The Ultimate Guide to Making Money by Writing Online
Why most writers struggle to monetize their passion — and 3 steps to set yourself apart from the crowd.
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6 min readMar 2, 2022
It’s 2022. Why do people still behave as if being a writer means you’ll always be item broke or underpaid?
In this post, I want to discuss three ways writers can monetize their writing.
This is a very beginner-level post. If you’re a completely new writer who has no idea how to make money, or if you think that the only way a writer can get rich is by selling copies of their books, then this post is exactly for you.
Before proceeding further, if you’d like to watch a more candid version of this article in video format, watch it here:
1. Writing for Platforms
The first way that writers can make money online is by writing on platforms that pay you a fixed rate for the number of reads your article has.
