How to Earn Money from Home with Your Writing Skills

If you want to start a career in writing, your first step is to hone your writing skills. The best way to do this is to write. That could mean practicing with articles you don't get paid for, but I recommend writing low-paying articles to start if your quality isn't to the standard yet of higher paying work. From then on, everything you write will help you be a better writer.

You can also be a better writer by reading more and reading about how to write. Reading in general will help a lot, especially if you read what you're writing about. For example, if you're going to focus on writing about gardening, read everything you can about the subject. Read books, magazines, articles online, etc. Also, watch videos and practice gardening. This will improve your skills and your knowledge.

You can also be a better writer by reading books about writing such as the ones below. They will help you improve your skills.

When you're looking for money making ideas online, you'll notice that writing is a popular one because there are so many opportunities. Click here for other ideas. I suggest starting small with your writing and as you improve your skills and build up your portfolio, you can begin to search for better paying work and more advanced articles.

There are several sites available that allow you to join and do a practice article which places you on a level. Then, you can choose from article requests that are posted in your level and get the corresponding pay. Here are a few sites like this:

• TheContentAuthority.com
• Textbroker.com
• MediaPiston.com
• WriterAccess.com
• Scripted.com

These are fast, easy ways to start earning money from your writing. Even as you progress, you can advance to more difficult, better-paying assignments, but these are great to fill in your time and supplement your income until you get better work.

Essentially, you could write about absolutely anything you want. However, narrowing down your topics will allow you to become an expert in your niche. The more you write in one area, the more extensive and catered your writing portfolio will be to that industry or area. People will choose you to write because you're the expert in that field.

What do you enjoy, know a lot about, and have experience in? It's best to start with your education and career. If you're a teacher with a degree in teaching, you can write about all things teaching. If you're an engineer, you can write about that.

You can also think about your hobbies if your career isn't interesting enough to write about, you don't want to write about it, or there isn't much demand for articles in that field. Here are just a few hobbies that could be good ideas that are in demand:

• Finance - Investing and saving money
• Gardening
• Getting healthy and eating write
• Exercising
• Hiking
• Arts and Crafts
• Home Improvement
• Collecting
• Video Games

Think about what you like to do in your spare time, learn as much as you can about it, and start writing.

As you write more and more, begin to look for freelance writing opportunities above and beyond content mills. Wizzley.com is a great opportunity. You can write and create your own pages and make money for them. If you like article promotion, this adds a great opportunity. The more you promote your page, the more earning potential there is.

You can also try working directly with clients. Look on freelance writing job boards and look for job postings. Some clients are looking for one-time assignments while others are looking for columnists or regular workers. You could write for blogs, newspapers, magazines, or internet publications. 

Don't be picky about where you write. Even the small blogs and beginning sites are a great way to flesh out your portfolio. Set up a website about yourself and post links to all your existing work. You can use this as a part of your resume for future assignments.

If you want to ensure that your writing career flourishes and is successful, just keep writing. Even if you have to work for a few pennies per word for several months or you can't live off your earnings in the beginning, the more you practice and the more you get your name out there, the more in demand you will be.