Wealthy Writer - Learn How To Get Paid to Write
It often surprises me that people want to work at home but they don't want to work. I have an online course to help people start a blogging career within less than three months. All they need to do is spend about 30 - 50 hours reading - and about 50 hours set up.
100 hours investment into their future. I also have a website wealthy writer where writers can learn for free. But, again - I get a lot of hits but very few people return.
When did the concept of 'work' leave the term 'work at home?' I would love to have a job description 'Don't worry about anything - we will give you money whether you know how to do the job - or not." I guess that is a little sarcastic, but you get the report.
I like helping people start real jobs, but most people have a hard time realizing that the business world doesn't work like local neighborhood group. I stopped writing here for a while, mainly because I was constantly being contradicted by people who were not making more than a couple hundred dollars a month.
I do want people to give sound advice, and I do support many bloggers who are doing so. You'll find several reviews at www.wealthy-writer.com . If you have a good website then I'll review you for wealthy writer.
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Submitted by gracepub on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 13:15.
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Several questions, gracepub
Are you seeing a groundswell of people who say they want to work at home, but are (let's say) griping about the fact it's not working rather than being proactive about learning?
Some people might be taking more traditional routes. For many people, the term "blogging career" just doesn't register. Nor does writing ghosted web content. Some folks are learning their trades by being reporters and magazine staff writers, and then learning how to submit fiction and nonfiction to established magazines, newspapers and book publishers.
This route is hard work, but one may not necessarily see evidence that it's going on until a person starts getting enough stuff published to become noticed. What is leading you to believe these people aren't willing to put in the time?
TF
good site ,but it needs more
good site ,but it needs more trust.
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Magazine Staff Writers and Book Publishers
I am saying that people spend all their time learning how to be writers - but they don't learn the 'business of writing' For example, I once worked for a publishing house in the USA. In one 2 week period I rejected 3000 ms. Some of them were written by university grads, others by industry professionals. Many were the second and third novels of unpublished authors.
__________________________We rejected 90% of them because the author never took the time to learn how to submit. The submission told me all sorts of things that happen in the book - but not what the book was about. There was no marketing information, no suggestion of how the author would use the book to promote their career.
Magazine Writing
The same when I worked on the magazine. I received so many letters 'I want to get published in your mag.'
"ya, so? Why should I care." You have nothing to offer me. It drove me nuts. I might be working on 4 issues, and I'd get a letter with a pre written article. It takes less than 5 hours surfing the web to learn that mag editors don't need pre-written articles, unless they are really messed up at the moment.
The thing is - I spent $999 and 5 months on my first course and was published in 2 years. I've built my career far into the $30 000 plus range in less than 6 years - without a university degree.
Respectability "Needs More"
Wealthy Writer is less than 2 months old. It will evolve. I want to write reviews and interviews. That will help.
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the info isn't exactly a secret
In addition to the help you're offering, one can (for example) get Noah Lukeman's free download "How to Write a Perfect Query Letter" from amazon. His focus is basically the kind of letter you'd send to an agent for a novel or a nonfiction book.
You'd think some of those people submitting would at least read Writer's Market or Google such words as "query letter" and "synopses." They'll find lots of advice and samples if they do this.
Good luck training more people to do it right.
TF
You are Right Trick Falls
"It is no secret" - and that is the maddening part of it. These writers should be learning their trade before they waste other people's time. It takes a long time to reject 3000 submissions - I could have been doing something better in that time.
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