Comments on: Top 12 Writing Gigs for Writers http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/10/17/top-12-writing-gigs-for-writers/ Author, Designer, Problogger Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:10:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: deborah.woehr http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/10/17/top-12-writing-gigs-for-writers/#comment-13964 deborah.woehr Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:13:47 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/10/17/top-12-writing-gigs-for-writers/#comment-13964 Thanks, Tiffany. :) I agree with your last statement. We have so many options around us, yet many of us limit ourselves to writing a novel while we struggle to pay the bills. Fred: That is awesome! Thanks, Tiffany. :) I agree with your last statement. We have so many options around us, yet many of us limit ourselves to writing a novel while we struggle to pay the bills.

Fred: That is awesome!

]]> By: fred charles http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/10/17/top-12-writing-gigs-for-writers/#comment-13961 fred charles Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:40:21 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/10/17/top-12-writing-gigs-for-writers/#comment-13961 I just took a technical writing course at work. It was a lot of fun. I got to talk about writing for 8 hours! I just took a technical writing course at work. It was a lot of fun. I got to talk about writing for 8 hours!

]]> By: Tiffany http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/10/17/top-12-writing-gigs-for-writers/#comment-13951 Tiffany Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:46:43 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/2007/10/17/top-12-writing-gigs-for-writers/#comment-13951 Great post. I especially like that you led with local newspapers, which are almost always short-staffed and in need of assistance. They don't pay much, but are a great, fast source of credible published clips--and the stories typically take very little time to write, so that even at low rates the per-hour compensation isn't bad. I'd like to add regional and local magazines such as suburban entertainment magazines and parenting magazines to the list--and to remind your readers that there is a wide market for articles on everyday topics that just require a little bit of pulling together and legwork. Too many newish writers are waiting around for the groundbreaking idea while they're wading through topics that could easily be sold. Great post. I especially like that you led with local newspapers, which are almost always short-staffed and in need of assistance. They don’t pay much, but are a great, fast source of credible published clips–and the stories typically take very little time to write, so that even at low rates the per-hour compensation isn’t bad. I’d like to add regional and local magazines such as suburban entertainment magazines and parenting magazines to the list–and to remind your readers that there is a wide market for articles on everyday topics that just require a little bit of pulling together and legwork. Too many newish writers are waiting around for the groundbreaking idea while they’re wading through topics that could easily be sold.

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