| A lot of people these days have computers at home, | | | | stock market trading for example. If you have |
| and most of them also have Internet access. | | | | children then you'd have a treasure trove of ideas to |
| Combine these two attributes, along with possessing | | | | begin writing on. |
| reasonably good writing skills, then you could be | | | | Suitable childcare for you child, Giving proper advice |
| writing for the Net. You could write for a number of | | | | to your teenager, would be a good thing to write on, |
| Internet publications and blogs, and write on a | | | | among a lot of other topics. If you know a lot about |
| diverse range of topics, from food, to medicines and | | | | cats, rabbits, parrots etc, then you could dig on that |
| electronic gadgets. | | | | topic. You could also prefer to write a personal essay |
| What To Do First | | | | instead, like My first day at school or My first |
| The first thing to do would be to go to a search | | | | girlfriend, for example. Write down your ideas on a |
| engine; It would be good to go to a well-known | | | | piece of paper. |
| search engine like Google, or Yahoo. Try typing in | | | | Following Submission Guidelines |
| something specific in inverted commas like 'Freelance | | | | If a web site specifically asks for an article of |
| writing on-line', the search engine then lines up a mass | | | | between 600 and 800 words, then it would be no |
| of information, from sites that offer freelance work, | | | | good submitting an article of 1,200 words. It is vital |
| to articles about freelance writing or to those that | | | | that you check on the guidelines, since there are |
| publish market listings. By constantly researching the | | | | usually writers' guidelines or submission links on the |
| Net over long periods, you would be able to find | | | | home page. |
| some good sites that printed market listings. | | | | Sometimes the web site will inform you about the |
| Some sites have newsletters for subscribers, this | | | | topics they are looking for, so this would increase |
| just involves sending them your e-mail address, and | | | | your chances of publication if you could write on one |
| they send you a weekly/bi-weekly or monthly | | | | of those. Writing styles are also important, so check |
| newsletter. A weekly writers' newsletter generally | | | | out the articles that are already published on the site, |
| contains articles on writing and a market preview or | | | | and see if they are quite formal, informal and |
| roundup, and some show warnings of which sites to | | | | humorous. |
| avoid, especially the ones that that haven't been | | | | See if the articles are written from the writer's |
| paying their freelance writers. | | | | personal experience in the first person, or are they |
| What Articles Would I Write? | | | | written in the second person. Verify too on what |
| At the start, you need to think about what kind of | | | | type of people are reading or visiting the site. It |
| articles you would like to write. Fortunately, there is a | | | | would be outright useless if you're writing an article |
| wealth of ideas out there. Initially, concentrate on | | | | on lawn bowling when the site is aimed at rugby |
| what hobbies or interests you have, you may know | | | | enthusiasts for example. |
| a lot about genealogy and what advice to give to a | | | | It would also be good to note that on-line readers |
| novice, or you may be an avid vegetarian who | | | | tend to read faster and their attention spans are |
| knows how to grow and cook organic vegetable | | | | much shorter. You need to break your writing down |
| recipes. | | | | into smaller parts, small paragraphs, to make it easier |
| Also try to include on your choices, like the jobs you | | | | for them to read it. It's also a plus if you add some |
| previously had. You may have had an unusual job, or | | | | sub headings to catch the readers attention. |
| you could be able to write an article about nursing or | | | | |