How to Write More Each Day

By | April 18, 2009

It does not matter if you write a pleasure or profit. If you love writing, or simply need to do more of it for your business or job, it is possible to write more a day. The following five tips will help you increase your writing output without sacrificing quality.

How to Write More a Day – Create More Time

An excellent way to do more of anything in an already busy day is to it create more time for yourself to do it in. Of course, you can’t actually make the day longer. If you want to write more a day you will need to give up something else that you do such as playing a game, watching TV, chatting on the phone, or sleeping. Schedule specific times to write, or make a goal to write in 10 minute bursts throughout the day. Read more »

Three Reasons for Writing Stories Online for Free

By | April 9, 2009

The vast majority of people who are interested in writing stories online want pay for their work. After all, writing stories is a marketable skill and you should be given some monetary compensation for your talents and efforts. Many people write short stories and post them on the Internet for free without any hope of ever getting any money for them whatsoever.

Why? Why would anybody start writing stories online if they weren’t getting paid for it?

Writing Stories Online – Ignorance

Unfortunately, the main reason why people start writing stories online and posting them in public places without being paid is ignorance. Some people, especially teenagers, do not realize that people get paid good money for the stories they write. It is quite possible that their stories would it be good enough to get paid for anyway.

People who do realize that you can get paid for writing stories often do not understand rights. If something is posted for the public to see on the Internet, you have used up your first publication rights. This means that very few magazines or e-zines would be interested in your story any longer.

Writing Stories Online – Recognition

For people who understand you can be paid for writing stories and to have stories or even novels in the works, writing stories online can increase your author reputation or build recognition for your name. There are many websites on the Internet where you can post stories for other people to read and comment on, you can also do this on a personal blog. By linking a story you write online to your website or blog you can get traffic back to it. Showing people your writing style and skill at crafting interesting stories can earn you new fans.

Writing Stories Online – Entertainment

Some people are interested in writing stories online to provide quality entertainment for the masses. Not only can you do this on personal websites or blogs but you can get involved in one of the many multi-author fiction projects that can be found on the Internet. There are even websites dedicated to building an entire fantasy worlds which are formed by a collaboration of dozens or even hundreds of people writing stories online together

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Demand Studios Announces Upfronts for Revenue Share Articles

By | April 2, 2009

PLUS the chance to win a Macbook, Kindle, or iPod!!

Read about it here in the DS forums. — Upfronts for Rev Share Articles

While the prizes for the contest are quite thrilling, the long-term addition of $5.00 per each article (paid only in increments of 10 articles at a time) is what will make people start picking up these titles.  Granted, it’s not the $15.00 that we’ve come to love at Demand Studios, but it is better than only residuals.

A person with a good grasp of SEO can probably do better with these residual income articles than with the one time payment options.

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