I sometimes wasn't earning minimum wage, but within a year I was able to let go of my other jobs. For six years, I just did writing although I admit for four of those years I was living under someone else's roof and didn't have to pay much for rent.
In 2013, I joined Writer Access, which is one of few content mills where 3- and 4-star writers can make a halfway decent wage.
I'm also hoping I will now finally start having more time to do affiliate marketing and start making pitches to publishers and clients who pay more, but for now, I can at least afford to feed my dog and me on what I make.
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To answer the original poster from yesterday:
I believe if you are persistent enough and you take the advice that was given to me in 2004 -- that you might get rejected a half-dozen or even a dozen times before you get published -- you will find your niche.
I discovered my niche back in college: It's a genre/category, actually.
I found out that I like writing non-fiction versus fiction. I decided this when in a fiction writing workshop that I would (until I get better at fiction writing) go down the non-fiction path.
My first paid work was $100 for a creative non-fiction story that maybe took me about 15 hours to write so you do the math.
It was accepted in 2004. However, by the end of 2005, I discovered a ateadier living can be made off of SEO and keyword writing.
My first two long-term gigs paid so low I sometimes wasn't earning minimum wage, but within a year I was able to let go of my other jobs. For six years, I just did writing although I admit for four of those years I was living under someone else's roof and didn't have to pay much for rent.
In 2013, I joined Writer Access, which is one of few content mills where 3- and 4-star writers can make a halfway decent wage.
I'm also hoping I will now finally start having more time to do affiliate marketing and start making pitches to publishers and clients who pay more, but for now, I can at least afford to feed my dog and me on what I make.
Sent from my RS500 using Tapatalk