How to Get Paid to Write Articles Online

A better way to position yourself

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Freelance writing is borne of a love to write and slaughtered by the reality of what clients need.

It can feel like you’re forced to suffer through inauthentic writing, keyword stuffing, boring topics, meager pay, and surface-level articles that won’t actually help anyone just to build a portfolio worthy of a look for a decent assignment.

That’s why so many of us feel like freelance writing is dead.

But as someone who created a career out of freelance writing, I’m here to tell you it’s not dead.

You’re just positioning yourself wrong.

What is a Freelance Writer?

If you call yourself a “freelance writer,” let’s face it. You’re a dime a dozen. It sounds harsh, but I think you might need to hear it.

There are so many of us “freelance writers” out there willing to take pennies for our work, (can we please stop doing that, by the way), that it’s almost impossible for the rest of us to be paid fairly for what we do. There’s always someone who will do it for less.

Not to mention ChatGPT and other generative AI tools yet to come undercutting even the lowest-priced writers among us.