Innovative & Practical Potential Income Sources

Consider these creative, yet realistic, ideas to earn money with your writing/editing skills.

1. Business Writing

   • Producing company newsletters/brochures

   • Proofreading/editing corporate publications

   • Creating
     
     manuals/user guides for industry groups/organizations

   
   

2. Copywriting

   • For
     commericals

   • For newspaper/magazine advertisements

   • For websites/businesses online
     

   
   

3. Creative Writing

   Like
   

   • 
     for anthologies

   • 
     for magazines

   • Stories for
     publications

   
   

4. • For newspapers/magazines
     or
     
     

   • For journals - academic/medical/scientific

   • For trade publications

   • For
     content

   
   

5. Humor Writing

   • For comedians

   • For cartoons

   • Or even one-liners for t-shirts, coffee mugs, notecards...

   
   
   
   

6. History Writing

   • Creating genealogy records

   • Compiling family trees/timelines

   • Composing biographies of other people

   
   

7. Miscellaneous

   • Greeting Cards

   • Ghostwriting
     Learn more with "The Essential Guide To Ghostwriting"
     

   • Jingles

   • Ebooks
     Learn more about ebook writing
     

   • Special Reports

   • Columns

   • Blogs
     Learn more about blogging
     

   • Travel Writing

   
   
   
   

8. Novel Writing

   For example:
   

   
   
   
   

9. Professional Writing

   • Resume Service

   • Letter Writing (think special occasions - graduations, anniversaries, birthdays, holidays...)

   • 
     (for personal events like - weddings and/or for public figures like - political leaders)

   
   
   
   

10. For
    
    • Television

    • Movies

    • Plays

    
    
    
    

11. Teaching Writing

    • High School/College Curriculum

    • Correspondence Courses

    • Personal Tutoring

If you truly want to earn a living as a writer, you should consider how you can customize any of these ingenious suggestions to enable you to profit from your writing talents.