Getting Paid for Writing

Not so long ago, the people of the world were much less literate than they are today. In such climate, the written word took a backseat to the spoken one. Consequently, the most engaging ...

So you’re ready to take the plunge and enter a creative writing contest? Congratulations… you’re in luck! There are plenty of opportunities available to amateurs and professionals desiring to boost ...

You’ve been working hard on your creative writings and you’re finally ready to publish a book or collection. However, you realise that unless you choose the self-publishing route (and you’re not ...

When you’ve decided it’s time to begin selling your creative writings, it’s often a thrilling moment… until you realise that finding writing jobs can be tough. In fact, it’s enough to make an author ...

When you make the decision to write for a pay cheque, you open yourself up to a new kind of feedback: Rejections Though these slips of paper or emails might cut like knives (especially at ...

The creative writer who can also create visual images through drawings paintings, anime, or other artistic sources has a great deal of versatility that can translate to any number of lucrative and ...

It finally happened… you sold one of your creative works. For money. Real money. Not a lot but enough to make you grin from ear to ear. Staring at the cheque, your mind begins to make some ...

Are you a creative writer who wants to establish a professional freelance (or full-time) writing career? If so you’ll need to organise your curriculum vitae (CV) to highlight your pertinent ...

Whether you’ve been writing for a few days or a decade there will come a point when you’ll need to organise a creative portfolio to display your best works. Here, we’ll examine a few methods for ...

Are you someone who desires to become a full- or part-time professional writer?

Congratulations! Working with words can be an amazingly fulfilling and exciting career; it can also lead to ...

The Internet has opened up many possibilities for freelance creative writers to make a living selling their words and images no matter where they live… but the cyber universe is also a scammer’s ...

“How much can I make as an author?” That’s the burning question on many creative writers’ minds especially those who would like to take “the plunge” into full-time (or part-time) freelancing. ...

Believe it or not, creative writing and the corporate world go hand-in-hand, especially when it comes to sales, advertising and marketing. Maybe you don’t think of yourself as a business person ...